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The Daily Lectionary for Tuesday, July 26, 2022



The Daily Lectionary
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
 Psalm 44; Hosea 6:1-10; Romans 9:30—10:4
(Revised Common Lectionary Year C)
(Semi-continuous Reading Plan)

Psalm 44
National Lament and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Maskil.
1  We have heard with our ears, O God,
     our ancestors have told us,
   what deeds you performed in their days,
     in the days of old:
2  you with your own hand drove out the nations,
     but them you planted;
   you afflicted the peoples,
     but them you set free;
3  for not by their own sword did they win the land,
     nor did their own arm give them victory;
   but your right hand, and your arm,
     and the light of your countenance,
     for you delighted in them.

4  You are my King and my God;
     you command victories for Jacob.
5  Through you we push down our foes;
     through your name we tread down our assailants.
6  For not in my bow do I trust,
     nor can my sword save me.
7  But you have saved us from our foes,
     and have put to confusion those who hate us.
8  In God we have boasted continually,
     and we will give thanks to your name forever.   Selah

9  Yet you have rejected us and abased us,
     and have not gone out with our armies.
10 You made us turn back from the foe,
     and our enemies have gotten spoil.
11 You have made us like sheep for slaughter,
     and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You have sold your people for a trifle,
     demanding no high price for them.

13 You have made us the taunt of our neighbors,
     the derision and scorn of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations,
     a laughingstock among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
     and shame has covered my face
16 at the words of the taunters and revilers,
     at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

17 All this has come upon us,
     yet we have not forgotten you,
     or been false to your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back,
     nor have our steps departed from your way,
19 yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals,
     and covered us with deep darkness.

20 If we had forgotten the name of our God,
     or spread out our hands to a strange god,
21 would not God discover this?
     For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Because of you we are being killed all day long,
     and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
     Awake, do not cast us off forever!
24 Why do you hide your face?
     Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For we sink down to the dust;
     our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Rise up, come to our help.
     Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love.

Hosea 6:1-10
A Call to Repentance
6:1 “Come, let us return to the Lord;
     for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
     he has struck down, and he will bind us up.
2  After two days he will revive us;
     on the third day he will raise us up,
     that we may live before him.
3  Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord;
     his appearing is as sure as the dawn;
   he will come to us like the showers,
     like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Impenitence of Israel and Judah
4  What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
     What shall I do with you, O Judah?
   Your love is like a morning cloud,
     like the dew that goes away early.
5  Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
     I have killed them by the words of my mouth,
     and my judgment goes forth as the light.
6  For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
     the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7  But at Adam they transgressed the covenant;
     there they dealt faithlessly with me.
8  Gilead is a city of evildoers,
     tracked with blood.
9  As robbers lie in wait for someone,
     so the priests are banded together;
   they murder on the road to Shechem,
     they commit a monstrous crime.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
    Ephraim’s whoredom is there, Israel is defiled.

Romans 9:30—10:4
Israel’s Unbelief
9:30 What then are we to say? Gentiles, who did not strive for righteousness, have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith; 31 but Israel, who did strive for the righteousness that is based on the law, did not succeed in fulfilling that law. 32 Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33 as it is written,

   “See, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make people
   stumble, a rock that will make them fall,
       and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”


10:1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2 I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. 3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness. 4 For Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

Optional parts of the readings are set off in [square brackets.]

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The Daily Lectionary is a three year cyclical lectionary. We are currently in Year C. Beginning with the first Sunday of Advent in 2022, we will be in Year A. The year which ended at Advent 2021 was Year B. These readings complement the Sunday and festival readings: Thursday through Saturday readings help prepare the reader for the Sunday ahead; Monday through Wednesday readings help the reader reflect and digest on what they heard in worship. Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings, copyright © 2005 Consultation on Common Texts. www.commontexts.org
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The Morning Prayer for Tuesday, July 26, 2022

 


The Morning Prayer
Tuesday, July 26, 2022


In the Psalter, the psalmist wrote, "Your word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures. Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you."

Lord God, we thank you for your Word, the greatest and most glorious of all that comes to our human life. Every day we want to find more joy in your help, in what you are doing for us. Again and again, we feel and rejoice in the new help, new strength, and new courage for life given by your Word. We seek and seek to find Jesus Christ, the eternal Life. He will surely come to establish your kingdom. Praise to your name, eternal, glorious, almighty God! Be with us poor, lowly people. Strengthen us in spirit, and enable us to persevere until everything is fulfilled that is promised by your Word. Amen.

Verse of the Day for Tuesday, July 26, 2022

 


Verse of the Day
Tuesday, July 26, 2022


Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Faith is confidence that the Lord will do what He has promised. It is not simply wishful thinking. It is the absolute conviction that God is not only willing, but also able, to accomplish all He has pledged to us, regardless of how our circumstances may appear or what obstacles may have to be overcome. As the saints of old learned, your confidence in Him is never in vain, for “He who promised is faithful” (Heb. 10:23).

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