Season after Pentecost

Tuesday in Season after Pentecost

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Exodus 2:1-10

Verse 1. Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, Verse 2. and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months. Verse 3. But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. Verse 4. And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. Verse 5. Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it. Verse 6. When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.” Verse 7. Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” Verse 8. “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother. Verse 9. Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him. Verse 10. When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”

PSALM

Psalm 83:1-4, 9-10, 17-18

Verse 1. A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
Verse 2. See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
Verse 3. With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
Verse 4. saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
Verse 9. Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
Verse 10. who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
Verse 17. May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
Verse 18. May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Zechariah 2:1-5

Verse 1. Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. Verse 2. “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.” Verse 3. Then the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel came forward to meet him Verse 4. and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it. Verse 5. For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

PSALM

Psalm 9:1-14

Verse 1. For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
Verse 2. I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
Verse 3. When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
Verse 4. For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
Verse 5. You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
Verse 6. The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
Verse 7. But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
Verse 8. He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
Verse 9. The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Verse 10. Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
Verse 11. Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
Verse 12. For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
Verse 13. Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
Verse 14. that I may declare all Your praises — that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

SECOND READING

1 Thessalonians 5:12-18

Verse 12. But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. Verse 13. In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another. Verse 14. And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone. Verse 15. Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people. Verse 16. Rejoice at all times. Verse 17. Pray without ceasing. Verse 18. Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.