Bible Reading Plan

Chapter 88

A Petition to Be Saved from Death.

¹ LORD, the ^(C1)God of my salvation,
I have ^(C2)cried out by day and in the night before You.

² Let my prayer ^(C1)come before You;
^(C2)Incline Your ear to my cry!

³ For my ^(C1)soul has ^(F1)had enough troubles,
And ^(C2)my life has approached ^(F2)Sheol.

⁴ I am counted among those who ^(C1)go down to the pit;
I have become like a man ^(C2)without strength,

^5 (F1)Abandoned ^(C1)among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You no longer remember,
And they are ^(C2)cut off from Your hand.

⁶ You have put me in ^(C1)the lowest pit,
In ^(C2)dark places, in the ^(C3)depths.

⁷ Your wrath ^(C1)has rested upon me,
And You have afflicted me with ^(C2)all Your waves. Selah

⁸ You have removed ^(C1)my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an ^(F1)(C2)object of loathing to them;
I am ^(C3)shut up and cannot go out.

⁹ My ^(C1)eye grows dim from misery;
I have ^(C2)called upon You every day, LORD;
I have ^(C3)spread out my ^(F1)hands to You.

¹⁰ Will You perform wonders for the dead?
Or will ^(C1)the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah

¹¹ Will Your graciousness be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in ^(F1)Abaddon?

¹² Will Your wonders be made known in the ^(C1)darkness?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³ But I, LORD, have cried out ^(C1)to You for help,
And ^(C2)in the morning my prayer comes before You.

¹⁴ LORD, why ^(C1)do You reject my soul?
Why do You ^(C2)hide Your face from me?

¹⁵ I was miserable and ^(C1)about to die from my youth on;
I suffer ^(C2)Your terrors; I grow weary.

¹⁶ Your ^(C1)burning anger has passed over me;
Your terrors have ^(F1)(C2)destroyed me.

¹⁷ They have ^(C1)surrounded me ^(C2)like water all day long;
They have ^(C3)encircled me altogether.

¹⁸ You have removed ^(C1)lover and friend far from me;
My acquaintances are in a hiding place.

Chapter 89

The LORD'S Covenant with David and Israel's Afflictions.

¹ I will ^(C1)sing of the graciousness of the LORD forever;
To all generations I will ^(C2)make Your ^(C3)faithfulness known with my mouth.

² For I have said, "^(C1)Graciousness will be built up forever;
In the heavens You will establish Your ^(C2)faithfulness."

³ "I have made a covenant with ^(C1)My chosen;
I have ^(C2)sworn to My servant David,

⁴ I will establish your ^(F1)(C1)descendants forever
And build up your ^(C2)throne to all generations." Selah

⁵ The ^(C1)heavens will praise Your wonders, LORD;
Your faithfulness also ^(C2)in the assembly of the ^(C3)holy ones.

⁶ For ^(C1)who in the skies is comparable to the LORD?
Who among the ^(F1)(C2)sons of the mighty is like the LORD,

⁷ A God ^(C1)greatly feared in the council of the ^(C2)holy ones,
And ^(C3)awesome above all those who are around Him?

⁸ LORD God of armies, ^(C1)who is like You, mighty ^(F1)LORD?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

⁹ You rule the surging of the sea;
When its waves rise, You ^(C1)calm them.

¹⁰ You Yourself crushed ^(F1)(C1)Rahab like one who is slain;
You ^(C2)scattered Your enemies with ^(F2)Your mighty arm.

¹¹ The ^(C1)heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The ^(C2)world and ^(F1)all it contains, You have established them.

¹² The ^(C1)north and the south, You have created them;
^(C2)Tabor and ^(C3)Hermon ^(C4)shout for joy at Your name.

¹³ You have ^(F1)a strong arm;
Your hand is mighty, Your ^(C1)right hand is exalted.

^14 (C1)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
^(C2)Mercy and ^(F1)truth go before You.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who know the ^(F1)(C1)joyful sound!
LORD, they walk in the ^(C2)light of Your face.

¹⁶ In ^(C1)Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

¹⁷ For You are the glory of ^(C1)their strength,
And by Your favor ^(F1)our ^(C2)horn is exalted.

¹⁸ For our ^(C1)shield belongs to the LORD,
^(F1)And our king to the ^(C2)Holy One of Israel.

^19 (F1)Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ^(F2)ones,
And said, "I have ^(F3)given help to one who is ^(C1)mighty;
I have exalted one ^(C2)chosen from the people.

²⁰ "I have ^(C1)found My servant David;
With My holy ^(C2)oil I have anointed him,

²¹ With whom ^(C1)My hand will be established;
My arm also will ^(C2)strengthen him.

²² "The enemy will not ^(F1)deceive him,
Nor will the ^(F2)(C1)son of wickedness afflict him.

²³ "But I will ^(C1)crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.

²⁴ "My ^(C1)faithfulness and My favor will be with him,
And in My name his ^(C2)horn will be exalted.

²⁵ "I will also place his hand ^(C1)on the sea,
And his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶ "He will call to Me, 'You are ^(C1)my Father,
My God, and the ^(C2)rock of my salvation.'

²⁷ "I will also make him My ^(C1)firstborn,
The ^(C2)highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ "I will maintain My ^(C1)favor for him forever,
And My ^(C2)covenant shall be confirmed to him.

²⁹ "So I will establish his ^(F1)(C1)descendants forever,
And his ^(C2)throne ^(C3)as the days of heaven.

³⁰ "If his sons ^(C1)abandon My Law
And do not walk in My judgments,

³¹ If they ^(F1)violate My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,

³² Then I will punish their wrongdoing with the ^(C1)rod,
And their guilt with ^(F1)afflictions.

³³ "But I will not ^(F1)withhold ^(C1)My favor from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

³⁴ "I will not ^(F1)violate My ^(C1)covenant,
Nor will I ^(C2)alter ^(F2)the utterance of My lips.

³⁵ "^(F1)Once I have ^(C1)sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.

³⁶ "His ^(F1)(C1)descendants shall endure forever,
And his ^(C2)throne ^(C3)as the sun before Me.

³⁷ "It shall be established forever ^(C1)like the moon,
And a ^(C2)witness in the sky is faithful." Selah<