Open Word

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

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PSALM

Psalm 119:137-144

Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.

The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.

My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.

Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.

I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.

Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.

Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Isaiah 1:10-18

Verse 10. Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah! Verse 11. “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. Verse 12. When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you— this trampling of My courts? Verse 13. Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. Verse 14. I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. Verse 15. When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Verse 16. Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! Verse 17. Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” Verse 18. “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

PSALM

Psalm 32:1-7

Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat.

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin.

Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance.

SECOND READING

2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12

Verse 1. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Verse 2. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 3. We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing. Verse 4. That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring. Verse 11. To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith, Verse 12. so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

GOSPEL

Luke 19:1-10

Verse 1. Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. Verse 2. And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy. Verse 3. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature. Verse 4. So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way. Verse 5. When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.” Verse 6. So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Him joyfully. Verse 7. And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!” Verse 8. But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.” Verse 9. Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham. Verse 10. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”