Monday, September 2 | St. Andrew's Anglican Church

Psalm 9

¹ I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
    I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
²I will be glad and exult in you;
    I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
³When my enemies turn back,
    they stumble and perish before your presence.
⁴For you have maintained my just cause;
    you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
⁵You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
    you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
⁶The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
    their cities you rooted out;
    the very memory of them has perished.
⁷But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
    he has established his throne for justice,
⁸and he judges the world with righteousness;
    he judges the peoples with uprightness.
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 sits enthroned in Zion!
    Tell among the peoples his deeds!
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 my affliction from those who hate me,
    O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴that I may recount all your praises,
    that in the gates of the daughter of Zion
    I may rejoice in your salvation.
¹⁵The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;
    in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
¹⁶The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment;
    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.
¹⁷The wicked shall return to Sheol,
    all the nations that forget God.
¹⁸For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
    and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
¹⁹Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail;
    let the nations be judged before you!
²⁰Put them in fear, O Lord!
    Let the nations know that they are but men!

Psalm 15

¹O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent?
    Who shall dwell on your holy hill?
²He who walks blamelessly and does what is right
    and speaks truth in his heart;
³who does not slander with his tongue
    and does no evil to his neighbor,
    nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
⁴in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
    but who honors those who fear the Lord;
    who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵who does not put out his money at interest
    and does not take a bribe against the innocent.
    He who does these things shall never be moved.

Psalm 25

¹ To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
²O my God, in you I trust;
    let me not be put to shame;
    let not my enemies exult over me.
³Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame;
    they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
⁴Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
    teach me your paths.
⁵Lead me in your truth and teach me,
    for you are the God of my salvation;
    for you I wait all the day long.
⁶Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
    for they have been from of old.
⁷Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
    according to your steadfast love remember me,
    for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
⁸Good and upright is the Lord;
    therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
⁹He leads the humble in what is right,
    and teaches the humble his way.
¹⁰All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness,
    for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
¹¹For your name’s sake, O Lord,
    pardon my guilt, for it is great.
¹²Who is the man who fears the Lord?
    Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
¹³His soul shall abide in well-being,
    and his offspring shall inherit the land.
¹⁴The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him,
    and he makes known to them his covenant.
¹⁵My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
    for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
¹⁶Turn to me and be gracious to me,
    for I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
    bring me out of my distresses.
¹⁸Consider my affliction and my trouble,
    and forgive all my sins.
¹⁹Consider how many are my foes,
    and with what violent hatred they hate me.
²⁰Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!
    Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
²¹May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
    for I wait for you.
²²Redeem Israel, O God,
    out of all his troubles.

Job 12:1-6, 13-25

¹ Then Job answered and said:
²“No doubt you are the people,
    and wisdom will die with you.
³But I have understanding as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know such things as these?
⁴I am a laughingstock to my friends;
    I, who called to God and he answered me,
    a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
⁵In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
    it is ready for those whose feet slip.
⁶The tents of robbers are at peace,
    and those who provoke God are secure,
    who bring their god in their hand…
¹³“With God are wisdom and might;
    he has counsel and understanding.
¹⁴If he tears down, none can rebuild;
    if he shuts a man in, none can open.
¹⁵If he withholds the waters, they dry up;
    if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
¹⁶With him are strength and sound wisdom;
    the deceived and the deceiver are his.
¹⁷He leads counselors away stripped,
    and judges he makes fools.
¹⁸He looses the bonds of kings
    and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
¹⁹He leads priests away stripped
    and overthrows the mighty.
²⁰He deprives of speech those who are trusted
    and takes away the discernment of the elders.
²¹He pours contempt on princes
    and loosens the belt of the strong.
²²He uncovers the deeps out of darkness
    and brings deep darkness to light.
²³He makes nations great, and he destroys them;
    he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
²⁴He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
    and makes them wander in a trackless waste.
²⁵They grope in the dark without light,
    and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.

Acts 11:19-30

¹⁹Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. ²⁰But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus. ²¹And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. ²²The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. ²³When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose, ²⁴for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord. ²⁵So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, ²⁶and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. ²⁷Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. ²⁸And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius). ²⁹So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. ³⁰And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

John 8:21-32

²¹So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” ²²So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” ²³He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. ²⁴I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.” ²⁵So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. ²⁶I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.” ²⁷They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me. ²⁹And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” ³⁰As he was saying these things, many believed in him. ³¹So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, ³²and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”