for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and forgive our sins,
for your name’s sake. (Psalm 79:9)
Morning
Invitatory Psalm
Psalm 118
Psalms 76, 80
Daily Lectionary Reading, Jeremiah 8:14-9:1
14 Why are we sitting here?
Come, let’s go to the fortified towns
and meet our doom there.
The Lord our God has doomed us
by giving us poisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against the Lord!
15 We longed for relief,
but received none;
for a time of healing,
but found only terror.
16 The snorting of their horses can be heard as far as Dan;
the neighing of their stallions makes the whole land tremble.
They come to devour the land and everything in it,
towns and people alike.
17 See, I’m sending serpents against you,
vipers that you can’t charm,
and they will bite you,
declares the Lord.
18 No healing,
only grief;
my heart is broken.
19 Listen to the weeping of my people
all across the land:
“Isn’t the Lord in Zion?
Is her king no longer there?”
Why then did they anger me with their images,
with pointless foreign gods?
20 “The harvest is past,
the summer has ended,
yet we aren’t saved.”
21 Because my people are crushed,
I am crushed;
darkness and despair overwhelm me.
What to do with God’s people
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then have my people
not been restored to health?9:1 If only my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night for the wounds of my people.
[Common English Bible]
Midday Psalm 119:121-128
Evening
Psalm 106
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