the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading
May 23 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 9,11
Psalm 9
Celebration of God's Justice
For the choir director: according to Muth-labben.[a] A Davidic psalm.
1 I will thank Yahweh with all my heart;
I will declare all Your wonderful works.(a)
2 I will rejoice and boast about You;(b)
I will sing about Your name, Most High.(c)
3 When my enemies retreat,
they stumble and perish before You.(d)
4 For You have upheld my just cause;[b](e)
You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.(f)
5 You have rebuked the nations:(g)
You have destroyed the wicked;(h)
You have erased their name forever and ever.(i)
6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin;
You have uprooted the cities,
and the very memory of them has perished.(j)
7 But the
Lord
sits enthroned forever;(k)
He has established His throne for judgment.(l)
8 He judges the world with righteousness;
He executes judgment on the nations with fairness.(m)
9 The
Lord
is a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.(n)
10 Those who know Your name trust in You
because You have not abandoned
those who seek You, Yahweh.(o)
11 Sing to the
Lord
, who dwells in Zion;(p)
proclaim His deeds among the nations.(q)
12 For the One who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;(r)
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.(s)
13 Be gracious to me,
Lord
;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.(t)
Lift me up from the gates of death,(u)
14 so that I may declare all Your praises.
I will rejoice in Your salvation(v)
within the gates of Daughter Zion.
15 The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.(w)
16 The
Lord
has revealed Himself;
He has executed justice,(x)
striking down[c] the wicked[d]
by the work of their hands.(y)
17 The wicked will return to Sheol(z)—
all the nations that forget God.(aa)
18 For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the afflicted[e] will not perish forever.(ab)
19 Rise up,
Lord
! Do not let man prevail;
let the nations be judged in Your presence.(ac)
20 Put terror in them,
Lord
;(ad)
let the nations know they are only men.(ae)
Psalm 10
1
Lord
,[a][b] why do You stand so far away?(a)
Why do You hide in times of trouble?(b)
2 In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted;
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.(c)
3 For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;(d)
the one who is greedy curses[c] and despises the
Lord
.(e)
4 In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:[d]
"There is no accountability,
since God does not exist."(f)
5 His ways are always secure;[e]
Your lofty judgments are beyond his sight;
he scoffs at all his adversaries.(g)
6 He says to himself, "I will never be moved—
from generation to generation without calamity."(h)
7 Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.(i)
8 He waits in ambush near the villages;(j)
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;(k)
9 he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;
he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.
10 So he is oppressed and beaten down;
the helpless fall because of his strength.(l)
11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten;
He hides His face and will never see."(m)
12 Rise up,
Lord
God! Lift up Your hand.(n)
Do not forget the afflicted.(o)
13 Why has the wicked person despised God?
He says to himself, "You will not demand an account."(p)
14 But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief,
observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.(q)
The helpless entrusts himself to You;
You are a helper of the fatherless.(r)
15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil person;(s)
call his wickedness into account
until nothing remains of it.[f](t)
16 The
Lord
is King forever and ever;(u)
the nations will perish from His land.(v)
17
Lord
, You have heard the desire of the humble;[g]
You will strengthen their hearts.
You will listen carefully,(w)
18 doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed
so that men of the earth may terrify them no more.(x)
Psalm 11
Refuge in the Lord
For the choir director. Davidic.
1 I have taken refuge in the
Lord
.(a)
How can you say to me,
"Escape to the mountain like a bird
2 For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the[b] arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.(c)
3 When the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?"(d)
4 The
Lord
is in His holy temple;(e)
the
Lord
's throne is in heaven.(f)
His eyes watch; He examines[c] everyone.
5 The
Lord
examines the righteous and the wicked.
He hates the lover of violence.(g)
6 He will rain burning coals[d] and sulfur on the wicked;
a scorching wind will be their portion.[e](h)
7 For the
Lord
is righteous; He loves righteous deeds.
The upright will see His face.(i)
John 8:1-27
Chapter 8
1 1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.(a)
An Adulteress Forgiven
2 At dawn He went to the temple complex(b) again, and all the people were coming to Him.(c) He sat down(d) and began to teach them.
3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees(e) brought a woman caught in adultery,(f) making her stand in the center. 4 "Teacher," they said to Him, "this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.(g) 5 In the law Moses(h) commanded us to stone such women.(i) So what do You say?" 6 They asked this to trap Him,(j) in order that they might have evidence to accuse Him.
Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with His finger. 7 When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, "The one without sin(k) among you(l) should be the first to throw a stone at her." (m)
8 Then He stooped down again and continued writing on the ground. 9 When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only He was left, with the woman in the center. 10 When Jesus stood up, He said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"
11 "No one, Lord,"[a] she answered.
"Neither do I condemn you," (n) said Jesus. "Go, and from now on do not sin anymore." ][b]
The Light of the World
12 Then Jesus spoke to them again: "I am(o) the light(p) of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life." (q)
13 So the Pharisees said to Him, "You are testifying about Yourself. Your testimony is not valid."[c]
14 "Even if I testify about Myself," Jesus replied, "My testimony is valid,[d] because I know where I came from and where I'm going. But you don't know where I come from or where I'm going.(r) 15 You judge(s) by human standards. [e](t) I judge no one.(u) 16 And if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent Me judge(v) together. (w) 17 Even in your law it is written that the witness of two men is valid.(x) 18 I am the One who testifies(y) about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me."
19 Then they asked Him, "Where is Your Father?"
"You know neither Me nor My Father," (z) Jesus answered. "If you knew Me, you would also know My Father." (aa) 20 He spoke these words by the treasury,[f](ab) while teaching in the temple complex. But no one seized Him, because His hour[g] had not come.
Jesus Predicts His Departure
21 Then He said to them again, "I'm going away;(ac) you will look for Me, and you will die in your sin.(ad) Where I'm going, you cannot come." (ae)
22 So the Jews said again, "He won't kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I'm going, you cannot come'(af) ?"
23 "You are from below," He told them, "I am from above.(ag) You are of this world;(ah) I am not of this world.(ai) 24 Therefore I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am He,[h] you will die in your sins."
25 "Who are You?" they questioned.
"Precisely what I've been telling you from the very beginning," Jesus told them. 26 "I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the One who sent Me(aj) is true, and what I have heard from Him—these things I tell the world." (ak)
27 They did not know He was speaking to them about the Father.
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