Together in the Word: Day 24

Together in the Word: Day 24

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Psalm 27:7-14; Genesis 49:1-2, 8-13, 21-26; Luke 1:67-79

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2023 | EPIPHANY
WEDNESDAY AFTER THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
YEAR A

         Psalm       Psalm 27:7–14
         First Reading       Genesis 49:1–2, 8–13, 21–26
         Second Reading       Luke 1:67–79

Index of Readings

PSALM
Psalm 27:7–14

     7Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice,
     And be gracious to me and answer me.
     8When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You,
     “Your face, O LORD, I shall seek.”
     9Do not hide Your face from me,
     Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
     You have been my help;
     Do not abandon me nor forsake me,
     O God of my salvation!
     10For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
     But the LORD will take me up.

     11Teach me Your way, O LORD,
     And lead me in a level path
     Because of my foes.
     12Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
     For false witnesses have risen against me,
     And such as breathe out violence.
     13I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD
     In the land of the living.
     14Wait for the LORD;
     Be strong and let your heart take courage;
     Yes, wait for the LORD.

FIRST READING
Genesis 49:1–2, 8–13, 21–26

1Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, “Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what will befall you in the days to come.
     2“Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob;
     And listen to Israel your father.


     8“Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
     Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
     Your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
     9“Judah is a lion’s whelp;
     From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
     He couches, he lies down as a lion,
     And as a lion, who dares rouse him up?
     10“The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
     Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
     Until Shiloh comes,
     And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
     11“He ties his foal to the vine,
     And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine;
     He washes his garments in wine,
     And his robes in the blood of grapes.
     12“His eyes are dull from wine,
     And his teeth white from milk.

     13“Zebulun will dwell at the seashore;
     And he shall be a haven for ships,
     And his flank shall be toward Sidon.


     21“Naphtali is a doe let loose,
     He gives beautiful words.

     22“Joseph is a fruitful bough,
     A fruitful 1bough by a spring;
     Its branches run over a wall.
     23“The archers bitterly attacked him,
     And shot at him and harassed him;
     24But his bow remained firm,
     And his arms were agile,
     From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob
     (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),
     25From the God of your father who helps you,
     And by the Almighty who blesses you
     With blessings of heaven above,
     Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
     Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
     26“The blessings of your father
     Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors
     Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills;
     May they be on the head of Joseph,
     And on the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.

SECOND READING
Luke 1:67–79

67And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:
     68“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
     For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people,
     69And has raised up a horn of salvation for us
     In the house of David His servant—
     70As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old—
     71Salvation FROM OUR ENEMIES,
     And FROM THE HAND OF ALL WHO HATE US;
     72To show mercy toward our fathers,
     And to remember His holy covenant,
     73The oath which He swore to Abraham our father,
     74To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,
     Might serve Him without fear,
     75In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
     76“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
     For you will go on BEFORE THE LORD TO PREPARE HIS WAYS;
     77To give to His people the knowledge of salvation
     By the forgiveness of their sins,
     78Because of the tender mercy of our God,
     With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,
     79TO SHINE UPON THOSE WHO SIT IN DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH,
     To guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Consultation on Common Texts, Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2011).

Mat 6:9-13 NASB  “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.  (10)  ‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.  (11)  ‘Give us this day our daily bread.  (12)  ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.  (13)  ‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’