Daily Office Readings Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Psalms Psalm 5 Verba mea auribus 1Give ear to my words, O LORD; * consider my meditation. 2Hearken to my cry for help, my King and my God, * for I make my prayer to you. 3In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; * early in the morning I make my appeal and watch for you. 4For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, * and evil cannot dwell with you. 5Braggarts cannot stand in your sight; * you hate all those who work wickedness. 6You destroy those who speak lies; * the bloodthirsty and deceitful, O LORD, you abhor. 7But as for me, through the greatness of your mercy I will go into your house; * I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you. 8Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness, because of those who lie in wait for me; * make your way straight before me. 9For there is no truth in their mouth; * there is destruction in their heart; 10Their throat is an open grave; * they flatter with their tongue. 11Declare them guilty, O God; * let them fall, because of their schemes. 12Because of their many transgressions cast them out, * for they have rebelled against you. 13But all who take refuge in you will be glad; * they will sing out their joy for ever. 14You will shelter them, * so that those who love your Name may exult in you. 15For you, O LORD, will bless the righteous; * you will defend them with your favor as with a shield. Psalm 6 Domine, ne in furore 1LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger; * do not punish me in your wrath. 2Have pity on me, LORD, for I am weak; * heal me, LORD, for my bones are racked. 3My spirit shakes with terror; * how long, O LORD, how long? 4Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; * save me for your mercys sake. 5For in death no one remembers you; * and who will give you thanks in the grave? 6I grow weary because of my groaning; * every night I drench my bed and flood my couch with tears. 7My eyes are wasted with grief * and worn away because of all my enemies. 8Depart from me, all evildoers, * for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping. 9The LORD has heard my supplication; * the LORD accepts my prayer. 10All my enemies shall be confounded and quake with fear; * they shall turn back and suddenly be put to shame. :o: - Evening Psalms - :o: Psalm 10 Ut quid, Domine? 1Why do you stand so far off, O LORD, * and hide yourself in time of trouble? 2The wicked arrogantly persecute the poor, * but they are trapped in the schemes they have devised. 3The wicked boast of their hearts desire; * the covetous curse and revile the LORD. 4The wicked are so proud that they care not for God; * their only thought is, God does not matter. 5Their ways are devious at all times; your judgments are far above out of their sight; * they defy all their enemies. 6They say in their heart, I shall not be shaken; * no harm shall happen to me ever. 7Their mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression; * under their tongue are mischief and wrong. 8They lurk in ambush in public squares and in secret places they murder the innocent; * they spy out the helpless. 9They lie in wait, like a lion in a covert; they lie in wait to seize upon the lowly; * they seize the lowly and drag them away in their net. 10The innocent are broken and humbled before them; * the helpless fall before their power. 11They say in their heart, God has forgotten; * he hides his face; he will never notice. 12Rise up, O LORD; lift up your hand, O God; * do not forget the afflicted. 13Why should the wicked revile God? * why should they say in their heart, You do not care? 14Surely, you behold trouble and misery; * you see it and take it into your own hand. 15The helpless commit themselves to you, * for you are the helper of orphans. 16Break the power of the wicked and evil; * search out their wickedness until you find none. 17The LORD is King for ever and ever; * the ungodly shall perish from his land. 18The LORD will hear the desire of the humble; * you will strengthen their heart and your ears shall hear. 19To give justice to the orphan and oppressed, * so that mere mortals may strike terror no more. Psalm 11 In Domino confido 1In the LORD have I taken refuge; * how then can you say to me, Fly away like a bird to the hilltop; 2For see how the wicked bend the bow /and fit their arrows to the string, * to shoot from ambush at the true of heart. 3When the foundations are being destroyed, * what can the righteous do? 4The LORD is in his holy temple; * the LORDS throne is in heaven. 5His eyes behold the inhabited world; * his piercing eye weighs our worth. 6The LORD weighs the righteous as well as the wicked, * but those who delight in violence he abhors. 7Upon the wicked he shall rain coals of fire and burning sulphur; * a scorching wind shall be their lot. 8For the LORD is righteous; he delights in righteous deeds; * and the just shall see his face. Old Testament Reading Exodus 15:1-21 1 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. 2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my fathers God, and I will exalt him. 3 The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is his name. 4 Pharaohs chariots and his host he cast into the sea; and his picked officers are sunk in the Red Sea. 5 The floods cover them; they went down into the depths like a stone. 6 Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, thy right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy. 7 In the greatness of thy majesty thou overthrowest thy adversaries; thou sendest forth thy fury, it consumes them like stubble. 8 At the blast of thy nostrils the waters piled up, the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, `I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 11 Who is like thee, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like thee, majestic in holiness, terrible in glorious deeds, doing wonders? 12 Thou didst stretch out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 Thou hast led in thy steadfast love the people whom thou hast redeemed, thou hast guided them by thy strength to thy holy abode. 14 The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have seized on the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; the leaders of Moab, trembling seizes them; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away. 16 Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of thy arm, they are as still as a stone, till thy people, O LORD, pass by, till the people pass by whom thou hast purchased. 17 Thou wilt bring them in, and plant them on thy own mountain, the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thy abode, the sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established. 18 The LORD will reign for ever and ever. 19 For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. 20 Then Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing. 21 And Miriam sang to them: Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. New Testament Reading 1 Peter 1:13-25 13 Therefore gird up your minds, be sober, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; 16 since it is written, You shall be holy, for I am holy. 17 And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile. 18 You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake. 21 Through him you have confidence in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. 22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart. 23 You have been born anew, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, 25 but the word of the Lord abides for ever. That word is the good news which was preached to you. Gospel Reading John 14:18-31 18 I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; because I live, you will live also. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world? 23 Jesus answered him, If a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Fathers who sent me. 25 These things I have spoken to you, while I am still with you. 26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, `I go away, and I will come to you. If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me; 31 but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go hence.
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