A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

I have no idea regarding the reason that the Psalmist was pouring out his heart to the Lord, but it was a serious problem. Not just a stubbed toe, but look at the similes that he uses. Days like smoke; bones burned as if they were the hearth; his heart so smitten and withered that he forgets to eat. But the one that speakes to me the most is the lone sparrow on the house top. A lone sparrow, never for they are community birds, moving here and there in flocks. This man has been rejected by his community.

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 Reading

Morning Psalm 101, Noon Psalm 119:169-176, Psalm 147

An alternate Reading Plan is based on 7 chapters/day from 7 sections of the Scriptures. My groupings are: Genesis-Joshua, Judges to Esther, Job to Song of Solomon, Psalms breaking 119 into convenient sets, Isaiah to Malachi, Matthew to Acts, Romans to Revelation.

 Or set your own reading schedule up in convenient groupings as fits your study habits. But a daily time in the Word of the LORD is an absolute.