Bible Reading Plan

¹ It is good to praise Yahweh,
to sing praise to Your name, Most High,^(a)
2 to declare Your faithful love in the morning
and Your faithfulness at night,^(b)
3 with a ten-stringed harp
and the music of a lyre.^(c)

⁴ For You have made me rejoice, Lord ,
by what You have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of Your hands.^(d)
5 How magnificent are Your works, Lord ,
how profound Your thoughts!^(e)
6 A stupid person does not know,
a fool does not understand this:^(f)
7 though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.^(g)
8 But You, Lord , are exalted forever.^(h)
9 For indeed, Lord , Your enemies—
indeed, Your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.^(i)
10 You have lifted up my horn^(j)
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed^[a] with oil.^(k)
11 My eyes look down on my enemies;
my ears hear evildoers when they attack me.^(l)

¹² The righteous thrive like a palm tree
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.^(m)
13 Planted in the house of the Lord ,
they thrive in the courts of our God.^(n)
14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
healthy and green,^(o)
15 to declare: "The Lord is just;
He is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in Him."^(p)

¹ The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty;
The Lord is robed, enveloped in strength.
The world is firmly established;
it cannot be shaken.^(a)
2 Your throne has been established
from the beginning;^[a]
You are from eternity.^(b)
3 The floods have lifted up, Lord ,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their pounding waves.^(c)
4 Greater than the roar of many waters—
the mighty breakers of the sea—
the Lord on high is majestic.^(d)

⁵  Lord , Your testimonies are completely reliable;^(e)
holiness is the beauty of^[b] Your house
for all the days to come.^(f)

¹  Lord , God of vengeance—
God of vengeance, appear.^(a)
2 Rise up, Judge of the earth;
repay the proud what they deserve.^(b)
3  Lord , how long will the wicked—
how long will the wicked gloat?^(c)

⁴ They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.^(d)
5  Lord , they crush Your people;
they afflict Your heritage.^(e)
6 They kill the widow and the foreigner
and murder the fatherless.^(f)
7 They say, "The Lord doesn't see it.
The God of Jacob doesn't pay attention."^(g)

⁸ Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?^(h)
9 Can the One who shaped the ear not hear,
the One who formed the eye not see?^(i)
10 The One who instructs nations,
the One who teaches man knowledge—
does He not discipline?^(j)
11 The Lord knows man's thoughts;
they are meaningless.^(k)

¹²  Lord , happy is the man You discipline
and teach from Your law^(l)
13 to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.^(m)
14 The Lord will not forsake His people
or abandon His heritage,^(n)
15 for justice will again be righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow^[a] it.^(o)

¹⁶ Who stands up for me against the wicked?
Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?^(p) <