Tuesday in Season after Pentecost

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

1 Samuel 17:55-18:5

Text not available in the Berean Standard Bible.

PSALM

Psalm 63

A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.

Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.

So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.

My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.

When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.

But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.

They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.

But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Ezekiel 29:1-12

Verse 1. In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Verse 2. “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. Verse 3. Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’ Verse 4. But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales. Verse 5. I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air. Verse 6. Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel. Verse 7. When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched. Verse 8. Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast. Verse 9. The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’ Verse 10. therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush. Verse 11. No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years. Verse 12. I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

PSALM

Psalm 76

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.

His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.

There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war.

You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.

The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.

You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?

From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still

when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth.

Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.

Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.

He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.

SECOND READING

Revelation 11:15-19

Verse 15. Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.” Verse 16. And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, Verse 17. saying: “We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. Verse 18. The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great— and to destroy those who destroy the earth.” Verse 19. Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.