Season after Pentecost

Tuesday in Season after Pentecost

Tuesday, June 27, 2028

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

2 Kings 9:14-26

Verse 14. Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram, Verse 15. but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.” Verse 16. Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him. Verse 17. Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’” Verse 18. So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.” Verse 19. So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” Verse 20. Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi — he is driving like a madman!” Verse 21. “Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite. Verse 22. When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?” Verse 23. Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!” Verse 24. Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot. Verse 25. And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him: Verse 26. ‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”

PSALM

Psalm 59

Verse 1. For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
Verse 2. Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
Verse 3. See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
Verse 4. For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
Verse 5. O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors.
Verse 6. They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
Verse 7. See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
Verse 8. But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
Verse 9. I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.
Verse 10. My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.
Verse 11. Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
Verse 12. By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
Verse 13. Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob.
Verse 14. They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
Verse 15. They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
Verse 16. But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
Verse 17. To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Job 19:1-22

Verse 1. Then Job answered: Verse 2. “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words? Verse 3. Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me. Verse 4. Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone. Verse 5. If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me, Verse 6. then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me. Verse 7. Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice. Verse 8. He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness. Verse 9. He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head. Verse 10. He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree. Verse 11. His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies. Verse 12. His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent. Verse 13. He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. Verse 14. My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me. Verse 15. My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. Verse 16. I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth. Verse 17. My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family. Verse 18. Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me. Verse 19. All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me. Verse 20. My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. Verse 21. Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me. Verse 22. Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

PSALM

Psalm 64

Verse 1. For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
Verse 2. Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
Verse 3. who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Verse 4. ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
Verse 5. They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
Verse 6. They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.
Verse 7. But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
Verse 8. They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
Verse 9. Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
Verse 10. Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.

SECOND READING

Ephesians 2:11-22

Verse 11. Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands) — Verse 12. remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. Verse 13. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. Verse 14. For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility Verse 15. by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace Verse 16. and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility. Verse 17. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. Verse 18. For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. Verse 19. Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, Verse 20. built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. Verse 21. In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Verse 22. And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.