Bible Reading Plan

¹ Clap your hands, all you peoples;^(a)
shout to God with a jubilant cry.^(b)
2 For Yahweh, the Most High, is awe-inspiring,
a great King over all the earth.^(c)
3 He subdues peoples under us
and nations under our feet.^(d)
4 He chooses for us our inheritance—
the pride of Jacob, whom He loves.^(e) Selah

⁵ God ascends among shouts of joy,
the Lord , among the sound of trumpets.^(f)
6 Sing praise to God, sing praise;
sing praise to our King, sing praise!^(g)
7 Sing a song of wisdom,^[a]
for God is King of all the earth.^(h)

⁸ God reigns over the nations;
God is seated on His holy throne.^(i)
9 The nobles of the peoples have assembled
with the people of the God of Abraham.^(j)
For the leaders^[b] of the earth belong to God;
He is greatly exalted.^(k)

¹ The Lord is great and highly praised
in the city of our God.^(a)
His holy mountain, ² rising splendidly,
is the joy of the whole earth.
Mount Zion on the slopes of the north
is the city of the great King.^(b)
3 God is known as a stronghold
in its citadels.^(c)

⁴ Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.^(d)
5 They looked and froze with fear;
they fled in terror.^(e)
6 Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,^(f)
7 as You wrecked the ships of Tarshish
with the east wind.^(g)

⁸ Just as we heard, so we have seen
in the city of Yahweh of Hosts,
in the city of our God;
God will establish it forever.^(h) Selah

⁹ God, within Your temple,
we contemplate Your faithful love.^(i)
10 Your name, God, like Your praise,
reaches to the ends of the earth;^(j)
Your right hand is filled with justice.^(k)
11 Mount Zion is glad.
The towns^[a] of Judah rejoice
because of Your judgments.^(l)

¹² Go around Zion, encircle it;
count its towers,
¹³ note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:^(m)
14 "This God, our God forever and ever—
He will always lead us."^[b](n)

¹ Hear this, all you peoples;
listen, all who inhabit the world,^(a)
2 both low and high,^[a]
rich and poor together.^(b)
3 My mouth speaks wisdom;
my heart's meditation brings understanding.^(c)
4 I turn my ear to a proverb;
I explain my riddle with a lyre.^(d)

⁵ Why should I fear in times of trouble?
The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.^(e)
6 They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.^(f)
7 Yet these cannot redeem a person^[b]
or pay his ransom to God^(g)—
⁸ since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying^[c](h)—
⁹ so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit.⁽ⁱ⁾

¹⁰ For one can see that wise men die;
foolish and stupid men also pass away.^(j)
Then they leave their wealth to others.^(k)
11 Their graves are their eternal homes,^[d]
their homes from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.^(l)
12 But despite his assets,^[e] man will not last;
he is like the animals that perish.^(m)

¹³ This is the way of those who are arrogant,
and of their followers,
who approve of their words.^[f](n) Selah
¹⁴ Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,^(o)
and their form will waste away in Sheol,^[g]
far from their lofty abode.^(p)
15 But God will redeem my life
from the power of Sheol,
for He will take me.^(q) Selah

¹⁶ Do not be afraid when a man gets rich,
when the wealth^[h] of his house increases.^(r)
17 For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;
his wealth^[i] will not follow him down.^(s)
18 Though he praises himself during his lifetime—
and people praise you when you do well for yourself^(t)—
¹⁹ he will go to the generation of his fathers;
they will never see the light.^(u)
20 A man with valuable possessions^[j]
but without understanding
is like the animals that perish.^(v)

¹ Yahweh, the God of gods^[a] speaks;
He summons the earth from east to west.^[b](b)
2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God appears in radiance.^[c](c)
3 Our God is coming; He will not be silent!
Devouring fire precedes Him,
and a storm rages around Him.^(d)
4 On high, He summons heaven and earth
in order to judge His people.^(e)
5 "Gather My faithful ones to Me,
those who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."^(f)
6 The heavens proclaim His righteousness,^(g)
for God is the Judge.^(h) Selah

⁷ "Listen, My people, and I will speak;
I will testify against you, Israel.
I am God, your God.^(i)
8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.^(j)
9 I will not accept a bull from your household
or male goats from your pens,^(k)
10 for every animal of the forest is Mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
¹¹ I know every bird of the mountains,^[d]
and the creatures of the field are Mine.^(l)
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and everything in it is Mine.^(m)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?^(n)
14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God,^(o)
and pay your vows to the Most High.^(p)
15 Call on Me in a day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you will honor Me."^(q)

¹⁶ But God says to the wicked:
"What right do you have to recite My statutes
and to take My covenant on your lips?^(r)
17 You hate instruction
and turn your back on My words.^[e](s)
18 When you see a thief,
you make friends with him,
and you associate with adulterers.^(t)
19 You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.^(u)
20 You sit, maligning your brother,
slandering your mother's son.^(v)
21 You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.^(w)
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.^[f](x)

²² "Understand this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you apart,
and there will be no one to rescue you.^(y)
23 Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me,
and whoever orders his conduct,
I will show him the salvation of God."^(z)