Bible Reading Plan

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
     Where can I flee^(k) from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens,^(l) you are there;
     if I make my bed^(m) in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
     if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,⁽ⁿ⁾
     your right hand^(o) will hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
     and the light become night around me,"
¹² even the darkness will not be dark^(p) to you;
     the night will shine like the day,
     for darkness is as light to you.

¹³ For you created my inmost being;^(q)
     you knit me together^(r) in my mother's womb.^(s)
14 I praise you^(t) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
     your works are wonderful,^(u)
     I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
     when I was made^(v) in the secret place,
     when I was woven together^(w) in the depths of the earth.^(x)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
     all the days ordained^(y) for me were written in your book
     before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts,^[a](z) God!^(aa)
     How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,^(ab)
     they would outnumber the grains of sand^(ac)—
     when I awake,^(ad) I am still with you.

¹⁹ If only you, God, would slay the wicked!^(ae)
     Away from me,^(af) you who are bloodthirsty!^(ag)
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
     your adversaries^(ah) misuse your name.^(ai)
21 Do I not hate those^(aj) who hate you, Lord ,
     and abhor^(ak) those who are in rebellion against you?
²² I have nothing but hatred for them;
     I count them my enemies.^(al)
23 Search me,^(am) God, and know my heart;^(an)
     test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴ See if there is any offensive way^(ao) in me,
     and lead me^(ap) in the way everlasting.

³  Lord , what are human beings^(f) that you care for them,
     mere mortals that you think of them?
⁴ They are like a breath;^(g)
     their days are like a fleeting shadow.^(h)

⁵ Part your heavens,⁽ⁱ⁾ Lord , and come down;^(j)
     touch the mountains, so that they smoke.^(k)
6 Send forth lightning^(l) and scatter^(m) the enemy;
     shoot your arrows⁽ⁿ⁾ and rout them.
⁷ Reach down your hand from on high;^(o)
     deliver me and rescue me^(p)
from the mighty waters,^(q)
     from the hands of foreigners^(r)
8 whose mouths are full of lies,^(s)
     whose right hands^(t) are deceitful.^(u)

⁹ I will sing a new song^(v) to you, my God;
     on the ten-stringed lyre^(w) I will make music to you,
¹⁰ to the One who gives victory to kings,^(x)
     who delivers his servant David.^(y)

From the deadly sword^{(z) 11} deliver me;
     rescue me^(aa) from the hands of foreigners^(ab)
whose mouths are full of lies,^(ac)
     whose right hands are deceitful.^(ad)

¹² Then our sons in their youth
     will be like well-nurtured plants,^(ae)
and our daughters will be like pillars^(af)
     carved to adorn a palace.
¹³ Our barns will be filled^(ag)
     with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
     by tens of thousands in our fields;
¹⁴       our oxen^(ah) will draw heavy loads.^[b]
There will be no breaching of walls,^(ai)
     no going into captivity,
     no cry of distress in our streets.^(aj)
15 Blessed is the people^(ak) of whom this is true;
     blessed is the people whose God is the Lord .

³ Great^(f) is the Lord and most worthy of praise;^(g)
     his greatness no one can fathom.^(h)
4 One generation⁽ⁱ⁾ commends your works to another;
     they tell^(j) of your mighty acts.^(k)
5 They speak of the glorious splendor^(l) of your majesty—
     and I will meditate on your wonderful works.^[b](m)
6 They tell⁽ⁿ⁾ of the power of your awesome works—^(o)
     and I will proclaim^(p) your great deeds.^(q)
7 They celebrate your abundant goodness^(r)
     and joyfully sing^(s) of your righteousness.^(t)

⁸ The Lord is gracious and compassionate,^(u)
     slow to anger and rich in love.^(v)

⁹ The Lord is good^(w) to all;
     he has compassion^(x) on all he has made.
¹⁰ All your works praise you,^(y) Lord ;
     your faithful people extol^(z) you.^(aa)
11 They tell of the glory of your kingdom^(ab)
     and speak of your might,^(ac)
12 so that all people may know of your mighty acts^(ad)
     and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.^(ae)
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,^(af)
     and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is trustworthy^(ag) in all he promises^(ah)
     and faithful in all he does.^[c]
14 The Lord upholds^(ai) all who fall
     and lifts up all^(aj) who are bowed down.^(ak)
15 The eyes of all look to you,
     and you give them their food^(al) at the proper time.
¹⁶ You open your hand
     and satisfy the desires^(am) of every living thing.

¹⁷ The Lord is righteous^(an) in all his ways
     and faithful in all he does.^(ao)
18 The Lord is near^(ap) to all who call on him,^(aq)
     to all who call on him in truth.
¹⁹ He fulfills the desires^(ar) of those who fear him;^(as)
     he hears their cry^(at) and saves them.^(au)
20 The Lord watches over^(av) all who love him,^(aw)
     but all the wicked he will destroy.^(ax)

²¹ My mouth will speak^(ay) in praise of the Lord .
     Let every creature^(az) praise his holy name^(ba)
     for ever and ever.