David said, “Lord, God of Israel, your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town on account of me.

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. He saw an altar in Damascus and sent to Uriah the priest a sketch of the altar, with detailed plans for its construction.

So Uriah the priest built an altar in accordance with all the plans that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus and finished it before King Ahaz returned.

David’s Plans for the Temple

David summoned all the officials of Israel to assemble at Jerusalem: the officers over the tribes, the commanders of the divisions in the service of the king, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the warriors and all the brave fighting men.

King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it.

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement.

He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the Lord and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things.

They bribed officials to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.

He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?

My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart

But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.

Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.

He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.

“Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?

You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the Lord is their refuge.

May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.

But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, “Who will see it?”

The Lord knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.

because they rebelled against God’s commands and despised the plans of the Most High.

who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.

Do not grant the wicked their desires, Lord; do not let their plans succeed.