In distress you called, and I rescued you.

Daily Bible Reading: Thursday, May 30, 2024

Psalm 81:1-10 (NRSV)

1Sing aloud to God our strength;
shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
2Raise a song, sound the tambourine,
the sweet lyre with the harp.
3Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
at the full moon, on our festal day.
4For it is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5He made it a decree in Joseph,
when he went out over the land of Egypt.
I hear a voice I had not known:
6"I relieved your shoulder of the burden;
your hands were freed from the basket.
7In distress you called, and I rescued you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Selah

8Hear, O my people, while I admonish you;
O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
9There shall be no strange god among you;
you shall not bow down to a foreign god.
10I am the LORD your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

Some take pride in chariots, and some in horses, but our pride is in the name of the LORD our God.

Daily Bible Reading: Monday, May 27, 2024

Psalm 20 (NRSV)

1The LORD answer you in the day of trouble!
The name of the God of Jacob protect you!
2May he send you help from the sanctuary,
and give you support from Zion.
3May he remember all your offerings,
and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices.
Selah

4May he grant you your heart's desire,
and fulfill all your plans.
5May we shout for joy over your victory,
and in the name of our God set up our banners.
May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.
6Now I know that the LORD will help his anointed;
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with mighty victories by his right hand.
7Some take pride in chariots, and some in horses,
but our pride is in the name of the LORD our God.
8They will collapse and fall,
but we shall rise and stand upright.
9Give victory to the king, O LORD;
answer us when we call.

Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress;

Daily Bible Reading: Thursday, March 7, 2024

Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 (NRSV)

1O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever.
2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
those he redeemed from trouble
3and gathered in from the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.

17Some were sick through their sinful ways,
and because of their iniquities endured affliction;
18they loathed any kind of food,
and they drew near to the gates of death.
19Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress;
20he sent out his word and healed them,
and delivered them from destruction.
21Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wonderful works to humankind.
22And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices,
and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.

Remember the wonderful works he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he has uttered

Daily Bible Reading: Monday, February 26, 2024

Psalm 105:1-11, 37-45 (NRSV)

​1O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name,
make known his deeds among the peoples.
2Sing to him, sing praises to him;
tell of all his wonderful works.
3Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4Seek the LORD and his strength;
seek his presence continually.
5Remember the wonderful works he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he has uttered,
6O offspring of his servant Abraham,
children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7He is the LORD our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
8He is mindful of his covenant forever,
of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
9the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his sworn promise to Isaac,
10which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan
as your portion for an inheritance."
37Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled.
38Egypt was glad when they departed,
for dread of them had fallen upon it.
39He spread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
40They asked, and he brought quails,
and gave them food from heaven in abundance.
41He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed through the desert like a river.
42For he remembered his holy promise,
and Abraham, his servant.
43So he brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with singing.
44He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,
45that they might keep his statutes
and observe his laws.
Praise the LORD!

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.