Bible Reading Plan

⁵ The heavens^(e) praise your wonders, Lord ,
     your faithfulness too, in the assembly^(f) of the holy ones.
⁶ For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord ?
     Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?^(g)
7 In the council^(h) of the holy ones⁽ⁱ⁾ God is greatly feared;
     he is more awesome than all who surround him.^(j)
8 Who is like you,^(k) Lord God Almighty?^(l)
     You, Lord , are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹ You rule over the surging sea;
     when its waves mount up, you still them.^(m)
10 You crushed Rahab⁽ⁿ⁾ like one of the slain;
     with your strong arm you scattered^(o) your enemies.
¹¹ The heavens are yours,^(p) and yours also the earth;^(q)
     you founded the world and all that is in it.^(r)
12 You created the north and the south;
     Tabor^(s) and Hermon^(t) sing for joy^(u) at your name.
¹³ Your arm is endowed with power;
     your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.^(v)

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;^(w)
     love and faithfulness go before you.^(x)
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
     who walk^(y) in the light^(z) of your presence, Lord .
¹⁶ They rejoice in your name^(aa) all day long;
     they celebrate your righteousness.
¹⁷ For you are their glory and strength,^(ab)
     and by your favor you exalt our horn.^[d](ac)
18 Indeed, our shield^[e](ad) belongs to the Lord ,
     our king^(ae) to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Once you spoke in a vision,
     to your faithful people you said:
"I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
     I have raised up a young man from among the people.
²⁰ I have found David^(af) my servant;^(ag)
     with my sacred oil^(ah) I have anointed^(ai) him.
²¹ My hand will sustain him;
     surely my arm will strengthen him.^(aj)
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;^(ak)
     the wicked will not oppress^(al) him.
²³ I will crush his foes before him^(am)
     and strike down his adversaries.^(an)
24 My faithful love will be with him,^(ao)
     and through my name his horn^[f] will be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea,
     his right hand over the rivers.^(ap)
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,^(aq)
     my God, the Rock^(ar) my Savior.'^(as)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,^(at)
     the most exalted^(au) of the kings^(av) of the earth.
²⁸ I will maintain my love to him forever,
     and my covenant with him will never fail.^(aw)
29 I will establish his line forever,
     his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(ax)

³⁰ "If his sons forsake my law
     and do not follow my statutes,
³¹ if they violate my decrees
     and fail to keep my commands,
³² I will punish their sin with the rod,
     their iniquity with flogging;^(ay)
33 but I will not take my love from him,^(az)
     nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my covenant
     or alter what my lips have uttered.^(ba)
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
     and I will not lie to David—
³⁶ that his line will continue forever
     and his throne endure before me like the sun;^(bb)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
     the faithful witness in the sky."^(bc)

³⁸ But you have rejected,^(bd) you have spurned,
     you have been very angry with your anointed one.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with your servant
     and have defiled his crown in the dust.^(be)
40 You have broken through all his walls^(bf)
     and reduced his strongholds^(bg) to ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by have plundered^(bh) him;
     he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^(bi)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
     you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(bj)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
     and have not supported him in battle.^(bk)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
     and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short^(bl) the days of his youth;
     you have covered him with a mantle of shame.^(bm)

⁴⁶ How long, Lord ? Will you hide yourself forever?
     How long will your wrath burn like fire?^(bn)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.^(bo)
     For what futility you have created all humanity!
⁴⁸ Who can live and not see death,
     or who can escape the power of the grave?^(bp)
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
     which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, how your servant has^[g] been mocked,^(bq)
     how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
⁵¹ the taunts with which your enemies, Lord , have mocked,
     with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.^(br)

⁴ For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;^(h)
     he is to be feared⁽ⁱ⁾ above all gods.^(j)
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols,^(k)
     but the Lord made the heavens.^(l)
6 Splendor and majesty^(m) are before him;
     strength and glory⁽ⁿ⁾ are in his sanctuary.

⁷ Ascribe to the Lord ,^(o) all you families of nations,^(p)
     ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
⁸ Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
     bring an offering^(q) and come into his courts.^(r)
9 Worship the Lord ^(s) in the splendor of his^[a] holiness;^(t)
     tremble^(u) before him, all the earth.^(v)
10 Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns.^(w)"
     The world is firmly established,^(x) it cannot be moved;^(y)
     he will judge^(z) the peoples with equity.^(aa)

¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice,^(ab) let the earth be glad;^(ac)
     let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
¹² Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
     let all the trees of the forest^(ad) sing for joy.^(ae)
13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord , for he comes,
     he comes to judge^(af) the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness^(ag)
     and the peoples in his faithfulness.^(ah)

⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving^(h)
     and his courts⁽ⁱ⁾ with praise;
     give thanks to him and praise his name.^(j)
5 For the Lord is good^(k) and his love endures forever;^(l)
     his faithfulness^(m) continues through all generations.

I will conduct the affairs^(c) of my house
     with a blameless heart.
³ I will not look with approval
     on anything that is vile.^(d)

I hate what faithless people do;^(e)
     I will have no part in it.
⁴ The perverse of heart^(f) shall be far from me;
     I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

⁵ Whoever slanders their neighbor^(g) in secret,
     I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes^(h) and a proud heart,
     I will not tolerate.

⁶ My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
     that they may dwell with me;
the one whose walk is blameless⁽ⁱ⁾
     will minister to me.

⁷ No one who practices deceit
     will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
     will stand in my presence.

⁸ Every morning^(j) I will put to silence
     all the wicked^(k) in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer^(l)
     from the city of the Lord .^(m)

⁵ Remember the wonders⁽ⁱ⁾ he has done,
     his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,^(j)
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,^(k)
     his chosen^(l) ones, the children of Jacob.
⁷ He is the Lord our God;
     his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸ He remembers his covenant^(m) forever,
     the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant he made with Abraham,⁽ⁿ⁾
     the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰ He confirmed it^(o) to Jacob as a decree,
     to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(p)
11 "To you I will give the land of Canaan^(q)
     as the portion you will inherit."^(r)

¹² When they were but few in number,^(s)
     few indeed, and strangers in it,^(t)
13 they wandered from nation to nation,^(u)
     from one kingdom to another.
¹⁴ He allowed no one to oppress^(v) them;
     for their sake he rebuked kings:^(w)
15 "Do not touch^(x) my anointed ones;
     do my prophets^(y) no harm."

¹⁶ He called down famine^(z) on the land
     and destroyed all their supplies of food;
¹⁷ and he sent a man before them—
     Joseph, sold as a slave.^(aa)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,^(ab)
     his neck was put in irons,
¹⁹ till what he foretold^(ac) came to pass,
     till the word^(ad) of the Lord proved him true.
²⁰ The king sent and released him,
     the ruler of peoples set him free.^(ae)
21 He made him master of his household,
     ruler over all he possessed,
²² to instruct his princes^(af) as he pleased
     and teach his elders wisdom.^(ag)

²³ Then Israel entered Egypt;^(ah)
     Jacob resided^(ai) as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^(aj)
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
     he made them too numerous^(ak) for their foes,
²⁵ whose hearts he turned^(al) to hate his people,
     to conspire^(am) against his servants.
²⁶ He sent Moses^(an) his servant,
     and Aaron,^(ao) whom he had chosen.^(ap)
27 They performed^(aq) his signs^(ar) among them,
     his wonders^(as) in the land of Ham.
²⁸ He sent darkness^(at) and made the land dark—
     for had they not rebelled against^(au) his words?
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood,^(av)
     causing their fish to die.^(aw)
30 Their land teemed with frogs,^(ax)
     which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
³¹ He spoke,^(ay) and there came swarms of flies,^(az)
     and gnats^(ba) throughout their country.
³² He turned their rain into hail,^(bb)
     with lightning throughout their land;
³³ he struck down their vines^(bc) and fig trees^(bd)
     and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke,^(be) and the locusts came,^(bf)
     grasshoppers^(bg) without number;^(bh)
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
     ate up the produce of their soil.
³⁶ Then he struck down all the firstborn^(bi) in their land,
     the firstfruits of all their manhood.
³⁷ He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,^(bj)
     and from among their tribes no one faltered.
³⁸ Egypt was glad when they left,
     because dread of Israel^(bk) had fallen on them.

³⁹ He spread out a cloud^(bl) as a covering,
     and a fire to give light at night.^(bm)
40 They asked,^(bn) and he brought them quail;^(bo)
     he fed them well with the bread of heaven.^(bp)
41 He opened the rock,^(bq) and water gushed out;
     it flowed like a river in the desert.

⁴² For he remembered his holy promise^(br)
     given to his servant Abraham.
⁴³ He brought out his people with rejoicing,^(bs)
     his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
⁴⁴ he gave them the lands of the nations,^(bt)
     and they fell heir to what others had toiled^(bu) for—
⁴⁵ that they might keep his precepts
     and observe his laws.^(bv)

Praise the Lord .^[a](bw)

² He swore an oath to the Lord ,
     he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:^(c)
3 "I will not enter my house^(d)
     or go to my bed,
⁴ I will allow no sleep to my eyes
     or slumber to my eyelids,
⁵ till I find a place^(e) for the Lord ,
     a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."

⁶ We heard it in Ephrathah,^(f)
     we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:^[a](g)
7 "Let us go to his dwelling place,^(h)
     let us worship at his footstool,⁽ⁱ⁾ saying,
⁸ ‘Arise, Lord ,^(j) and come to your resting place,
     you and the ark of your might.
⁹ May your priests be clothed with your righteousness;^(k)
     may your faithful people^(l) sing for joy.'"

¹⁰ For the sake of your servant David,
     do not reject your anointed one.

¹¹ The Lord swore an oath to David,^(m)
     a sure oath he will not revoke:
"One of your own descendants⁽ⁿ⁾
     I will place on your throne.
¹² If your sons keep my covenant^(o)
     and the statutes I teach them,
then their sons will sit
     on your throne^(p) for ever and ever."

¹³ For the Lord has chosen Zion,^(q)
     he has desired it for his dwelling,^(r) saying,
¹⁴ "This is my resting place for ever and ever;^(s)
     here I will sit enthroned,^(t) for I have desired it.
¹⁵ I will bless her with abundant provisions;
     her poor I will satisfy with food.^(u)
16 I will clothe her priests^(v) with salvation,
     and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.^(w)

¹⁷ "Here I will make a horn^[b] grow^(x) for David
     and set up a lamp^(y) for my anointed one.^(z)
18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,^(aa)
     but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown."^(ab)