Bible Reading Plan

¹ His foundation is on the holy mountains.^(a)
2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.^(b)
3 Glorious things are said about you,
city of God.^(c) Selah

⁴ "I will mention those who know Me:
Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—
each one was born there."^(d)
5 And it will be said of Zion,
"This one and that one were born in her."
The Most High Himself will establish her.^(e)
6 When He registers the peoples,
the Lord will record,
"This one was born there."^(f) Selah
⁷ Singers and dancers alike will say,
"My whole source of joy is^[a] in you."^(g)

¹  Lord , God of my salvation,
I cry out before You day and night.^(b)
2 May my prayer reach Your presence;
listen to my cry.^(c)

³ For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol.^(d)
4 I am counted among those going down to the Pit.^(e)
I am like a man without strength,^(f)
5 abandoned^[a] among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,^(g)
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.^[b](h)

⁶ You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths.^(i)
7 Your wrath weighs heavily on me;^(j)
You have overwhelmed me with all Your waves.^(k) Selah
⁸ You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.^(l)
I am shut in and cannot go out.
⁹ My eyes are worn out from crying.^(m)
Lord , I cry out to You all day long;⁽ⁿ⁾
I spread out my hands to You.^(o)

¹⁰ Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?^(p) Selah
¹¹ Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in Abaddon?^(q)
12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness
or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?^(r)

¹³ But I call to You for help, Lord ;
in the morning my prayer meets You.^(s)
14  Lord , why do You reject me?^(t)
Why do You hide Your face from me?^(u)
15 From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.^(v)
16 Your wrath sweeps over me;
Your terrors destroy me.^(w)
17 They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.^(x)
18 You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.^[c](y)

¹ I will sing about the Lord 's faithful love forever;^(b)
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.^(c)
2 For I will declare,
"Faithful love is built up forever;
You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens."^(d)

³ The Lord said,
"I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David My servant:
⁴ ‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.'"^(e) Selah

⁵  Lord , the heavens praise Your wonders^(f)—
Your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.^(g)
6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord ?
Who among the heavenly beings^[a] is like the Lord ?^(h)
7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than^[b] all who surround Him.^(i)
8  Lord God of Hosts,
who is strong like You, Lord ?^(j)
Your faithfulness surrounds You.
⁹ You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, You still them.^(k)
10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;^(l)
You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.^(m)
11 The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.^(n)
12 North and south—You created them.^(o)
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.^(p)
13 You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.^(q)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;^(r)
faithful love and truth go before You.^(s)
15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;^(t)
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.^(u)
16 They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.^(v)
17 For You are their magnificent strength;^(w)
by Your favor our horn is exalted.^(x)
18 Surely our shield^[c] belongs to the Lord ,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.^(y)

¹⁹ You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: "I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen^[d] from the people.^(z)
20 I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.^(aa)
21 My hand will always be with him,
and My arm will strengthen him.^(ab)
22 The enemy will not afflict^[e] him;
no wicked man will oppress him.^(ac)
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.^(ad)
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through My name
his horn will be exalted.^(ae)
25 I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.^(af)
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,^(ag)
my God, the rock of my salvation.'^(ah)
27 I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.^(ai)
28 I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.^(aj)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.^[f](ak)
30 If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,^(al)
31 if they dishonor My statutes
and do not keep My commands,^(am)
32 then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.^(an)
33 But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.^(ao)
34 I will not violate My covenant
or change what My lips have said.^(ap)
35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.^(aq)
36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before Me,^(ar)
37 like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky."^(as) Selah

³⁸ But You have spurned and rejected him;
You have become enraged with Your anointed.^(at)
39 You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have completely dishonored his crown.^[g](au)
40 You have broken down all his walls;
You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.^(av)
41 All who pass by plunder him;^(aw)
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.^(ax)
42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.^(ay)
43 You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.^(az)
44 You have made his splendor^[h] cease
and have overturned his throne.^(ba)
45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame.^(bb) Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord ? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?^(bc)
47 Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?^(bd)
48 What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?^(be) Selah
⁴⁹ Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?^(bf)
50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—
⁵¹ how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord ,
how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.^(bg)

⁵² May the Lord be praised forever.
Amen and amen.^(bh)