Saturday in Season after Pentecost

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Deuteronomy 32:44-47

Verse 44. Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. Verse 45. When Moses had finished reciting all these words to all Israel, Verse 46. he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law. Verse 47. For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

PSALM

Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17

A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Proverbs 24:23-34

Verse 23. These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good. Verse 24. Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him; Verse 25. but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them. Verse 26. An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips. Verse 27. Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house. Verse 28. Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. Verse 29. Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.” Verse 30. I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. Verse 31. Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. Verse 32. I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction: Verse 33. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, Verse 34. and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

PSALM

Psalm 1

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

SECOND READING

John 5:39-47

Verse 39. You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me, Verse 40. yet you refuse to come to Me to have life. Verse 41. I do not accept glory from men, Verse 42. but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you. Verse 43. I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him. Verse 44. How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? Verse 45. Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope. Verse 46. If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me. Verse 47. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”