Monday in Season after Pentecost

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Song of Solomon 3:6-11

Verse 6. Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant? Verse 7. Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel. Verse 8. All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night. Verse 9. King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon. Verse 10. He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem. Verse 11. Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

PSALM

Psalm 144:9-15

I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You —

to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.

Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.

Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.

Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Deuteronomy 4:9-14

Verse 9. Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. Verse 10. The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.” Verse 11. You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. Verse 12. And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form; there was only a voice. Verse 13. He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow — the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone. Verse 14. At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

PSALM

Psalm 106:1-6, 13-23, 47-48

Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!

SECOND READING

1 Timothy 4:6-16

Verse 6. By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed. Verse 7. But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness. Verse 8. For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come. Verse 9. This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance. Verse 10. To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe. Verse 11. Command and teach these things. Verse 12. Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Verse 13. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching. Verse 14. Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders. Verse 15. Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all. Verse 16. Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.