Thursday 3 March 2022 DAILY LECTIONARY

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Thursday 3 March 2022
DAILY LECTIONARY

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Habakkuk 3:1-18

A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk according to Shigionoth. 

O Lord, I have heard of your renown,
   and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work.
In our own time revive it;
   in our own time make it known;
   in wrath may you remember mercy. 
God came from Teman,
   the Holy One from Mount Paran.
          Selah
His glory covered the heavens,
   and the earth was full of his praise. 
The brightness was like the sun;
   rays came forth from his hand,
   where his power lay hidden. 
Before him went pestilence,
   and plague followed close behind. 
He stopped and shook the earth;
   he looked and made the nations tremble.
The eternal mountains were shattered;
   along his ancient pathways
   the everlasting hills sank low. 
I saw the tents of Cushan under affliction;
   the tent-curtains of the land of Midian trembled. 
Was your wrath against the rivers,* O Lord?
   Or your anger against the rivers,*
   or your rage against the sea,*
when you drove your horses,
   your chariots to victory? 
You brandished your naked bow,
   sated* were the arrows at your command.* 
          Selah
   You split the earth with rivers. 
The mountains saw you, and writhed;
   a torrent of water swept by;
the deep gave forth its voice.
   The sun* raised high its hands; 
the moon* stood still in its exalted place,
   at the light of your arrows speeding by,
   at the gleam of your flashing spear. 
In fury you trod the earth,
   in anger you trampled nations. 
You came forth to save your people,
   to save your anointed.
You crushed the head of the wicked house,
   laying it bare from foundation to roof.*
          Selah 
You pierced with their* own arrows the head* of his warriors,*
   who came like a whirlwind to scatter us,*
   gloating as if ready to devour the poor who were in hiding. 
You trampled the sea with your horses,
   churning the mighty waters. 

I hear, and I tremble within;
   my lips quiver at the sound.
Rottenness enters into my bones,
   and my steps tremble* beneath me.
I wait quietly for the day of calamity
   to come upon the people who attack us. 

Though the fig tree does not blossom,
   and no fruit is on the vines;
though the produce of the olive fails
   and the fields yield no food;
though the flock is cut off from the fold
   and there is no herd in the stalls, 
yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
   I will exult in the God of my salvation.
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Philippians 3:12-21

Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the
goal;* but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made
me his own. Beloved,* I do not consider that I have made it my own;*
but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining
forward to what lies ahead, I press on towards the goal for the prize
of the heavenly* call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us then who
are mature be of the same mind; and if you think differently about
anything, this too God will reveal to you. Only let us hold fast to
what we have attained.

 Brothers and sisters,* join in imitating me, and observe those who
live according to the example you have in us. For many live as enemies
of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell
you even with tears. Their end is destruction; their god is the belly;
and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly
things. But our citizenship* is in heaven, and it is from there that
we are expecting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will transform
the body of our humiliation* so that it may be conformed to the body
of his glory,* by the power that also enables him to make all things
subject to himself.
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John 17:1-8

After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said,
‘Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may
glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people,* to
give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal
life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom
you have sent. I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you
gave me to do. So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with
the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.

 ‘I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the
world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept
your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from
you; for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they
have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they
have believed that you sent me.
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Morning Psalms: Psalm 37:1-18

Psalm 37:1-18

Do not fret because of the wicked;
   do not be envious of wrongdoers, 
for they will soon fade like the grass,
   and wither like the green herb. 

Trust in the Lord, and do good;
   so you will live in the land, and enjoy security. 
Take delight in the Lord,
   and he will give you the desires of your heart. 

Commit your way to the Lord;
   trust in him, and he will act. 
He will make your vindication shine like the light,
   and the justice of your cause like the noonday. 

Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him;
   do not fret over those who prosper in their way,
   over those who carry out evil devices. 

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath.
   Do not fret—it leads only to evil. 
For the wicked shall be cut off,
   but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land. 

Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more;
   though you look diligently for their place, they will not be
there. 
But the meek shall inherit the land,
   and delight in abundant prosperity. 

The wicked plot against the righteous,
   and gnash their teeth at them; 
but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
   for he sees that their day is coming. 

The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
   to bring down the poor and needy,
   to kill those who walk uprightly; 
their sword shall enter their own heart,
   and their bows shall be broken. 

Better is a little that the righteous person has
   than the abundance of many wicked. 
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
   but the Lord upholds the righteous. 

The Lord knows the days of the blameless,
   and their heritage will abide for ever;
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Evening Psalms: Psalm 37:19-42

Psalm 37:19-42

they are not put to shame in evil times,
   in the days of famine they have abundance. 

But the wicked perish,
   and the enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures;
   they vanish—like smoke they vanish away. 

The wicked borrow, and do not pay back,
   but the righteous are generous and keep giving; 
for those blessed by the Lord shall inherit the land,
   but those cursed by him shall be cut off. 

Our steps* are made firm by the Lord,
   when he delights in our* way; 
though we stumble,* we* shall not fall headlong,
   for the Lord holds us* by the hand. 

I have been young, and now am old,
   yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
   or their children begging bread. 
They are ever giving liberally and lending,
   and their children become a blessing. 

Depart from evil, and do good;
   so you shall abide for ever. 
For the Lord loves justice;
   he will not forsake his faithful ones. 

The righteous shall be kept safe for ever,
   but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. 
The righteous shall inherit the land,
   and live in it for ever. 

The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,
   and their tongues speak justice. 
The law of their God is in their hearts;
   their steps do not slip. 

The wicked watch for the righteous,
   and seek to kill them. 
The Lord will not abandon them to their power,
   or let them be condemned when they are brought to trial. 

Wait for the Lord, and keep to his way,
   and he will exalt you to inherit the land;
   you will look on the destruction of the wicked. 

I have seen the wicked oppressing,
   and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.* 
Again I* passed by, and they were no more;
   though I sought them, they could not be found. 

Mark the blameless, and behold the upright,
   for there is posterity for the peaceable. 
But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;
   the posterity of the wicked shall be cut off. 

The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
   he is their refuge in the time of trouble. 
The Lord helps them and rescues them;
   he rescues them from the wicked, and saves them,
   because they take refuge in him.
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