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Sunday scripture for Oct. 16, 2022 Psalm 119 א Aleph 1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,     who walk according to the law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes     and seek him with all their heart— 3 they do no wrong     but follow his ways. 4 You have laid down precepts     that are to be fully obeyed. 5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast     in obeying your decrees! 6 Then I would not be put to shame     when I consider all your commands. 7 I…

Sunday scripture for Oct. 9, 2022 Psalm 66 For the director of music. A song. A psalm. 1 Shout for joy to God, all the earth! 2     Sing the glory of his name;     make his praise glorious. 3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!     So great is your power     that your enemies cringe before you. 4 All the earth bows down to you;     they sing praise to you,     they sing the praises of your name.”[a] 5 Come and see what God has done,     his awesome deeds for…

Sunday scripture for Oct. 2, 2022 Psalm 137 1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept     when we remembered Zion. 2 There on the poplars     we hung our harps, 3 for there our captors asked us for songs,     our tormentors demanded songs of joy;     they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord     while in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, Jerusalem,     may my right hand forget its skill. 6 May my tongue cling to the…

Sunday scripture for Sept. 25, 2022 Psalm 91 Assurance of God’s Protection 1 You who live in the shelter of the Most High,     who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,[a] 2 will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress;     my God, in whom I trust.” 3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the hunter     and from the deadly pestilence; 4 he will cover you with his pinions,     and under his wings you will find refuge;     his faithfulness is a…

Sunday scripture for Sept. 18, 2022 Psalm 79 A psalm of Asaph. 1 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;     they have defiled your holy temple,     they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. 2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants     as food for the birds of the sky,     the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild. 3 They have poured out blood like water     all around Jerusalem,     and there is no one to bury the dead. 4 We are…

Sunday scripture for September 11, 2022 Psalm 14 For the director of music. Of David. 1 The fool[a] says in his heart,    “There is no God.”They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;    there is no one who does good. 2 The Lord looks down from heaven    on all mankindto see if there are any who understand,    any who seek God.3 All have turned away, all have become corrupt;    there is no one who does good,    not even one. 4 Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread;    they never call…

Sunday scripture for Sept. 4, 2022 Psalm 139 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. 1 You have searched me, Lord,     and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise;     you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down;     you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue     you, Lord, know it completely. 5 You hem me in behind and before,     and you lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is…

Sunday scripture for Aug. 28, 2022 Psalm 81 For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] Of Asaph. 1 Sing for joy to God our strength;     shout aloud to the God of Jacob! 2 Begin the music, strike the timbrel,     play the melodious harp and lyre. 3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,     and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival; 4 this is a decree for Israel,     an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5 When God went out against Egypt,     he…

Sunday scripture for Aug. 21, 2022 Psalm 71 1 In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;     let me never be put to shame. 2 In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;     turn your ear to me and save me. 3 Be my rock of refuge,     to which I can always go; give the command to save me,     for you are my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,     from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.…

Sunday Scripture for August 14, 2022 Psalm 8 For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] A psalm of David. 1 Lord, our Lord,     how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory     in the heavens. 2 Through the praise of children and infants     you have established a stronghold against your enemies,     to silence the foe and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens,     the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars,     which you have set in place, 4 what is…

Scripture for Sunday, August 7, 2022 Psalm 50 A psalm of Asaph. 1 The Mighty One, God, the Lord,     speaks and summons the earth     from the rising of the sun to where it sets. 2 From Zion, perfect in beauty,     God shines forth. 3 Our God comes     and will not be silent; a fire devours before him,     and around him a tempest rages. 4 He summons the heavens above,     and the earth, that he may judge his people: 5 “Gather to me this consecrated people,     who made a covenant with me…

Scripture for Sunday, July 31, 2022 Psalm 107 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;     his love endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—     those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, 3 those he gathered from the lands,     from east and west, from north and south.[a] 4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,     finding no way to a city where they could settle. 5 They were hungry and thirsty,     and their lives ebbed away. 6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,     and he delivered them…