Seven Days in the Psalms

A week in the Bible's prayer book — one beloved psalm verse a day, from green pastures to fulness of joy.

Part of Verse Collections

1. Day 1 / 7

   The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

   Begin the week with the Bible's best-loved line. If the LORD is your shepherd, the conclusion follows: you shall not want. Let that settle before anything else today.

2. Day 2 / 7

   God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

   A refuge is where you run when trouble comes; a very present help is one already in the room. Whatever today holds, you do not face it unaccompanied.

3. Day 3 / 7

   Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

   Forgetting is the soul's default; remembering is a discipline. Name three of God's benefits to you before the day ends — say them out loud.

4. Day 4 / 7

   I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

   The psalmist looks at the hills and asks the honest question: where does my help come from? Lift your eyes past today's obstacle to the Maker of heaven and earth.

5. Day 5 / 7

   Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

   David's prayer after his worst failure. God does not patch hearts; he creates them new. Whatever needs cleansing today, ask boldly — creating is his specialty.

6. Day 6 / 7

   This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

   This is the day the LORD hath made — this ordinary one, with its errands and interruptions. Rejoicing is a choice the psalm invites you to make before the day proves itself.

7. Day 7 / 7

   Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

   The week ends where joy lives: in God's presence. Not a sip but fulness; not for a while but for evermore. The path of life leads to a Person.