Open Word

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Genesis 26:23-25

Verse 23. From there Isaac went up to Beersheba, Verse 24. and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.” Verse 25. So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.

PSALM

Psalm 13

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?

Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Jeremiah 28:1-4

Verse 1. In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people: Verse 2. “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. Verse 3. Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon. Verse 4. And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”

PSALM

Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.

For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”

Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

SECOND READING

Luke 17:1-4

Verse 1. Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come! Verse 2. It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. Verse 3. Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. Verse 4. Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”