Monday 25 July 2022 DAILY LECTIONARY

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Monday 25 July 2022  
DAILY LECTIONARY

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Joshua 24:16-33

Then the people answered, ‘Far be it from us that we should forsake
the Lord to serve other gods; for it is the Lord our God who brought
us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of
slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us
along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom
we passed; and the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the
Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord,
for he is our God.’

 But Joshua said to the people, ‘You cannot serve the Lord, for he
is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your
transgressions or your sins. If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign
gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after having
done you good.’ And the people said to Joshua, ‘No, we will serve
the Lord!’ Then Joshua said to the people, ‘You are witnesses
against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve him.’ And
they said, ‘We are witnesses.’ He said, ‘Then put away the
foreign gods that are among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord,
the God of Israel.’ The people said to Joshua, ‘The Lord our God
we will serve, and him we will obey.’ So Joshua made a covenant with
the people that day, and made statutes and ordinances for them at
Shechem. Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and
he took a large stone, and set it up there under the oak in the
sanctuary of the Lord. Joshua said to all the people, ‘See, this
stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of
the Lord that he spoke to us; therefore it shall be a witness against
you, if you deal falsely with your God.’ So Joshua sent the people
away to their inheritances.
 After these things Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died,
being one hundred and ten years old. They buried him in his own
inheritance at Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim,
north of Mount Gaash.

 Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of
the elders who outlived Joshua and had known all the work that the
Lord did for Israel.

 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,
were buried at Shechem, in the portion of ground that Jacob had bought
from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred
pieces of money;* it became an inheritance of the descendants of
Joseph.

 Eleazar son of Aaron died; and they buried him at Gibeah, the town
of his son Phinehas, which had been given him in the hill country of
Ephraim.
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Romans 16:1-16

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon* of the church at
Cenchreae, so that you may welcome her in the Lord as is fitting for
the saints, and help her in whatever she may require from you, for she
has been a benefactor of many and of myself as well.

 Greet Prisca and Aquila, who work with me in Christ Jesus, and who
risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but
also all the churches of the Gentiles. Greet also the church in their
house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert* in Asia
for Christ. Greet Mary, who has worked very hard among you. Greet
Andronicus and Junia,* my relatives* who were in prison with me; they
are prominent among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I
was. Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus, our
co-worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys. Greet Apelles, who is
approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of
Aristobulus. Greet my relative* Herodion. Greet those in the Lord who
belong to the family of Narcissus. Greet those workers in the Lord,
Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard
in the Lord. Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; and greet his mother—a
mother to me also. Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas,
Hermas, and the brothers and sisters* who are with them. Greet
Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the
saints who are with them. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the
churches of Christ greet you.
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Matthew 27:24-31

So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot
was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the
crowd, saying, ‘I am innocent of this man’s blood;* see to it
yourselves.’ Then the people as a whole answered, ‘His blood be on
us and on our children!’ So he released Barabbas for them; and after
flogging Jesus, he handed him over to be crucified.
 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s
headquarters,* and they gathered the whole cohort around him. They
stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and after twisting some
thorns into a crown, they put it on his head. They put a reed in his
right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying, ‘Hail, King
of the Jews!’ They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on
the head. After mocking him, they stripped him of the robe and put his
own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
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Morning Psalms:  Psalm 56, 57, 58

Psalm 56

Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;
   all day long foes oppress me; 
my enemies trample on me all day long,
   for many fight against me.
O Most High, when I am afraid,
   I put my trust in you. 
In God, whose word I praise,
   in God I trust; I am not afraid;
   what can flesh do to me? 

All day long they seek to injure my cause;
   all their thoughts are against me for evil. 
They stir up strife, they lurk,
   they watch my steps.
As they hoped to have my life, 
   so repay* them for their crime;
   in wrath cast down the peoples, O God! 

You have kept count of my tossings;
   put my tears in your bottle.
   Are they not in your record? 
Then my enemies will retreat
   on the day when I call.
   This I know, that* God is for me. 
In God, whose word I praise,
   in the Lord, whose word I praise, 
in God I trust; I am not afraid.
   What can a mere mortal do to me? 

My vows to you I must perform, O God;
   I will render thank-offerings to you. 
For you have delivered my soul from death,
   and my feet from falling,
so that I may walk before God
   in the light of life.

Psalm 57

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
   for in you my soul takes refuge;
in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
   until the destroying storms pass by. 
I cry to God Most High,
   to God who fulfils his purpose for me. 
He will send from heaven and save me,
   he will put to shame those who trample on me.
          Selah
God will send forth his steadfast love and his faithfulness. 

I lie down among lions
   that greedily devour* human prey;
their teeth are spears and arrows,
   their tongues sharp swords. 

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens.
   Let your glory be over all the earth. 

They set a net for my steps;
   my soul was bowed down.
They dug a pit in my path,
   but they have fallen into it themselves.
          Selah 
My heart is steadfast, O God,
   my heart is steadfast.
I will sing and make melody. 
   Awake, my soul!
Awake, O harp and lyre!
   I will awake the dawn. 
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
   I will sing praises to you among the nations. 
For your steadfast love is as high as the heavens;
   your faithfulness extends to the clouds. 

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens.
   Let your glory be over all the earth.

Psalm 58

Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?*
   Do you judge people fairly? 
No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
   your hands deal out violence on earth. 

The wicked go astray from the womb;
   they err from their birth, speaking lies. 
They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
   like the deaf adder that stops its ear, 
so that it does not hear the voice of charmers
   or of the cunning enchanter. 

O God, break the teeth in their mouths;
   tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord! 
Let them vanish like water that runs away;
   like grass let them be trodden down* and wither. 
Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime;
   like the untimely birth that never sees the sun. 
Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,
   whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away! 

The righteous will rejoice when they see vengeance done;
   they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked. 
People will say, ‘Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
   surely there is a God who judges on earth.’
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Evening Psalms:  Psalm 64, 65

Psalm 64

Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
   preserve my life from the dread enemy. 
Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
   from the scheming of evildoers, 
who whet their tongues like swords,
   who aim bitter words like arrows, 
shooting from ambush at the blameless;
   they shoot suddenly and without fear. 
They hold fast to their evil purpose;
   they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, ‘Who can see us?* 
   Who can search out our crimes?*
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.’
   For the human heart and mind are deep. 

But God will shoot his arrow at them;
   they will be wounded suddenly. 
Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin;*
   all who see them will shake with horror. 
Then everyone will fear;
   they will tell what God has brought about,
   and ponder what he has done. 

Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord
   and take refuge in him.
Let all the upright in heart glory.

Psalm 65

Praise is due to you,
   O God, in Zion;
and to you shall vows be performed, 
   O you who answer prayer!
To you all flesh shall come. 
When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us,
   you forgive our transgressions. 
Happy are those whom you choose and bring near
   to live in your courts.
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
   your holy temple. 

By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,
   O God of our salvation;
you are the hope of all the ends of the earth
   and of the farthest seas. 
By your* strength you established the mountains;
   you are girded with might. 
You silence the roaring of the seas,
   the roaring of their waves,
   the tumult of the peoples. 
Those who live at earth’s farthest bounds are awed by your signs;
you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy. 

You visit the earth and water it,
   you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
   you provide the people with grain,
   for so you have prepared it. 
You water its furrows abundantly,
   settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
   and blessing its growth. 
You crown the year with your bounty;
   your wagon tracks overflow with richness. 
The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
   the hills gird themselves with joy, 
the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
   the valleys deck themselves with grain,
   they shout and sing together for joy.
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