Bible Reading Plan

¹ I lift my eyes toward the mountains.
Where will my help come from?^(a)
2 My help comes from the Lord ,
the Maker of heaven and earth.^(b)

³ He will not allow your foot to slip;
your Protector will not slumber.^(c)
4 Indeed, the Protector of Israel
does not slumber or sleep.^(d)

⁵ The Lord protects you;
the Lord is a shelter right by your side.^[a](e)
6 The sun will not strike you by day
or the moon by night.^(f)

⁷ The Lord will protect you from all harm;
He will protect your life.^(g)
8 The Lord will protect your coming and going
both now and forever.^(h)

¹ I rejoiced with those who said to me,
"Let us go to the house of the Lord ."^(a)
2 Our feet are standing
within your gates, Jerusalem^(b)—

³ Jerusalem, built as a city should be,
solidly joined together,^(c)
4 where the tribes, Yahweh's tribes, go up
to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.^(d)
(This is an ordinance for Israel.^(e))
⁵ There, thrones for judgment are placed,
thrones of the house of David.^(f)

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May those who love you prosper;^(g)
7 may there be peace within your walls,
prosperity within your fortresses."^(h)
8 Because of my brothers and friends,
I will say, "Peace be with you."^(i)
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.^(j)

¹ I lift my eyes to You,
the One enthroned in heaven.^(a)
2 Like a servant's eyes on his master's hand,
like a servant girl's eyes on her mistress's hand,
so our eyes are on the Lord our God
until He shows us favor.^(b)

³ Show us favor, Lord , show us favor,
for we've had more than enough contempt.^(c)
4 We've had more than enough
scorn from the arrogant
and contempt from the proud.^(d)

¹ If the Lord had not been on our side—
let Israel say—
² If the Lord had not been on our side^(a)
when men attacked us,^(b)
3 then they would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger against us.^(c)
4 Then the waters would have engulfed us;
the torrent would have swept over us;
⁵ the raging waters would have swept over us.^(d)

⁶ Praise the Lord ,
who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.^(e)
7 We have escaped like a bird from the hunter's net;
the net is torn, and we have escaped.^(f)
8 Our help is in the name of Yahweh,
the Maker of heaven and earth.^(g)

¹ Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.
It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.^(a)
2 Jerusalem—the mountains surround her.
And the Lord surrounds His people,
both now and forever.^(b)

³ The scepter of the wicked will not remain
over the land allotted to the righteous,
so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.^(c)
4 Do what is good, Lord , to the good,
to those whose hearts are upright.^(d)
5 But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.^(e)

Peace be with Israel.^(f)

¹ When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,^[a]
we were like those who dream.^(a)
2 Our mouths were filled with laughter then,^(b)
and our tongues with shouts of joy.^(c)
Then they said among the nations,
"The Lord has done great things for them."^(d)
3 The Lord had done great things for us;
we were joyful.^(e)

⁴ Restore our fortunes,^[b] Lord ,
like watercourses in the Negev.^(f)
5 Those who sow in tears
will reap with shouts of joy.^(g)
6 Though one goes along weeping,
carrying the bag of seed,
he will surely come back with shouts of joy,
carrying his sheaves.^(h)

¹ Unless the Lord builds a house,
its builders labor over it in vain;^(a)
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.^(b)
2 In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.^[a](c)

³ Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord ,
children, a reward.^(d)
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one's youth.^(e)
5 Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.^(f)
Such men will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.^(g)

¹ How happy is everyone who fears the Lord ,
who walks in His ways!^(a)
2 You will surely eat
what your hands have worked for.^(b)
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.^(c)
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house,
your sons, like young olive trees
around your table.^(d)
4 In this very way
the man who fears the Lord
will be blessed.^(e)

⁵ May the Lord bless you from Zion,
so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life^(f)
6 and will see your children's children!

Peace be with Israel.^(g)

¹ Since my youth they have often attacked me—
let Israel say—
² Since my youth they have often attacked me,
but they have not prevailed against me.^(a)
3 Plowmen plowed over my back;
they made their furrows long.^(b)
4 The Lord is righteous;
He has cut the ropes of the wicked.^(c)

⁵ Let all who hate Zion
be driven back in disgrace.^(d)
6 Let them be like grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up^[a](e)
7 and can't even fill the hands of the reaper
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.^(f)
8 Then none who pass by will say,
"May the Lord 's blessing be on you."

We bless you in the name of Yahweh.^(g)

¹ Out of the depths I call to You, Yahweh!^(a)
2 Lord, listen to my voice;
let Your ears be attentive
to my cry for help.^(b)

³ Yahweh, if You considered sins,
Lord, who could stand?^(c)
4 But with You there is forgiveness,
so that You may be revered.^(d)

⁵ I wait for Yahweh; I wait
and put my hope in His word.^(e)
6 I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning—
more than watchmen for the morning.^(f)

⁷ Israel, put your hope in the Lord .^(g)
For there is faithful love with the Lord ,
and with Him is redemption in abundance.^(h)
8 And He will redeem Israel
from all its sins.⁽ⁱ⁾

¹  Lord , my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.^(a)
I do not get involved with things
too great or too difficult for me.^(b)
2 Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself
like a little weaned child with its mother;
I am like a little child.^(c)

³ Israel, put your hope in the Lord ,
both now and forever.^(d)

¹  Lord , remember David
and all the hardships he endured,^(a)
2 and how he swore an oath to the Lord ,
making a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:^(b)
3 "I will not enter my house^[a]
or get into my bed,^[b]
4 I will not allow my eyes to sleep
or my eyelids to slumber^(c)
5 until I find a place for the Lord ,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."^(d)

⁶ We heard of the ark in Ephrathah;^[c](e)
we found it in the fields of Jaar.^[d](f)
7 Let us go to His dwelling place;
let us worship at His footstool.^(g)
8 Rise up, Lord , come to Your resting place,
You and Your powerful ark.^(h)
9 May Your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and may Your godly people shout for joy.^(i)
10 Because of Your servant David,
do not reject Your anointed one.^[e](j)

¹¹ The Lord swore an oath to David,
a promise He will not abandon:
"I will set one of your descendants^[f]
on your throne.^(k)
12 If your sons keep My covenant
and My decrees that I will teach them,
their sons will also sit on your throne forever."^(l)

¹³ For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His home:^(m)
14 "This is My resting place forever;
I will make My home here
because I have desired it.^(n)
15 I will abundantly bless its food;
I will satisfy its needy with bread.^(o)
16 I will clothe its priests with salvation,
and its godly people will shout for joy.^(p)
17 There I will make a horn grow for David;^(q)
I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.^(r)
18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,^(s)
but the crown he wears^[g] will be glorious."^(t)