Friday in Season after Pentecost

FIRST READING

Proverbs 3:19-26

Verse 19. The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding. Verse 20. By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew. Verse 21. My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment. Verse 22. They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck. Verse 23. Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. Verse 24. When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet. Verse 25. Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked, Verse 26. for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.

PSALM

Psalm 8

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place —

what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,

the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

SECOND READING

Ephesians 4:1-6

Verse 1. As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: Verse 2. with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, Verse 3. and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Verse 4. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; Verse 5. one Lord, one faith, one baptism; Verse 6. one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.