Tuesday, September 17 | St. Andrew's Anglican Church

Psalm 61

¹ Hear my cry, O God,
    listen to my prayer;
²from the end of the earth I call to you
    when my heart is faint.
    Lead me to the rock
    that is higher than I,
³for you have been my refuge,
    a strong tower against the enemy.
⁴Let me dwell in your tent forever!
    Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings!
⁵For you, O God, have heard my vows;
    you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
⁶Prolong the life of the king;
    may his years endure to all generations!
⁷May he be enthroned forever before God;
    appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!
⁸So will I ever sing praises to your name,
    as I perform my vows day after day.

Psalm 62

¹ For God alone my soul waits in silence;
    from him comes my salvation.
²He alone is my rock and my salvation,
    my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.
³How long will all of you attack a man
    to batter him,
    like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
⁴They only plan to thrust him down from his high position.
    They take pleasure in falsehood.
    They bless with their mouths,
    but inwardly they curse.
⁵For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,
    for my hope is from him.
⁶He only is my rock and my salvation,
    my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
⁷On God rests my salvation and my glory;
    my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
⁸Trust in him at all times, O people;
    pour out your heart before him;
    God is a refuge for us.
⁹Those of low estate are but a breath;
    those of high estate are a delusion;
    in the balances they go up;
    they are together lighter than a breath.
¹⁰Put no trust in extortion;
    set no vain hopes on robbery;
    if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
¹¹Once God has spoken;
    twice have I heard this:
    that power belongs to God,
¹²and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love.
    For you will render to a man
    according to his work.

Psalm 68

¹ God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;
    and those who hate him shall flee before him!
²As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
    as wax melts before fire,
    so the wicked shall perish before God!
³But the righteous shall be glad;
    they shall exult before God;
    they shall be jubilant with joy!
⁴Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
    lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts;
    his name is the Lord;
    exult before him!
⁵Father of the fatherless and protector of widows
    is God in his holy habitation.
⁶God settles the solitary in a home;
    he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
    but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
⁷O God, when you went out before your people,
    when you marched through the wilderness,
⁸the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
    before God, the One of Sinai,
    before God, the God of Israel.
⁹Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
    you restored your inheritance as it languished;
¹⁰your flock found a dwelling in it;
    in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.
¹¹The Lord gives the word;
    the women who announce the news are a great host:
¹²“The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!”
    The women at home divide the spoil—
¹³though you men lie among the sheepfolds—
    the wings of a dove covered with silver,
    its pinions with shimmering gold.
¹⁴When the Almighty scatters kings there,
    let snow fall on Zalmon.
¹⁵O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
    O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
¹⁶Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
    at the mount that God desired for his abode,
    yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
¹⁷The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
    thousands upon thousands;
    the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
¹⁸You ascended on high,
    leading a host of captives in your train
    and receiving gifts among men,
    even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.
¹⁹Blessed be the Lord,
    who daily bears us up;
    God is our salvation.
²⁰Our God is a God of salvation,
    and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
²¹But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
    the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
²²The Lord said,
    “I will bring them back from Bashan,
    I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
²³that you may strike your feet in their blood,
    that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”
²⁴Your procession is seen, O God,
    the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
²⁵the singers in front, the musicians last,
    between them virgins playing tambourines:
²⁶“Bless God in the great congregation,
    the Lord, O you who are of Israel’s fountain!”
²⁷There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
    the princes of Judah in their throng,
    the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
²⁸Summon your power, O God,
    the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.
²⁹Because of your temple at Jerusalem
    kings shall bear gifts to you.
³⁰Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds,
    the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.
    Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute;
    scatter the peoples who delight in war.
³¹Nobles shall come from Egypt;
    Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
³²O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
    sing praises to the Lord,
³³to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens;
    behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
³⁴Ascribe power to God,
    whose majesty is over Israel,
    and whose power is in the skies.
³⁵Awesome is God from his sanctuary;
    the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people.
    Blessed be God!

Job 40:1, 41:1-11

¹ And the Lord said to Job: …
^41:1 “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook
    or press down his tongue with a cord?
²Can you put a rope in his nose
    or pierce his jaw with a hook?
³Will he make many pleas to you?
    Will he speak to you soft words?
⁴Will he make a covenant with you
    to take him for your servant forever?
⁵Will you play with him as with a bird,
    or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
⁶Will traders bargain over him?
    Will they divide him up among the merchants?
⁷Can you fill his skin with harpoons
    or his head with fishing spears?
⁸Lay your hands on him;
    remember the battle—you will not do it again!
⁹Behold, the hope of a man is false;
    he is laid low even at the sight of him.
¹⁰No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
    Who then is he who can stand before me?
¹¹Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
    Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Acts 16:6-15

⁶And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. ⁷And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. ⁸So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. ⁹And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” ¹⁰And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. ¹¹So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, ¹²and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days. ¹³And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together. ¹⁴One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. ¹⁵And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.

John 12:9-19

⁹When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, ¹¹because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus. ¹²The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. ¹³So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” ¹⁴And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,
¹⁵“Fear not, daughter of Zion;
behold, your king is coming,
sitting on a donkey’s colt!”
¹⁶His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. ¹⁷The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. ¹⁸The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. ¹⁹So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”