Bible Reading Plan

⁶ Save us and help us with your right hand,^(k)
     that those you love may be delivered.
⁷ God has spoken^(l) from his sanctuary:^(m)
     "In triumph I will parcel out Shechem⁽ⁿ⁾
     and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.^(o)
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
     Ephraim is my helmet,
     Judah^(p) is my scepter.
⁹ Moab^(q) is my washbasin,
     on Edom^(r) I toss my sandal;
     over Philistia^(s) I shout in triumph."

¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
     Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹ Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
     and no longer go out with our armies?^(t)
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
     for human help is worthless.^(u)
13 With God we will gain the victory,
     and he will trample down^(v) our enemies.

⁶ Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
     let an accuser⁽ⁱ⁾ stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty,^(j)
     and may his prayers condemn^(k) him.
⁸ May his days be few;^(l)
     may another take his place^(m) of leadership.
⁹ May his children be fatherless
     and his wife a widow.^(n)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;^(o)
     may they be driven^[a] from their ruined homes.
¹¹ May a creditor^(p) seize all he has;
     may strangers plunder^(q) the fruits of his labor.^(r)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
     or take pity^(s) on his fatherless children.
¹³ May his descendants be cut off,^(t)
     their names blotted out^(u) from the next generation.
¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers^(v) be remembered before the Lord ;
     may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
¹⁵ May their sins always remain before^(w) the Lord ,
     that he may blot out their name^(x) from the earth.

¹⁶ For he never thought of doing a kindness,
     but hounded to death the poor
     and the needy^(y) and the brokenhearted.^(z)
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
     may it come back on him.^(aa)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
     may it be far from him.
¹⁸ He wore cursing^(ab) as his garment;
     it entered into his body like water,^(ac)
     into his bones like oil.
¹⁹ May it be like a cloak wrapped^(ad) about him,
     like a belt tied forever around him.
²⁰ May this be the Lord 's payment^(ae) to my accusers,
     to those who speak evil^(af) of me.

²¹ But you, Sovereign Lord ,
     help me for your name's sake;^(ag)
     out of the goodness of your love,^(ah) deliver me.^(ai)
22 For I am poor and needy,
     and my heart is wounded within me.
²³ I fade away like an evening shadow;^(aj)
     I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees give^(ak) way from fasting;^(al)
     my body is thin and gaunt.^(am)
25 I am an object of scorn^(an) to my accusers;
     when they see me, they shake their heads.^(ao)

²⁶ Help me,^(ap) Lord my God;
     save me according to your unfailing love.
²⁷ Let them know^(aq) that it is your hand,
     that you, Lord , have done it.
²⁸ While they curse,^(ar) may you bless;
     may those who attack me be put to shame,
     but may your servant rejoice.^(as)
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
     and wrapped in shame^(at) as in a cloak.

³⁰ With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord ;
     in the great throng^(au) of worshipers I will praise him.
³¹ For he stands at the right hand^(av) of the needy,
     to save their lives from those who would condemn them.