Bible Reading Plan

² I trust in you;^(b)
     do not let me be put to shame,
     nor let my enemies triumph over me.
³ No one who hopes in you
     will ever be put to shame,^(c)
but shame will come on those
     who are treacherous^(d) without cause.

⁴ Show me your ways, Lord ,
     teach me your paths.^(e)
5 Guide me in your truth^(f) and teach me,
     for you are God my Savior,^(g)
     and my hope is in you^(h) all day long.
⁶ Remember, Lord , your great mercy and love,⁽ⁱ⁾
     for they are from of old.
⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth^(j)
     and my rebellious ways;^(k)
according to your love^(l) remember me,
     for you, Lord , are good.^(m)

⁸ Good and upright⁽ⁿ⁾ is the Lord ;
     therefore he instructs^(o) sinners in his ways.
⁹ He guides^(p) the humble in what is right
     and teaches them^(q) his way.
¹⁰ All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful^(r)
     toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.^(s)
11 For the sake of your name,^(t) Lord ,
     forgive^(u) my iniquity,^(v) though it is great.

¹² Who, then, are those who fear the Lord ?^(w)
     He will instruct them in the ways^(x) they should choose.^[b]
13 They will spend their days in prosperity,^(y)
     and their descendants will inherit the land.^(z)
14 The Lord confides^(aa) in those who fear him;
     he makes his covenant known^(ab) to them.
¹⁵ My eyes are ever on the Lord ,^(ac)
     for only he will release my feet from the snare.^(ad)

¹⁶ Turn to me^(ae) and be gracious to me,^(af)
     for I am lonely^(ag) and afflicted.
¹⁷ Relieve the troubles^(ah) of my heart
     and free me from my anguish.^(ai)
18 Look on my affliction^(aj) and my distress^(ak)
     and take away all my sins.^(al)
19 See how numerous are my enemies^(am)
     and how fiercely they hate me!^(an)

²⁰ Guard my life^(ao) and rescue me;^(ap)
     do not let me be put to shame,^(aq)
     for I take refuge^(ar) in you.
²¹ May integrity^(as) and uprightness^(at) protect me,
     because my hope, Lord ,^[c] is in you.^(au)

²² Deliver Israel,^(av) O God,
     from all their troubles!

⁴ I do not sit^(j) with the deceitful,
     nor do I associate with hypocrites.^(k)
5 I abhor^(l) the assembly of evildoers
     and refuse to sit with the wicked.
⁶ I wash my hands in innocence,^(m)
     and go about your altar, Lord ,
⁷ proclaiming aloud your praise⁽ⁿ⁾
     and telling of all your wonderful deeds.^(o)

⁸  Lord , I love^(p) the house where you live,
     the place where your glory dwells.^(q)
9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners,
     my life with those who are bloodthirsty,^(r)
10 in whose hands are wicked schemes,^(s)
     whose right hands are full of bribes.^(t)
11 I lead a blameless life;
     deliver me^(u) and be merciful to me.

¹² My feet stand on level ground;^(v)
     in the great congregation^(w) I will praise the Lord .

² When the wicked advance against me
     to devour^[a] me,
it is my enemies and my foes
     who will stumble and fall.^(e)
3 Though an army besiege me,
     my heart will not fear;^(f)
though war break out against me,
     even then I will be confident.^(g)

⁴ One thing^(h) I ask from the Lord ,
     this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
     all the days of my life,⁽ⁱ⁾
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
     and to seek him in his temple.
⁵ For in the day of trouble^(j)
     he will keep me safe^(k) in his dwelling;
he will hide me^(l) in the shelter of his sacred tent
     and set me high upon a rock.^(m)

⁶ Then my head will be exalted⁽ⁿ⁾
     above the enemies who surround me;^(o)
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice^(p) with shouts of joy;^(q)
     I will sing^(r) and make music^(s) to the Lord .