Open Word

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Genesis 37:29-36

Verse 29. When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes, Verse 30. returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?” Verse 31. Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood. Verse 32. They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.” Verse 33. His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!” Verse 34. Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days. Verse 35. All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No, ” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him. Verse 36. Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

PSALM

Psalm 28

Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.

Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.

Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Genesis 7:11-8:5

Text not available in the Berean Standard Bible.

PSALM

Psalm 18:1-19

For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced — hailstones and coals of fire.

The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded — hailstones and coals of fire.

He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.

He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

SECOND READING

2 Peter 2:4-10

Verse 4. For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; Verse 5. if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; Verse 6. if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; Verse 7. and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless Verse 8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard )— Verse 9. if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. Verse 10. Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.