Bible Reading Plan

¹ Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.^(b)
2 Lift up a song—play the tambourine,
the melodious lyre, and the harp.^(c)
3 Blow the horn on the day of our feasts^[a][b]
during the new moon^(d)
and during the full moon.
⁴ For this is a statute for Israel,
a judgment of the God of Jacob.^(e)
5 He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph
when He went throughout^[c] the land of Egypt.^(f)

I heard an unfamiliar language:
⁶ "I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.^(g)
7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you;
I answered you from the thundercloud.^(h)
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.⁽ⁱ⁾ Selah
⁸ Listen, My people, and I will admonish you.
Israel, if you would only listen to Me!^(j)
9 There must not be a strange god among you;
you must not bow down to a foreign god.^(k)
10 I am Yahweh your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.^(l)
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.^(m)

¹¹ "But My people did not listen to Me;
Israel did not obey Me.^(n)
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.^(o)
13 If only My people would listen to Me
and Israel would follow My ways,^(p)
14 I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn My hand against their foes."^(q)
15 Those who hate the Lord
would pretend submission to Him;^(r)
their doom would last forever.^(s)
16 But He would feed Israel^[d] with the best wheat.
"I would satisfy you with honey from the rock."^(t)

¹ God has taken His place in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods:^[a](b)
2 "How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?^(c) Selah
³ Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.^(d)
4 Rescue the poor and needy;
save them from the power of the wicked."^(e)

⁵ They do not know or understand;
they wander in darkness.^(f)
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.^(g)

⁶ I said, "You are gods;^(h)
you are all sons of the Most High.^(i)
7 However, you will die like men
and fall like any other ruler."^(j)

⁸ Rise up, God, judge the earth,
for all the nations belong to You.^(k)

¹ God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.^(b)
2 See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.^[a](c)
3 They devise clever schemes against Your people;
they conspire against Your treasured ones.^(d)
4 They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel's name will no longer be remembered."^(e)
5 For they have conspired with one mind;
they form an alliance^[b] against You^(f)—
⁶ the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,^(g)
Moab and the Hagrites,^(h)
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,⁽ⁱ⁾
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.^(j)
8 Even Assyria has joined them;
they lend support^[c] to the sons of Lot.^[d](k) Selah

⁹ Deal with them as You did with Midian,^(l)
as You did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.^(m)
10 They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure for the ground.^(n)
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,^(o)
and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,^(p)
12 who said, "Let us seize God's pastures for ourselves."^(q)

¹³ Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.^(r)
14 As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,^(s)
15 so pursue them with Your tempest
and terrify them with Your storm.^(t)
16 Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek Your name Yahweh.^(u)
17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.^(v)
18 May they know that You alone—
whose name is Yahweh—
are the Most High over all the earth.^(w)

¹ How lovely is Your dwelling place,
Lord of Hosts.^(b)
2 I long and yearn
for the courts of the Lord ;
my heart and flesh cry out for^[a] the living God.^(c)

³ Even a sparrow finds a home,
and a swallow, a nest for herself
where she places her young—
near Your altars, Lord of Hosts,
my King and my God.^(d)
4 How happy are those who reside in Your house,
who praise You continually.^(e) Selah

⁵ Happy are the people whose strength is in You,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.^(f)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,^[b]
they make it a source of springwater;
even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.^[c](g)
7 They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.^(h)

⁸  Lord God of Hosts, hear my prayer;
listen, God of Jacob.⁽ⁱ⁾ Selah
⁹ Consider our shield,^[d] God;^(j)
look on the face of Your anointed one.^(k)

¹⁰ Better a day in Your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of wicked people.^(l)
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield.^(m)
The Lord gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.^(n)
12 Happy is the person who trusts in You,
Lord of Hosts!^(o)

¹  Lord , You showed favor to Your land;^(a)
You restored Jacob's prosperity.^[a](b)
2 You took away Your people's guilt;
You covered all their sin.^(c) Selah
³ You withdrew all Your fury;
You turned from Your burning anger.^(d)

⁴ Return to us, God of our salvation,
and abandon Your displeasure with us.^(e)
5 Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger for all generations?^(f)
6 Will You not revive us again
so that Your people may rejoice in You?^(g)
7 Show us Your faithful love, Lord ,
and give us Your salvation.^(h)

⁸ I will listen to what God will say;
surely the Lord will declare peace
to His people, His godly ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.^(i)
9 His salvation is very near those who fear Him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.^(j)

¹⁰ Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.^(k)
11 Truth will spring up from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.^(l)
12 Also, the Lord will provide what is good,
and our land will yield its crops.^(m)
13 Righteousness will go before Him
to prepare the way for His steps.⁽ⁿ⁾