Bible Reading Plan

¹ God of my praise, do not be silent.^(a)

² For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.^(b)
3 They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.^(c)
4 In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray.^[a](d)
5 They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.^(e)

⁶ Set a wicked person over him;
let an accuser^[b] stand at his right hand.^(f)
7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
and let his prayer be counted as sin.^(g)
8 Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.^(h)
9 Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.^(i)
10 Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far^[c] from their demolished homes.^(j)
11 Let a creditor seize all he has;
let strangers plunder what he has worked for.^(k)
12 Let no one show him kindness,
and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.^(l)
13 Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation.^(m)
14 Let his ancestors' guilt
be remembered before the Lord ,⁽ⁿ⁾
and do not let his mother's sin be blotted out.^(o)
15 Let their sins^[d] always remain before the Lord ,
and let Him erase^[e] all memory of them from the earth.^(p)

¹⁶ For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.^(q)
17 He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.^(r)
18 He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.^(s)
19 Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.^(t)
20 Let this be the Lord 's payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.^(u)

²¹ But You, Yahweh my Lord,
deal kindly with me because of Your name;^(v)
deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love.^(w)
22 For I am afflicted and needy;^(x)
my heart is wounded within me.^(y)
23 I fade away like a lengthening shadow;^(z)
I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.^[f](aa)
25 I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;^[g]
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.^(ab)

²⁶ Help me, Lord my God;
save me according to Your faithful love^(ac)
27 so they may know that this is Your hand
and that You, Lord , have done it.^(ad)
28 Though they curse, You will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but Your servant will rejoice.^(ae)
29 My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.^(af)
30 I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth;
I will praise Him in the presence of many.^(ag)
31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him.^(ah)

¹ This is the declaration of the Lord
to my Lord:
"Sit at My right hand
until I make Your enemies Your footstool."^(a)
2 The Lord will extend Your mighty scepter from Zion.
Rule^[a] over Your surrounding^[b] enemies.^(b)
3 Your people will volunteer
on Your day of battle.^[c](c)
In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
the dew of Your youth belongs to You.^[d](d)
4 The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back:
"Forever, You are a priest
like Melchizedek."^(e)

⁵ The Lord is at Your right hand;
He will crush kings on the day of His anger.^(f)
6 He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;^(g)
He will crush leaders over the entire world.^(h)
7 He will drink from the brook by the road;⁽ⁱ⁾
therefore, He will lift up His head.^(j)

¹ Hallelujah!^[a]
I will praise the Lord with all my heart
in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.^(a)

² The Lord 's works are great,
studied by all who delight in them.^(b)
3 All that He does is splendid and majestic;^(c)
His righteousness endures forever.^(d)
4 He has caused His wonderful works to be remembered.^(e)
The Lord is gracious and compassionate.^(f)
5 He has provided food for those who fear Him;^(g)
He remembers His covenant forever.^(h)
6 He has shown His people the power of His works
by giving them the inheritance of the nations.^(i)
7 The works of His hands are truth and justice;
all His instructions are trustworthy.^(j)
8 They are established forever and ever,
enacted in truth and in what is right.^(k)
9 He has sent redemption to His people.^(l)
He has ordained His covenant forever.
His name is holy and awe-inspiring.^(m)

¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;⁽ⁿ⁾
all who follow His instructions^[b] have good insight.^(o)
His praise endures forever.^(p)

¹ Hallelujah!^[a]
Happy is the man who fears the Lord ,
taking great delight in His commands.^(a)

² His descendants will be powerful in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.^(b)
3 Wealth and riches are in his house,^(c)
and his righteousness endures forever.^(d)
4 Light shines in the darkness for the upright.^(e)
He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.^(f)
5 Good will come to a man who lends generously
and conducts his business fairly.^(g)
6 He will never be shaken.^(h)
The righteous man will be remembered forever.^(i)
7 He will not fear bad news;
his heart is confident, trusting in the Lord .^(j)
8 His heart is assured; he will not fear.^(k)
In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.^(l)
9 He distributes freely to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.^(m)
His horn will be exalted in honor.⁽ⁿ⁾

¹⁰ The wicked man will see it and be angry;
he will gnash his teeth in despair.^(o)
The desire of the wicked man will come to nothing.^(p)

¹ Hallelujah!
Give praise, servants of Yahweh;
praise the name of Yahweh.^(a)
2 Let the name of Yahweh be praised
both now and forever.^(b)
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting,
let the name of Yahweh be praised.^(c)

⁴ Yahweh is exalted above all the nations,^(d)
His glory above the heavens.^(e)
5 Who is like Yahweh our God—
the One enthroned on high,^(f)
6 who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?^(g)
7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile^(h)
8 in order to seat them with nobles—
with the nobles of His people.^(i)
9 He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.^(j)
Hallelujah!

¹ When Israel came out of Egypt—
the house of Jacob from a people
who spoke a foreign language^(a)—
² Judah became His sanctuary,
Israel, His dominion.^(b)

³ The sea looked and fled;^(c)
the Jordan turned back.^(d)
4 The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills, like lambs.^(e)
5 Why was it, sea, that you fled?
Jordan, that you turned back?^(f)
6 Mountains, that you skipped like rams?
Hills, like lambs?^(g)

⁷ Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,^(h)
8 who turned the rock into a pool of water,
the flint into a spring of water.⁽ⁱ⁾