Bible Reading Plan

¹ Why have You rejected us forever, God?
Why does Your anger burn
against the sheep of Your pasture?^(b)
2 Remember Your congregation,
which You purchased long ago
and redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession.^(c)
Remember Mount Zion where You dwell.^(d)
3 Make Your way^[a] to the everlasting ruins,
to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary.^(e)
4 Your adversaries roared in the meeting place
where You met with us.^[b]
They set up their emblems as signs.^(f)
5 It was like men in a thicket of trees,
wielding axes,^(g)
6 then smashing all the carvings
with hatchets and picks.^(h)
7 They set Your sanctuary on fire;
they utterly^[c] desecrated
the dwelling place of Your name.^(i)
8 They said in their hearts,
"Let us oppress them relentlessly."
They burned down every place throughout the land
where God met with us.^[d](j)
9 There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.^(k)
10 God, how long will the enemy mock?
Will the foe insult Your name forever?^(l)
11 Why do You hold back Your hand?
Stretch out^[e] Your right hand and destroy them!^(m)

¹² God my King is from ancient times,
performing saving acts on the earth.^(n)
13 You divided the sea with Your strength;
You smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the waters;^(o)
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
You fed him to the creatures of the desert.^(p)
15 You opened up springs and streams;^(q)
You dried up ever-flowing rivers.^(r)
16 The day is Yours, also the night;
You established the moon and the sun.^(s)
17 You set all the boundaries of the earth;
You made summer and winter.^(t)

¹⁸ Remember this: the enemy has mocked Yahweh,
and a foolish people has insulted Your name.^(u)
19 Do not give the life of Your dove to beasts;^[f]
do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever.^(v)
20 Consider the covenant,^(w)
for the dark places of the land are full of violence.^(x)
21 Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;
let the poor and needy praise Your name.^(y)
22 Rise up, God, defend Your cause!^(z)
Remember the insults
that fools bring against You all day long.^(aa)
23 Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries,
the tumult of Your opponents that goes up constantly.^(ab)

¹ We give thanks to You, God;
we give thanks to You, for Your name is near.
People tell about Your wonderful works.^(b)

² "When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.^(c)
3 When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the One who steadies its pillars.^(d) Selah
⁴ I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,'
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.^(e)
5 Do not lift up your horn against heaven
or speak arrogantly.'"^(f)

⁶ Exaltation does not come
from the east, the west, or the desert,
⁷ for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.^(g)
8 For there is a cup in the Lord 's hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.^(h)

⁹ As for me, I will tell about Him forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.⁽ⁱ⁾

¹⁰ "I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,^(j)
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up."^(k)

¹ God is known in Judah;
His name is great in Israel.^(b)
2 His tent is in Salem,^[a]
His dwelling place in Zion.^(c)
3 There He shatters the bow's flaming arrows,
the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.^(d) Selah

⁴ You are resplendent and majestic
coming down from the mountains of prey.^(e)
5 The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.^(f)
6 At Your rebuke, God of Jacob,
both chariot and horse lay still.^(g)

⁷ And You—You are to be feared.^[b]
When You are angry,
who can stand before You?^(h)
8 From heaven You pronounced judgment.
The earth feared and grew quiet^(i)
9 when God rose up to judge
and to save all the lowly of the earth.^(j) Selah
¹⁰ Even human wrath will praise You;
You will clothe Yourself
with their remaining wrath.^[c](k)

¹¹ Make and keep your vows
to the Lord your God;^(l)
let all who are around Him bring tribute
to the awe-inspiring One.^[d](m)
12 He humbles the spirit of leaders;
He is feared by the kings of the earth.⁽ⁿ⁾

¹ I cry aloud to God,
aloud to God, and He will hear me.^(b)
2 I sought the Lord in my day of trouble.
My hands were continually lifted up
all night long;
I refused to be comforted.^(c)
3 I think of God; I groan;
I meditate; my spirit becomes weak.^(d) Selah

⁴ You have kept me from closing my eyes;
I am troubled and cannot speak.^(e)
5 I consider days of old,
years long past.^(f)
6 At night I remember my music;
I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.^(g)

⁷ "Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?^(h)
8 Has His faithful love ceased forever?
Is His promise at an end for all generations?^(i)
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has He in anger withheld His compassion?"^(j) Selah

¹⁰ So I say, "I am grieved^[a]
that the right hand of the Most High has changed."^(k)
11 I will remember the Lord 's works;
yes, I will remember Your ancient wonders.^(l)
12 I will reflect on all You have done
and meditate on Your actions.^(m)

¹³ God, Your way is holy.
What god is great like God?^(n)
14 You are the God who works wonders;
You revealed Your strength among the peoples.^(o)
15 With power You redeemed Your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.^(p) Selah

¹⁶ The waters saw You, God.
The waters saw You; they trembled.
Even the depths shook.^(q)
17 The clouds poured down water.
The storm clouds thundered;
Your arrows flashed back and forth.^(r)
18 The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
lightning lit up the world.^(s)
The earth shook and quaked.^(t)
19 Your way went through the sea
and Your path through the great waters,
but Your footprints were unseen.^(u)
20 You led Your people like a flock^(v)
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.^(w)

¹ My people, hear my instruction;
listen to what I say.^(b)
2 I will declare wise sayings;
I will speak mysteries from the past^(c)—
³ things we have heard and known
and that our fathers have passed down to us.^(d)
4 We must not hide them from their children,
but must tell a future generation
the praises of the Lord ,
His might, and the wonderful works
He has performed.^(e)
5 He established a testimony in Jacob
and set up a law in Israel,
which He commanded our fathers
to teach to their children^(f)
6 so that a future generation—
children yet to be born—might know.
They were to rise and tell their children^(g)
7 so that they might put their confidence in God
and not forget God's works,
but keep His commands.^(h)
8 Then they would not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.⁽ⁱ⁾

⁹ The Ephraimite archers turned back
on the day of battle.^(j)
10 They did not keep God's covenant
and refused to live by His law.^(k)
11 They forgot what He had done,
the wonderful works He had shown them.^(l)
12 He worked wonders in the sight of their fathers
in the land of Egypt, the region of Zoan.^(m)
13 He split the sea and brought them across;
the water stood firm like a wall.^(n)
14 He led them with a cloud by day
and with a fiery light throughout the night.^(o)
15 He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.^(p)
16 He brought streams out of the stone
and made water flow down like rivers.^(q)

¹⁷ But they continued to sin against Him,
rebelling in the desert against the Most High.^(r)
18 They deliberately^[a] tested God,
demanding the food they craved.^(s)
19 They spoke against God, saying,
"Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?
²⁰ Look! He struck the rock and water gushed out;
torrents overflowed.^(t)
But can He also provide bread
or furnish meat for His people?"^(u)
21 Therefore, the Lord heard and became furious;
then fire broke out against Jacob,
and anger flared up against Israel^(v)
22 because they did not believe God
or rely on His salvation.^(w)
23 He gave a command to the clouds above
and opened the doors of heaven.^(x)
24 He rained manna for them to eat;
He gave them grain from heaven.^(y)
25 People^[b] ate the bread of angels.^[c]
He sent them an abundant supply of food.^(z)
26 He made the east wind blow in the skies
and drove the south wind by His might.^(aa)
27 He rained meat on them like dust,
and winged birds like the sand of the seas.
²⁸ He made them fall in His camp,
all around His tent.^{[d][e](ab)
29} They ate and were completely satisfied,
for He gave them what they craved.^(ac)
30 Before they had satisfied their desire,
while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹ God's anger flared up against them,
and He killed some of their best men.
He struck down Israel's choice young men.^(ad)

³² Despite all this, they kept sinning
and did not believe His wonderful works.^(ae)
33 He made their days end in futility,
their years in sudden disaster.^(af)
34 When He killed some of them,
the rest began to seek Him;
they repented and searched for God.^(ag)
35 They remembered that God was their rock,
the Most High God, their Redeemer.^(ah)
36 But they deceived Him with their mouths,
they lied to Him with their tongues,^(ai)
37 their hearts were insincere toward Him,
and they were unfaithful to His covenant.^(aj)
38 Yet He was compassionate;
He atoned for^[f] their guilt
and did not destroy them.
He often turned His anger aside
and did not unleash^[g] all His wrath.^(ak)
39 He remembered that they were only flesh,
a wind that passes and does not return.^(al)

⁴⁰ How often they rebelled against Him
in the wilderness
and grieved Him in the desert.
⁴¹ They constantly tested God^(am)
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.^(an)
42 They did not remember His power shown
on the day He redeemed them from the foe,^(ao)
43 when He performed His miraculous signs in Egypt
and His wonders in the region of Zoan.^(ap)
44 He turned their rivers into blood,
and they could not drink from their streams.^(aq)
45 He sent among them swarms of flies,^(ar)
which fed on them,
and frogs, which devastated them.^(as)
46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.^(at)
47 He killed their vines with hail
and their sycamore fig trees with a flood.
⁴⁸ He handed over their livestock to hail
and their cattle to lightning bolts.^(au)
49 He sent His burning anger against them:
fury, indignation, and calamity—
a band of deadly messengers.^[h](av)
50 He cleared a path for His anger.
He did not spare them from death
but delivered their lives to the plague.^(aw)
51 He struck all the firstborn^(ax) in Egypt,
the first progeny of the tents of Ham.^[i](ay)
52 He led His people out like sheep
and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.^(az)
53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid;
but the sea covered their enemies.^(ba)
54 He brought them to His holy land,
to the mountain His right hand acquired.^(bb)
55 He drove out nations before them.^(bc)
He apportioned their inheritance by lot
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.^(bd)

⁵⁶ But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,
for they did not keep His decrees.^(be)
57 They treacherously turned away like their fathers;
they became warped like a faulty bow.^(bf)
58 They enraged Him with their high places
and provoked His jealousy with their carved images.^(bg)
59 God heard and became furious;
He completely rejected Israel.^(bh)
60 He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
the tent where He resided among men.^[j](bi)
61 He gave up His strength^[k] to captivity
and His splendor to the hand of a foe.^(bj)
62 He surrendered His people to the sword
because He was enraged with His heritage.^(bk)
63 Fire consumed His chosen young men,
and His young women had no wedding songs.^[l](bl)
64 His priests fell by the sword,
but the^[m] widows could not lament.^[n](bm)

⁶⁵ Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep,
like a warrior from the effects of wine.^(bn)
66 He beat back His foes;
He gave them lasting shame.^(bo)
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph
and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
⁶⁸ He chose instead the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which He loved.^(bp)
69 He built His sanctuary like the heights,^[o]
like the earth that He established forever.^(bq)
70 He chose David His servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;^(br)
71 He brought him from tending ewes
to be shepherd over His people Jacob—
over Israel, His inheritance.^(bs)
72 He shepherded them with a pure heart
and guided them with his skillful hands.^(bt)

¹ God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance,
desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.^(b)
2 They gave the corpses of Your servants
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth.^(c)
3 They poured out their blood
like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.^(d)
4 We have become an object of reproach
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.^(e)

⁵ How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?^(f)
6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations
that don't acknowledge You,
on the kingdoms that don't call on Your name,^(g)
7 for they have devoured Jacob
and devastated his homeland.^(h)
8 Do not hold past sins^[a] against us;
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.⁽ⁱ⁾

⁹ God of our salvation, help us^(j)—
for the glory of Your name.
Deliver us and atone for^[b] our sins,
because of Your name.^(k)
10 Why should the nations ask,
"Where is their God?"^(l)
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations.^(m)
11 Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;
according to Your great power,
preserve those condemned to die.⁽ⁿ⁾

¹² Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors^(o)
the reproach they have hurled at You, Lord.^(p)
13 Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,^(q)
will thank You forever;
we will declare Your praise
to generation after generation.^(r)

¹ Listen, Shepherd of Israel,
who leads Joseph like a flock;^(b)
You who sit enthroned on the cherubim,^(c)
rise up^(d)
2 before Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh.^[b](e)
Rally Your power and come to save us.^(f)
3 Restore us, God;
look on us with favor,
and we will be saved.^(g)

⁴  Lord God of Hosts,
how long will You be angry
with Your people's prayers?^(h)
5 You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure^[c]
of tears to drink.^(i)
6 You make us quarrel with our neighbors;
our enemies make fun of us.^(j)
7 Restore us, God of Hosts;
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.^(k)

⁸ You uprooted a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.^(l)
9 You cleared a place for it;
it took root and filled the land.^(m)
10 The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars^[d] with its branches.^(n)
11 It sent out sprouts toward the Sea^[e]
and shoots toward the River.^[f](o)

¹² Why have You broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?^(p)
13 The boar from the forest tears it
and creatures of the field feed on it.^(q)
14 Return, God of Hosts.^(r)
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
¹⁵ the root^[g] Your right hand has planted,
the shoot^[h] that You made strong for Yourself.^(s)
16 It was cut down and burned up;^[i]
they^[j] perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.^(t)
17 Let Your hand be with the man at Your right hand,
with the son of man
You have made strong for Yourself.^(u)
18 Then we will not turn away from You;
revive us, and we will call on Your name.^(v)
19 Restore us, Yahweh, the God of Hosts;^(w)
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.^(x)

¹ Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.^(b)
2 Lift up a song—play the tambourine,
the melodious lyre, and the harp.^(c)
3 Blow the horn on the day of our feasts^[a][b]
during the new moon^(d)
and during the full moon.
⁴ For this is a statute for Israel,
a judgment of the God of Jacob.^(e)
5 He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph
when He went throughout^[c] the land of Egypt.^(f)

I heard an unfamiliar language:
⁶ "I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.^(g)
7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you;
I answered you from the thundercloud.^(h)
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.⁽ⁱ⁾ Selah
⁸ Listen, My people, and I will admonish you.
Israel, if you would only listen to Me!^(j)
9 There must not be a strange god among you;
you must not bow down to a foreign god.^(k)
10 I am Yahweh your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.^(l)
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.^(m)

¹¹ "But My people did not listen to Me;
Israel did not obey Me.^(n)
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.^(o)
13 If only My people would listen to Me
and Israel would follow My ways,^(p)
14 I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn My hand against their foes."^(q)
15 Those who hate the Lord
would pretend submission to Him;^(r)
their doom would last forever.^(s)
16 But He would feed Israel^[d] with the best wheat.
"I would satisfy you with honey from the rock."^(t)

¹ God has taken His place in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods:^[a](b)
2 "How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?^(c) Selah
³ Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.^(d)
4 Rescue the poor and needy;
save them from the power of the wicked."^(e)

⁵ They do not know or understand;
they wander in darkness.^(f)
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.^(g)

⁶ I said, "You are gods;^(h)
you are all sons of the Most High.^(i)
7 However, you will die like men
and fall like any other ruler."^(j)

⁸ Rise up, God, judge the earth,
for all the nations belong to You.^(k)

¹ God, do not keep silent.
Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.^(b)
2 See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.^[a](c)
3 They devise clever schemes against Your people;
they conspire against Your treasured ones.^(d)
4 They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel's name will no longer be remembered."^(e)
5 For they have conspired with one mind;
they form an alliance^[b] against You^(f)—
⁶ the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,^(g)
Moab and the Hagrites,^(h)
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,⁽ⁱ⁾
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.^(j)
8 Even Assyria has joined them;
they lend support^[c] to the sons of Lot.^[d](k) Selah

⁹ Deal with them as You did with Midian,^(l)
as You did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.^(m)
10 They were destroyed at En-dor;
they became manure for the ground.^(n)
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,^(o)
and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,^(p)
12 who said, "Let us seize God's pastures for ourselves."^(q)

¹³ Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.^(r)
14 As fire burns a forest,
as a flame blazes through mountains,^(s)
15 so pursue them with Your tempest
and terrify them with Your storm.^(t)
16 Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek Your name Yahweh.^(u)
17 Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.^(v)
18 May they know that You alone—
whose name is Yahweh—
are the Most High over all the earth.^(w)

¹ How lovely is Your dwelling place,
Lord of Hosts.^(b)
2 I long and yearn
for the courts of the Lord ;
my heart and flesh cry out for^[a] the living God.^(c)

³ Even a sparrow finds a home,
and a swallow, a nest for herself
where she places her young—
near Your altars, Lord of Hosts,
my King and my God.^(d)
4 How happy are those who reside in Your house,
who praise You continually.^(e) Selah

⁵ Happy are the people whose strength is in You,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.^(f)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,^[b]
they make it a source of springwater;
even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.^[c](g)
7 They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.^(h)

⁸  Lord God of Hosts, hear my prayer;
listen, God of Jacob.⁽ⁱ⁾ Selah
⁹ Consider our shield,^[d] God;^(j)
look on the face of Your anointed one.^(k)

¹⁰ Better a day in Your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of wicked people.^(l)
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield.^(m)
The Lord gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.^(n)
12 Happy is the person who trusts in You,
Lord of Hosts!^(o)

¹  Lord , You showed favor to Your land;^(a)
You restored Jacob's prosperity.^[a](b)
2 You took away Your people's guilt;
You covered all their sin.^(c) Selah
³ You withdrew all Your fury;
You turned from Your burning anger.^(d)

⁴ Return to us, God of our salvation,
and abandon Your displeasure with us.^(e)
5 Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger for all generations?^(f)
6 Will You not revive us again
so that Your people may rejoice in You?^(g)
7 Show us Your faithful love, Lord ,
and give us Your salvation.^(h)

⁸ I will listen to what God will say;
surely the Lord will declare peace
to His people, His godly ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.^(i)
9 His salvation is very near those who fear Him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.^(j)

¹⁰ Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.^(k)
11 Truth will spring up from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.^(l)
12 Also, the Lord will provide what is good,
and our land will yield its crops.^(m)
13 Righteousness will go before Him
to prepare the way for His steps.⁽ⁿ⁾