With upright heart he tended them, and guided them with skillful hand.

Daily Bible Reading: Monday, June 3, 2024

Psalm 78:1-4, 52-72 (NRSV)

​1Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,
3things that we have heard and known,
that our ancestors have told us.
4We will not hide them from their children;
we will tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might,
and the wonders that he has done.
52Then he led out his people like sheep,
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid;
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54And he brought them to his holy hill,
to the mountain that his right hand had won.
55He drove out nations before them;
he apportioned them for a possession
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56Yet they tested the Most High God,
and rebelled against him.
They did not observe his decrees,
57but turned away and were faithless like their ancestors;
they twisted like a treacherous bow.
58For they provoked him to anger with their high places;
they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
59When God heard, he was full of wrath,
and he utterly rejected Israel.
60He abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh,
the tent where he dwelt among mortals,
61and delivered his power to captivity,
his glory to the hand of the foe.
62He gave his people to the sword,
and vented his wrath on his heritage.
63Fire devoured their young men,
and their girls had no marriage song.
64Their priests fell by the sword,
and their widows made no lamentation.
65Then the LORD awoke as from sleep,
like a warrior shouting because of wine.
66He put his adversaries to rout;
he put them to everlasting disgrace.
67He rejected the tent of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
68but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loves.
69He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
70He chose his servant David,
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71from tending the nursing ewes he brought him
to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
of Israel, his inheritance.
72With upright heart he tended them,
and guided them with skillful hand.

The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over mighty waters.

Daily Bible Reading: Thursday, May 23, 2024

Psalm 29 (NRSV)

​1Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings,
ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
2Ascribe to the LORD the glory of his name;
worship the LORD in holy splendor.
3The voice of the LORD is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the LORD, over mighty waters.
4The voice of the LORD is powerful;
the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
5The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;
the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
6He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
and Sirion like a young wild ox.
7The voice of the LORD flashes forth flames of fire.
8The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness;
the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9The voice of the LORD causes the oaks to whirl,
and strips the forest bare;
and in his temple all say, "Glory!"
10The LORD sits enthroned over the flood;
the LORD sits enthroned as king forever.
11May the LORD give strength to his people!
May the LORD bless his people with peace!

The sea is his, for he made it, and the dry land, which his hands have formed.

Daily Bible Reading: Monday, April 22, 2024

Psalm 95 (NRSV)

​1O come, let us sing to the LORD;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
2Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
3For the LORD is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.
4In his hand are the depths of the earth;
the heights of the mountains are his also.
5The sea is his, for he made it,
and the dry land, which his hands have formed.
6O come, let us worship and bow down,
let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
7For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand.
O that today you would listen to his voice!
8Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
9when your ancestors tested me,
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
10For forty years I loathed that generation
and said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray,
and they do not regard my ways."
11Therefore in my anger I swore,
"They shall not enter my rest."

He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul.

Daily Bible Reading: Thursday, April 18, 2024

Psalm 23 (NRSV)

​1The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
3he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths
for his name's sake.
4Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff —
they comfort me.
5You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
my whole life long.

I will both lie down and sleep in peace; for you alone, O LORD, make me lie down in safety.

Daily Bible Reading: Thursday, April 11, 2024

Psalm 4 (NRSV)

1Answer me when I call, O God of my right!
You gave me room when I was in distress.
Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.
2How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame?
How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies?
Selah

3But know that the LORD has set apart the faithful for himself;
the LORD hears when I call to him.
4When you are disturbed, do not sin;
ponder it on your beds, and be silent.
Selah
5Offer right sacrifices,
and put your trust in the LORD.
6There are many who say, "O that we might see some good!
Let the light of your face shine on us, O LORD!"
7You have put gladness in my heart
more than when their grain and wine abound.
8I will both lie down and sleep in peace;
for you alone, O LORD, make me lie down in safety.

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.