Thursday in Season after Pentecost

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

2 Samuel 13:37-14:24

Text not available in the Berean Standard Bible.

PSALM

Psalm 130

A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

1 Samuel 28:20-25

Verse 20. Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night. Verse 21. When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me. Verse 22. Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.” Verse 23. Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed. Verse 24. The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread. Verse 25. She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.

PSALM

Psalm 34:1-8

Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.

My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.

Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.

I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.

This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

SECOND READING

Romans 15:1-6

Verse 1. We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Verse 2. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. Verse 3. For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.” Verse 4. For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope. Verse 5. Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus, Verse 6. so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.