Bible Reading Plan

¹ The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.^(a)

² I will say^[a] to the Lord , "My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."^(b)

³ He Himself will deliver you from the hunter's net,^(c)
from the destructive plague.
⁴ He will cover you with His feathers;
you will take refuge under His wings.^(d)
His faithfulness will be a protective shield.^(e)
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
the arrow that flies by day,^(f)
6 the plague that stalks in darkness,
or the pestilence that ravages at noon.^(g)
7 Though a thousand fall at your side
and ten thousand at your right hand,
the pestilence will not reach you.^(h)
8 You will only see it with your eyes
and witness the punishment of the wicked.⁽ⁱ⁾

⁹ Because you have made the Lord —my refuge,^(j)
the Most High—your dwelling place,^(k)
10 no harm will come to you;
no plague will come near your tent.^(l)
11 For He will give His angels orders concerning you,
to protect you in all your ways.^(m)
12 They will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.^(n)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the young lion and the serpent.^(o)

¹⁴ Because he is lovingly devoted to Me,
I will deliver him;
I will protect him because he knows My name.^(p)
15 When he calls out to Me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble.
I will rescue him and give him honor.^(q)
16 I will satisfy him with a long life^(r)
and show him My salvation.^(s)

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)
17 If the Lord had not been my helper,
I would soon rest in the silence of death.^(q)
18 If I say, "My foot is slipping,"
Your faithful love will support me, Lord .^(r)
19 When I am filled with cares,
Your comfort brings me joy.^(s)

²⁰ Can a corrupt throne—
one that creates trouble by law—
become Your ally?^(t)
21 They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.^(u)
22 But the Lord is my refuge;
my God is the rock of my protection.^(v)
23 He will pay them back for their sins
and destroy them for their evil.
The Lord our God will destroy them.^(w)

¹ Come, let us shout joyfully to the Lord ,
shout triumphantly to the rock of our salvation!^(a)
2 Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving;
let us shout triumphantly to Him in song.^(b)

³ For the Lord is a great God,
a great King above all gods.^(c)
4 The depths of the earth are in His hand,
and the mountain peaks are His.^(d)
5 The sea is His; He made it.
His hands formed the dry land.^(e)

⁶ Come, let us worship and bow down;
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.^(f)
7 For He is our God,
and we are the people of His pasture,
the sheep under His care.^[a](g)

Today, if you hear His voice:^(h)
8 Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the wilderness^(i)
9 where your fathers tested Me;
they tried Me, though they had seen what I did.^(j)
10 For 40 years I was disgusted with that generation;
I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray;
they do not know My ways."^(k)
11 So I swore in My anger,
"They will not enter My rest."^(l)