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Judges 4: 1-7
4The
Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord,
after Ehud died. 2So
the Lord sold them into the hand
of King Jabin of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the commander of his army was
Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-ha-goiim. 3Then
the Israelites cried out to the Lord for
help; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and had oppressed the Israelites
cruelly for twenty years.
4 At
that time Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel. 5She
used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill
country of Ephraim; and the Israelites came up to her for judgement. 6She
sent and summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him,
‘The Lord, the God of Israel,
commands you, “Go, take position at Mount Tabor, bringing ten thousand from the
tribe of Naphtali and the tribe of Zebulun. 7I
will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to meet you by the Wadi
Kishon with his chariots and his troops; and I will give him into your hand.” ’
OR
Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18
7 Be
silent before the Lord God!
For the day of the Lord is
at hand;
the Lord has prepared a sacrifice,
he has consecrated his guests.
12 At
that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
and I will punish the people
who rest complacently* on
their dregs,
those who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good,
nor will he do harm.’
13 Their
wealth shall be plundered,
and their houses laid waste.
Though they build houses,
they shall not inhabit them;
though they plant vineyards,
they shall not drink wine from them.
14 The
great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter,
the warrior cries aloud there.
15 That
day will be a day of wrath,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of ruin and devastation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 a
day of trumpet blast and battle cry
against the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.
17 I
will bring such distress upon people
that they shall walk like the blind;
because they have sinned against the Lord,
their blood shall be poured out like dust,
and their flesh like dung.
18 Neither
their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath;
in the fire of his passion
the whole earth shall be consumed;
for a full, a terrible end
he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
Psalm 123
1 To
you I lift up my eyes, •
to you that are enthroned in the heavens.
2 As
the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, •
or the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
3 So
our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, •
until he have mercy upon us.
4 Have
mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, •
for we have had more than enough of contempt.
5 Our
soul has had more than enough of the scorn of the arrogant, •
and of the contempt of the proud.
OR
BOOK IV
(Psalms 90-106)
Psalm 90
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.
1 Lord,
you have been our dwelling-place*
in all generations.
2 Before
the mountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You
turn us* back
to dust,
and say, ‘Turn back, you mortals.’
4 For
a thousand years in your sight
are like yesterday when it is past,
or like a watch in the night.
5 You
sweep them away; they are like a dream,
like grass that is renewed in the morning;
6 in
the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it fades and withers.
7 For
we are consumed by your anger;
by your wrath we are overwhelmed.
8 You
have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
[
9 For
all our days pass away under your wrath;
our years come to an end* like
a sigh.
10 The
days of our life are seventy years,
or perhaps eighty, if we are strong;
even then their span* is
only toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who
considers the power of your anger?
Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due to you.]
12 So
teach us to count our days
that we may gain a wise heart.
1 Thessalonians 5: 1-11
5Now
concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters,* you
do not need to have anything written to you. 2For
you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in
the night.3When
they say, ‘There is peace and security’, then sudden destruction will come upon
them, as labour pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape! 4But
you, beloved,* are
not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief; 5for
you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night
or of darkness. 6So
then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober; 7for
those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. 8But
since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith
and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9For
God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord
Jesus Christ, 10who
died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him. 11Therefore
encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.
Matthew 25: 14-30
14 ‘For
it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his
property to them; 15to
one he gave five talents,* to
another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went
away.16The
one who had received the five talents went off at once and traded with them, and
made five more talents. 17In
the same way, the one who had the two talents made two more talents. 18But
the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground
and hid his master’s money. 19After
a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them. 20Then
the one who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five more
talents, saying, “Master, you handed over to me five talents; see, I have made
five more talents.”21His
master said to him, “Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been
trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into
the joy of your master.” 22And
the one with the two talents also came forward, saying, “Master, you handed over
to me two talents; see, I have made two more talents.” 23His
master said to him, “Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been
trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into
the joy of your master.” 24Then
the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, “Master, I
knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering
where you did not scatter seed;25so
I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what
is yours.” 26But
his master replied, “You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap
where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? 27Then
you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would
have received what was my own with interest. 28So
take the talent from him, and give it to the one with the ten talents. 29For
to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but
from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. 30As
for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
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