Daily Bible Reading: Sunday, January 15, 2023
Psalm 40:1-11 (NRSV)
Second Sunday after Epiphany
1I waited patiently for the LORD;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2He drew me up from the desolate pit,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
3He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the LORD.
4Happy are those who make
the LORD their trust,
who do not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after false gods.
5You have multiplied, O LORD my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you.
Were I to proclaim and tell of them,
they would be more than can be counted.
6Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,
but you have given me an open ear.
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
7Then I said, "Here I am;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart."
9I have told the glad news of deliverance
in the great congregation;
see, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O LORD.
10I have not hidden your saving help within my heart,
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
11Do not, O LORD, withhold
your mercy from me;
let your steadfast love and your faithfulness
keep me safe forever.
The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it — you have founded them.
Daily Bible Reading: Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Psalm 89:5-37 (NRSV)
5Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD,
your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.
6For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
7a God feared in the council of the holy ones,
great and awesome above all that are around him?
8O Lord GOD of hosts,
who is as mighty as you, O LORD?
Your faithfulness surrounds you.
9You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you still them.
10You crushed Rahab like a carcass;
you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours;
the world and all that is in it — you have founded them.
12The north and the south — you created them;
Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
13You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
15Happy are the people who know the festal shout,
who walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance;
16they exult in your name all day long,
and extol your righteousness.
17For you are the glory of their strength;
by your favor our horn is exalted.
18For our shield belongs to the LORD,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said:
"I have set the crown on one who is mighty,
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20I have found my servant David;
with my holy oil I have anointed him;
21my hand shall always remain with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22The enemy shall not outwit him,
the wicked shall not humble him.
23I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him;
and in my name his horn shall be exalted.
25I will set his hand on the sea
and his right hand on the rivers.
26He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation!'
27I will make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
28Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him,
and my covenant with him will stand firm.
29I will establish his line forever,
and his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my ordinances,
31if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with scourges;
33but I will not remove from him my steadfast love,
or be false to my faithfulness.
34I will not violate my covenant,
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36His line shall continue forever,
and his throne endure before me like the sun.
37It shall be established forever like the moon,
an enduring witness in the skies."
Selah
ELCA's daily Bible readings are chosen from "Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings," prepared by Consultation on the Common Texts, © 2005.
All text is from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyrighted, 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches USA, and is used by permission. All rights reserved.
