Tuesday in Season after Pentecost

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Haggai 2:20-23

Verse 20. For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying, Verse 21. “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth: Verse 22. I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother. Verse 23. On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”

PSALM

Psalm 98

A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.

The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.

He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth — let your cry ring out, and sing praises!

Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.

With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.

Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.

Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy

before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Job 21:1, 17-34

Verse 1. Then Job answered: Verse 17. How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction? Verse 18. Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm? Verse 19. It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it. Verse 20. Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty. Verse 21. For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out? Verse 22. Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high? Verse 23. One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease. Verse 24. His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow. Verse 25. Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity. Verse 26. But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both. Verse 27. Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me. Verse 28. For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’ Verse 29. Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports? Verse 30. Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath. Verse 31. Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done? Verse 32. He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb. Verse 33. The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number. Verse 34. So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”

PSALM

Psalm 123

A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.

Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.

We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

SECOND READING

2 John 1:1-13

Verse 1. The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth — and not I alone, but also all who know the truth — Verse 2. because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: Verse 3. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love. Verse 4. I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us. Verse 5. And now I urge you, dear lady — not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning — that we love one another. Verse 6. And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love. Verse 7. For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. Verse 8. Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded. Verse 9. Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son. Verse 10. If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him. Verse 11. Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds. Verse 12. I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. Verse 13. The children of your elect sister send you greetings.