30-day plan

30 Days in the Psalms

The Psalms teach us how to speak to God honestly — in gladness, in grief, and in the long middle where nothing seems to move. Read one each morning, slowly, aloud if you can.

Length
30 days
Each morning
10 min
Whole plan
5 hrs

The schedule

Every day opens a full study — context, key verses, application, and prayer.

  1. Day 1

    Psalm 1

    Two ways to live, and what roots a person.

  2. Day 2

    Psalm 8

    The smallness of humanity and the dignity God gives it.

  3. Day 3

    Psalm 16

    A settled heart: 'the Lord is my chosen portion'.

  4. Day 4

    Psalm 19

    Two books of revelation: the skies and the law.

  5. Day 5

    Psalm 23

    The shepherd who goes before you.

  6. Day 6

    Psalm 27

    One thing asked, one thing sought.

  7. Day 7

    Psalm 34

    Tasting, not only believing, that the Lord is good.

  8. Day 8

    Psalm 37

    Patience while the wicked seem to prosper.

  9. Day 9

    Psalm 40

    Lifted from the pit, given a new song.

  10. Day 10

    Psalm 42

    Thirst, and speaking to your own soul.

  11. Day 11

    Psalm 46

    A refuge that does not move when the earth does.

  12. Day 12

    Psalm 51

    Honest confession, and the mercy that meets it.

  13. Day 13

    Psalm 63

    Longing for God in a dry and weary land.

  14. Day 14

    Psalm 73

    Almost slipping, until he entered the sanctuary.

  15. Day 15

    Psalm 84

    The joy of being where God is.

  16. Day 16

    Psalm 86

    An undivided heart, asked for plainly.

  17. Day 17

    Psalm 90

    Teach us to number our days.

  18. Day 18

    Psalm 91

    Shelter in the shadow of the Almighty.

  19. Day 19

    Psalm 95

    Worship, and the warning not to harden your heart.

  20. Day 20

    Psalm 100

    Gladness as an act of obedience.

  21. Day 21

    Psalm 103

    Benefits remembered so the soul does not forget.

  22. Day 22

    Psalm 116

    What shall I return to the Lord?

  23. Day 23

    Psalm 119:1-24

    Delight in instruction, not mere duty.

  24. Day 24

    Psalm 121

    Help from the maker of heaven and earth.

  25. Day 25

    Psalm 126

    Sowing in tears, reaping with songs of joy.

  26. Day 26

    Psalm 130

    Waiting from the depths, hoping in his word.

  27. Day 27

    Psalm 133

    The goodness of unity among God's people.

  28. Day 28

    Psalm 139

    Fully known, and still held.

  29. Day 29

    Psalm 145

    One generation telling the next.

  30. Day 30

    Psalm 150

    Everything that has breath, praising.

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