Psalm 13-14 – New Living Translation

July 2 (Year One)

For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever?
    How long will you look the other way?
How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,
    with sorrow in my heart every day?
    How long will my enemy have the upper hand?

Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!
    Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.
Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!”
    Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.

But I trust in your unfailing love.
    I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
I will sing to the Lord
    because he is good to me.

For the choir director: A psalm of David.

Only fools say in their hearts,
    “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their actions are evil;
    not one of them does good!

The Lord looks down from heaven
    on the entire human race;
he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,
    if anyone seeks God.
But no, all have turned away;
    all have become corrupt.
No one does good,
    not a single one!

Will those who do evil never learn?
    They eat up my people like bread
    and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.
Terror will grip them,
    for God is with those who obey him.
The wicked frustrate the plans of the oppressed,
    but the Lord will protect his people.

Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel?
    When the Lord restores his people,
    Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice.

Psalm 13-14 – English Standard Version

July 1 (Year One)

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

13 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
    How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I take counsel in my soul
    and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
    light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”
    lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

But I have trusted in your steadfast love;
    my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
I will sing to the Lord,
    because he has dealt bountifully with me.

To the choirmaster. Of David.

14 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
    They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
    there is none who does good.

The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,
    to see if there are any who understand,
    who seek after God.

They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
    there is none who does good,
    not even one.

Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers
    who eat up my people as they eat bread
    and do not call upon the Lord?

There they are in great terror,
    for God is with the generation of the righteous.
You would shame the plans of the poor,
    but the Lord is his refuge.

Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
    When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,
    let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Psalm 10 – English Standard Version

June 1 (Year One)

10 Why, O Lord, do you stand far away?
    Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
    let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,
    and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.
In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him;
    all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
His ways prosper at all times;
    your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
    as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
    throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
    under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
He sits in ambush in the villages;
    in hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
    he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;
he lurks that he may seize the poor;
    he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
    and fall by his might.
11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
    he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”

12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
    forget not the afflicted.
13 Why does the wicked renounce God
    and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
14 But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,
    that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless commits himself;
    you have been the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
    call his wickedness to account till you find none.

16 The Lord is king forever and ever;
    the nations perish from his land.
17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
    you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
    so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Psalm 7 – New International Reader’s Version

April 30 (Year One)

shiggaion of David. He sang it to the Lord about Cush, who was from the tribe of Benjamin.

Lord my God, I go to you for safety.
    Help me. Save me from all those who are chasing me.
If you don’t, they will tear me apart as if they were lions.
    They will rip me to pieces so that no one can save me.

Lord my God, suppose I have done something wrong.
    Suppose I am guilty.
Or I have done evil to my friend.
    Or I have robbed my enemy without any reason.
Then let my enemy chase me and catch me.
    Let him stomp me into the ground.
    Let him bury me in the dust.

Lord, rise up in your anger.
    Rise up against the great anger of my enemies.
    My God, wake up. Command that the right thing be done.
Let all the people of the earth gather around you.
    Rule over them from your throne in heaven.
    Lord, judge all people.
Lord, show that I have done what is right.
    Most High God, remember that I am honest.
God, you always do what is right.
    You look deep down inside the hearts and minds of people.
Bring to an end the terrible things sinful people do.
    Make godly people safe.

The Most High God is like a shield that keeps me safe.
    He saves those whose hearts are honest.
God judges fairly.
    He shows his anger every day.
If evil people don’t change their ways,
    God will sharpen his sword.
    He will get his bow ready to use.
He has prepared his deadly weapons.
    He has made his flaming arrows ready.

Whoever is full of evil
    plans trouble and ends up telling lies.
Whoever digs a hole and shovels it out
    falls into the pit they have made.
The trouble they cause comes back on them.
    The terrible things they do will happen to them.

I will give thanks to the Lord because he does what is right.
    I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.

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Psalm 5 – Easy-to-Read Version

March 30 (Year One)

To the director: With flutes. A song of David.

Lord, listen to me
    and understand what I am trying to say.
My God and King,
    listen to my prayer.
Every morning, Lord, I lay my gifts before you
    and look to you for help.
And every morning you hear my prayers.

God, you don’t want evil people near you.
    They cannot stay in your presence.
Fools cannot come near you.
    You hate those who do evil.
You destroy those who tell lies.
    Lord, you hate those who make secret plans to hurt others.

But by your great mercy, I can enter your house.
    I can worship in your holy Temple with fear and respect for you.
Lord, show me your right way of living,
    and make it easy for me to follow.
People are looking for my weaknesses,
    so show me how you want me to live.
My enemies never tell the truth.
    They only want to destroy people.
Their words come from mouths that are like open graves.
    They use their lying tongues to deceive others.
Punish them, God!
    Let them be caught in their own traps.
They have turned against you,
    so punish them for their many crimes.
But let those who trust in you be happy forever.
    Protect and strengthen those who love your name.
Lord, when you bless good people,
    you surround them with your love, like a large shield that protects them.

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Psalm 4 – English Standard Version

March 1 (Year One)

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
    You have given me relief when I was in distress.
    Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame?
    How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah
But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself;
    the Lord hears when I call to him.

Be angry, and do not sin;
    ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
Offer right sacrifices,
    and put your trust in the Lord.

There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
    Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
You have put more joy in my heart
    than they have when their grain and wine abound.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep;
    for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

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Psalm 150 – New International Reader’s Version

December 30 (Year Six)

Praise the Lord.

Praise God in his holy temple.
    Praise him in his mighty heavens.
Praise him for his powerful acts.
    Praise him because he is greater than anything else.
Praise him by blowing trumpets.
    Praise him with harps and lyres.
Praise him with tambourines and dancing.
    Praise him with stringed instruments and flutes.
Praise him with clashing cymbals.
    Praise him with clanging cymbals.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.

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Psalm 150 – English Standard Version

December 29 (Year Six)

1 Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
    praise him in his mighty heavens!
Praise him for his mighty deeds;
    praise him according to his excellent greatness!

Praise him with trumpet sound;
    praise him with lute and harp!
Praise him with tambourine and dance;
    praise him with strings and pipe!
Praise him with sounding cymbals;
    praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!

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Psalm 1 – Revised Standard Version

February 2 (Year One)

BOOK I

Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
    nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree
    planted by streams of water,
that yields its fruit in its season,
    and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.

The wicked are not so,
    but are like chaff which the wind drives away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
    nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked will perish.

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Psalm 119:1-48 – Revised Standard Version

January 2 (Year One)

119: 1-48 Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
    who walk in the law of the Lord!
Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,
    who seek him with their whole heart,
who also do no wrong,
    but walk in his ways!
Thou hast commanded thy precepts
    to be kept diligently.
O that my ways may be steadfast
    in keeping thy statutes!
Then I shall not be put to shame,
    having my eyes fixed on all thy commandments.
I will praise thee with an upright heart,
    when I learn thy righteous ordinances.
I will observe thy statutes;
    O forsake me not utterly!

How can a young man keep his way pure?
    By guarding it according to thy word.
With my whole heart I seek thee;
    let me not wander from thy commandments!
I have laid up thy word in my heart,
    that I might not sin against thee.
Blessed be thou, O Lord;
    teach me thy statutes!
With my lips I declare
    all the ordinances of thy mouth.
In the way of thy testimonies I delight
    as much as in all riches.
I will meditate on thy precepts,
    and fix my eyes on thy ways.
I will delight in thy statutes;
    I will not forget thy word.

Deal bountifully with thy servant,
    that I may live and observe thy word.
Open my eyes, that I may behold
    wondrous things out of thy law.
I am a sojourner on earth;
    hide not thy commandments from me!
My soul is consumed with longing
    for thy ordinances at all times.
Thou dost rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,
    who wander from thy commandments;
take away from me their scorn and contempt,
    for I have kept thy testimonies.
Even though princes sit plotting against me,
    thy servant will meditate on thy statutes.
Thy testimonies are my delight,
    they are my counselors.

My soul cleaves to the dust;
    revive me according to thy word!
When I told of my ways, thou didst answer me;
    teach me thy statutes!
Make me understand the way of thy precepts,
    and I will meditate on thy wondrous works.
My soul melts away for sorrow;
    strengthen me according to thy word!
Put false ways far from me;
    and graciously teach me thy law!
I have chosen the way of faithfulness,
    I set thy ordinances before me.
I cleave to thy testimonies, O Lord;
    let me not be put to shame!
I will run in the way of thy commandments
    when thou enlargest my understanding!

Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes;
    and I will keep it to the end.
Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law
    and observe it with my whole heart.
Lead me in the path of thy commandments,
    for I delight in it.
Incline my heart to thy testimonies,
    and not to gain!
Turn my eyes from looking at vanities;
    and give me life in thy ways.
Confirm to thy servant thy promise,
    which is for those who fear thee.
Turn away the reproach which I dread;
    for thy ordinances are good.
Behold, I long for thy precepts;
    in thy righteousness give me life!

Let thy steadfast love come to me, O Lord,
    thy salvation according to thy promise;
then shall I have an answer for those who taunt me,
    for I trust in thy word.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
    for my hope is in thy ordinances.
I will keep thy law continually,
    for ever and ever;
and I shall walk at liberty,
    for I have sought thy precepts.
I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings,
    and shall not be put to shame;
for I find my delight in thy commandments,
    which I love.
I revere thy commandments, which I love,
    and I will meditate on thy statutes.

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