Bible Reading Plan

¹ Why^(a) do the nations rebel^[a](b)
and the peoples plot in vain?^(c)
2 The kings of the earth take their stand,^(d)
and the rulers conspire together
against the Lord and His Anointed One:^[b](e)
3 "Let us tear off their chains
and free ourselves from their restraints."^[c](f)

⁴ The One enthroned^[d] in heaven laughs;
the Lord ridicules them.^(g)
5 Then He speaks to them in His anger
and terrifies them in His wrath:^(h)
6 "I have consecrated My King^[e]
on Zion, My holy mountain."⁽ⁱ⁾

⁷ I will declare the Lord 's decree:
He said to Me, "You are My Son;^[f]
today I have become Your^[g] Father.^(j)
8 Ask of Me,
and I will make the nations Your^[h] inheritance
and the ends of the earth Your^[i] possession.^(k)
9 You will break^[j] them with a rod of iron;
You^[k] will shatter them like pottery."^[l](l)

¹⁰ So now, kings, be wise;
receive instruction, you judges of the earth.
¹¹ Serve the Lord with reverential awe
and rejoice with trembling.^(m)
12 Pay homage to^[m] the Son or He^[n] will be angry
and you will perish in your rebellion,^[o](n)
for His^[p] anger may ignite at any moment.^(o)
All those who take refuge in Him^[q] are happy.^(p)

¹  Lord , how my foes increase!
There are many who attack me.^(b)
2 Many say about me,
"There is no help for him in God."^(c) Selah

³ But You, Lord , are a shield around me,^(d)
my glory,^(e) and the One who lifts up my head.^(f)
4 I cry aloud to the Lord ,
and He answers me from His holy mountain.^(g) Selah

⁵ I lie down and sleep;
I wake again because the Lord sustains me.^(h)
6 I am not afraid of the thousands of people
who have taken their stand against me on every side.⁽ⁱ⁾

⁷ Rise up, Lord !^(j)
Save me, my God!
You strike all my enemies on the cheek;^(k)
You break the teeth of the wicked.^(l)
8 Salvation belongs to the Lord ;^(m)
may Your blessing be on Your people.⁽ⁿ⁾ Selah

¹ Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.^[a](b)
You freed me from affliction;^(c)
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

² How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?^(d)
How long will you love what is worthless^(e)
and pursue a lie? Selah
³ Know that the Lord has set apart
the faithful for Himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to Him.
⁴ Be angry^[b] and do not sin;^(f)
on your bed, reflect in your heart and be still.^(g) Selah
⁵ Offer sacrifices in righteousness^[c](h)
and trust in the Lord .⁽ⁱ⁾

⁶ Many are saying, "Who can show us anything good?"
Look on us with favor, Lord .^(j)

⁷ You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and new wine abound.^(k)
8 I will both lie down and sleep in peace,^(l)
for You alone, Lord , make me live in safety.^(m)

¹ Listen to my words, Lord ;
consider my sighing.^(a)
2 Pay attention to the sound of my cry,^(b)
my King and my God,^(c)
for I pray to You.

³ At daybreak,^(d) Lord , You hear my voice;
at daybreak I plead my case to You^(e) and watch expectantly.

⁴ For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with You.^(f)
5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;^(g)
You hate all evildoers.^(h)
6 You destroy those who tell lies;⁽ⁱ⁾
the Lord abhors a man of bloodshed and treachery.^(j)

⁷ But I enter Your house
by the abundance of Your faithful love;^(k)
I bow down toward Your holy temple
in reverential awe of You.^(l)
8  Lord , lead me in Your righteousness^(m)
because of my adversaries;^[a]
make Your way straight before me.⁽ⁿ⁾

⁹ For there is nothing reliable in what they say;^[b](o)
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.^(p)
10 Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.^(q)
Drive them out^(r) because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against You.^(s)

¹¹ But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;^(t)
let them shout for joy forever.
May You shelter them,^(u)
and may those who love Your name boast about You.^(v)
12 For You, Lord , bless the righteous one;
You surround him with favor like a shield.^(w)

¹  Lord , do not rebuke me in Your anger;
do not discipline me in Your wrath.^(b)
2 Be gracious to me, Lord , for I am weak;^[a](c)
heal me,^(d) Lord , for my bones are shaking;^(e)
3 my whole being is shaken with terror.^(f)
And You, Lord —how long?^(g)

⁴ Turn, Lord ! Rescue me;
save me because of Your faithful love.^(h)
5 For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?⁽ⁱ⁾

⁶ I am weary from my groaning;^(j)
with my tears I dampen my pillow^[b]
and drench my bed every night.^(k)
7 My eyes are swollen from grief;^(l)
they^[c] grow old because of all my enemies.

⁸ Depart from me, all evildoers,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.^(m)
9 The Lord has heard my plea for help;⁽ⁿ⁾
the Lord accepts my prayer.^(o)
10 All my enemies will be ashamed and shake with terror;
they will turn back^(p) and suddenly be disgraced.^(q)

¹ Yahweh my God, I seek refuge in You;^(a)
save me from all my pursuers and rescue me^(b)
2 or they^[c] will tear me like a lion,
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.^[d](c)

³ Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,^(d)
4 if I have done harm to one at peace with me^(e)
or have plundered^[e] my adversary without cause,^(f)
5 may an enemy pursue and overtake me;
may he trample me to the ground^(g)
and leave my honor in the dust.^(h) Selah

⁶ Rise up, Lord , in Your anger;
lift Yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;⁽ⁱ⁾
awake for me;^[f](j)
You have ordained^[g] a judgment.^(k)
7 Let the assembly of peoples gather around You;^(l)
take Your seat^[h] on high over it.^(m)
8 The Lord judges the peoples;⁽ⁿ⁾
vindicate me, Lord ,
according to my righteousness and my integrity.^[i](o)

⁹ Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,^(p)
but establish the righteous.^(q)
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions^[j]
is a righteous God.^(r)
10 My shield is with^[k] God,^(s)
who saves the upright in heart.^(t)
11 God is a righteous judge
and a God who shows His wrath every day.^(u)

¹² If anyone does not repent,
God^[l] will sharpen His sword;^(v)
He has strung^[m] His bow and made it ready.^(w)
13 He has prepared His deadly weapons;
He tips His arrows with fire.^(x)

¹⁴ See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,
conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.^(y)
15 He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.^(z)
16 His trouble comes back on his own head,
and his violence falls on the top of his head.^(aa)

¹⁷ I will thank the Lord for His righteousness;
I will sing about the name of Yahweh the Most High.^(ab)

¹ Yahweh, our Lord,
how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!^(b)

You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.^[a](c)
2 Because of Your adversaries,
You have established a stronghold^[b]
from the mouths of children and nursing infants^(d)
to silence the enemy and the avenger.

³ When I observe Your heavens,
the work of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which You set in place,^(e)
4 what is man that You remember him,
the son of man that You look after him?^(f)
5 You made him little less than God^[c][d]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
⁶ You made him lord over the works of Your hands;
You put everything under his feet:^[e](g)
7 all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,
⁸ the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas.^(h)

⁹ Yahweh, our Lord,
how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!

¹ I will thank Yahweh with all my heart;
I will declare all Your wonderful works.^(a)
2 I will rejoice and boast about You;^(b)
I will sing about Your name, Most High.^(c)

³ When my enemies retreat,
they stumble and perish before You.^(d)
4 For You have upheld my just cause;^[b](e)
You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.^(f)
5 You have rebuked the nations:^(g)
You have destroyed the wicked;^(h)
You have erased their name forever and ever.^(i)
6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin;
You have uprooted the cities,
and the very memory of them has perished.^(j)

⁷ But the Lord sits enthroned forever;^(k)
He has established His throne for judgment.^(l)
8 He judges the world with righteousness;
He executes judgment on the nations with fairness.^(m)
9 The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.^(n)
10 Those who know Your name trust in You
because You have not abandoned
those who seek You, Yahweh.^(o)

¹¹ Sing to the Lord , who dwells in Zion;^(p)
proclaim His deeds among the nations.^(q)
12 For the One who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;^(r)
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.^(s)

¹³ Be gracious to me, Lord ;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.^(t)
Lift me up from the gates of death,^(u)
14 so that I may declare all Your praises.
I will rejoice in Your salvation^(v)
within the gates of Daughter Zion.

¹⁵ The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.^(w)
16 The Lord has revealed Himself;
He has executed justice,^(x)
striking down^[c] the wicked^[d]
by the work of their hands.^(y) Higgaion. Selah

¹⁷ The wicked will return to Sheol^(z)—
all the nations that forget God.^(aa)
18 For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the afflicted^[e] will not perish forever.^(ab)

¹⁹ Rise up, Lord ! Do not let man prevail;
let the nations be judged in Your presence.^(ac)
20 Put terror in them, Lord ;^(ad)
let the nations know they are only men.^(ae) Selah

¹  Lord ,^[a][b] why do You stand so far away?^(a)
Why do You hide in times of trouble?^(b)
2 In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted;
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.^(c)

³ For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;^(d)
the one who is greedy curses^[c] and despises the Lord .^(e)
4 In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:^[d]
"There is no accountability,
since God does not exist."^(f)
5 His ways are always secure;^[e]
Your lofty judgments are beyond his sight;
he scoffs at all his adversaries.^(g)
6 He says to himself, "I will never be moved—
from generation to generation without calamity."^(h)
7 Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.^(i)
8 He waits in ambush near the villages;^(j)
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;^(k)
9 he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;
he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.
¹⁰ So he is oppressed and beaten down;
the helpless fall because of his strength.^(l)
11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten;
He hides His face and will never see."^(m)

¹² Rise up, Lord God! Lift up Your hand.⁽ⁿ⁾
Do not forget the afflicted.^(o)
13 Why has the wicked person despised God?
He says to himself, "You will not demand an account."^(p)
14 But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief,
observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.^(q)
The helpless entrusts himself to You;
You are a helper of the fatherless.^(r)
15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil person;^(s)
call his wickedness into account
until nothing remains of it.^[f](t)

¹⁶ The Lord is King forever and ever;^(u)
the nations will perish from His land.^(v)
17  Lord , You have heard the desire of the humble;^[g]
You will strengthen their hearts.
You will listen carefully,^(w)
18 doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed
so that men of the earth may terrify them no more.^(x)