Daily Lectionary:

Morning: Psalm 145:1-21
Ezekiel 33:1-11
1 John 1:1-10
Matthew 9:27-34
Evening: Psalm 9:1-20

 

Morning: Psalm 145:1-21

¹I will extol you, my God and King,

and bless your name forever and ever.

²Every day I will bless you,

and praise your name forever and ever.

³Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;

his greatness is unsearchable.

⁴One generation shall laud your works to another,

and shall declare your mighty acts.

⁵On the glorious splendor of your majesty,

and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

⁶The might of your awesome deeds shall be proclaimed,

and I will declare your greatness.

⁷They shall celebrate the fame of your abundant goodness,

and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

⁸The Lord is gracious and merciful,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

⁹The Lord is good to all,

and his compassion is over all that he has made.

¹⁰All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,

and all your faithful shall bless you.

¹¹They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom,

and tell of your power,

¹²to make known to all people your mighty deeds,

and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

The Lord is faithful in all his words,

and gracious in all his deeds.

¹⁴The Lord upholds all who are falling,

and raises up all who are bowed down.

¹⁵The eyes of all look to you,

and you give them their food in due season.

¹⁶You open your hand,

satisfying the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷The Lord is just in all his ways,

and kind in all his doings.

¹⁸The Lord is near to all who call on him,

to all who call on him in truth.

¹⁹He fulfills the desire of all who fear him;

he also hears their cry, and saves them.

²⁰The Lord watches over all who love him,

but all the wicked he will destroy.

²¹My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,

and all flesh will bless his holy name forever and ever.

Ezekiel 33:1-11

¹The word of the Lord came to me: ²O Mortal, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one of their number as their sentinel; ³and if the sentinel sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people;⁴then if any who hear the sound of the trumpet do not take warning, and the sword comes and takes them away, their blood shall be upon their own heads.⁵They heard
the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; their blood shall be upon themselves. But if they had taken warning, they would have saved their lives. ⁶But if the sentinel sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any of them, they are taken away in their iniquity, but their blood I will require at the sentinel’s hand.

⁷So you, mortal, I have made a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.⁸If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked ones, you shall surely die’, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from their ways, the wicked shall die in their iniquity, but their blood I will require at your hand.⁹But if you warn the wicked to turn from their ways, and they do not turn from their ways, the wicked shall
die in their iniquity, but you will have saved your life. God’s justice and Mercy¹⁰Now you, mortal, say to the house of Israel, Thus you have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins weigh upon us, and we waste away because of them; how then can we live?’¹¹Say to them, As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from their ways and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?

1 John 1:1-10

¹We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—²this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us— ³we declare to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. ⁴We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

⁵This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. ⁶If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; ⁷but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. ⁸If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Matthew 9:27-34

²⁷As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, crying loudly, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" ²⁸When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." ²⁹Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith let it be done to you." ³⁰And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly ordered them, "See that no one knows of this." ³¹But they went away and spread the news about him throughout that district.

³²After they had gone away, a demoniac who was mute was brought to him. ³³And when the demon had been cast out, the one who had been mute spoke; and the crowds were amazed and said, "Never has anything like this been seen in Israel." ³⁴But the Pharisees said, "By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons."

Evening: Psalm 9:1-20

¹I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;

I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

²I will be glad and exult in you;

I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

³When my enemies turned back,

they stumbled and perished before you.

⁴For you have maintained my just cause;

you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.

⁵You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked;

you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

⁶The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins;

their cities you have rooted out;

the very memory of them has perished.

⁷But the LORD sits enthroned for ever,

he has established his throne for judgment.

⁸He judges the world with righteousness;

he judges the peoples with equity.

⁹The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed,

a stronghold in times of trouble.

¹⁰And those who know your name put their trust in you,

for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

¹¹Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion.

Declare his deeds among the peoples.

¹²For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;

he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

¹³Be gracious to me, O LORD.

See what I suffer from those who hate me;

you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,

¹⁴so that I may recount all your praises,

and, in the gates of daughter Zion,

rejoice in your deliverance.

¹⁵The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;

in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.

¹⁶The LORD has made himself known, he has executed judgment;

the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah

¹⁷The wicked shall depart to Sheol,

all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸For the needy shall not always be forgotten,

nor the hope of the poor perish for ever.

¹⁹Rise up, O LORD! Do not let mortals prevail;

let the nations be judged before you.

²⁰Put them in fear, O LORD;

let the nations know that they are only human.

Selah