Daily Readings: July 30, 2024

Tuesday after the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

William Wilberforce, 1833

Morning	Evening
Psalm 61 Psalm 62	Psalm 68:1-20(21-23)24-36
Judges 2:1-5,11-23 Rom. 16:17-27 Matt. 27:32-44

The Collect of the Day

Proper 12

The Sunday closest to July 27

O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

William Wilberforce

Let your continual mercy, O Lord, kindle in your Church the never-failing gift of love; that, following the example of your servant William Wilberforce, we may have grace to defend the poor, and maintain the cause of those who have no helper; for the sake of him who gave his life for us, your Son our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Psalms

61

Exaudi, DeusBCP p. 668

¹Hear my cry, O God, *and listen to my prayer.

²I call upon you from the ends of the earth with heaviness in my heart; *set me upon the rock that is higher than I.

³For you have been my refuge, *a strong tower against the enemy.

⁴I will dwell in your house for ever; *I will take refuge under the cover of your wings.

⁵For you, O God, have heard my vows; *you have granted me the heritage of those who fear your Name.

⁶Add length of days to the king’s life; *let his years extend over many generations.

⁷Let him sit enthroned before God for ever; *bid love and faithfulness watch over him.

⁸So will I always sing the praise of your Name, *and day by day I will fulfill my vows.

62

Nonne Deo?BCP p. 669

¹For God alone my soul in silence waits; *from him comes my salvation.

²He alone is my rock and my salvation, *my stronghold, so that I shall not be greatly shaken.

³How long will you assail me to crush me, all of you together, *as if you were a leaning fence, a toppling wall?

⁴They seek only to bring me down from my place of honor; *lies are their chief delight.

⁵They bless with their lips, *but in their hearts they curse.

⁶For God alone my soul in silence waits; *truly, my hope is in him.

⁷He alone is my rock and my salvation, *my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken.

⁸In God is my safety and my honor; *God is my strong rock and my refuge.

⁹Put your trust in him always, O people, *pour out your hearts before him, for God is our refuge.

¹⁰Those of high degree are but a fleeting breath, *even those of low estate cannot be trusted.

¹¹On the scales they are lighter than a breath, *all of them together.

¹²Put no trust in extortion; in robbery take no empty pride; *though wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

¹³God has spoken once, twice have I heard it, *that power belongs to God.

¹⁴Steadfast love is yours, O Lord, *for you repay everyone according to his deeds.

Daily Office Readings

¹Now the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, “I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you into the land that I had promised to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you. ²For your part, do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of this land; tear down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed my command. See what you have done! ³So now I say, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall become adversaries to you, and their gods shall be a snare to you.” ⁴When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept. ⁵So they named that place Bochim, and there they sacrificed to the Lord. ¹¹Then the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and worshiped the Baals; ¹²and they abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; they followed other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were all around them, and bowed down to them; and they provoked the Lord to anger. ¹³They abandoned the Lord, and worshipped Baal and the Astartes. ¹⁴So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers who plundered them, and he sold them into the power of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies. ¹⁵Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them to bring misfortune, as the Lord had warned them and sworn to them; and they were in great distress. ¹⁶Then the Lord raised up judges, who delivered them out of the power of those who plundered them. ¹⁷Yet they did not listen even to their judges; for they lusted after other gods and bowed down to them. They soon turned aside from the way in which their ancestors had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord; they did not follow their example. ¹⁸Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge, and he delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord would be moved to pity by their groaning because of those who persecuted and oppressed them. ¹⁹But whenever the judge died, they would relapse and behave worse than their ancestors, following other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They would not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways. ²⁰So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel; and he said, “Because this people have transgressed my covenant that I commanded their ancestors, and have not obeyed my voice, ²¹I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died.” ²²In order to test Israel, whether or not they would take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their ancestors did, ²³the Lord had left those nations, not driving them out at once, and had not handed them over to Joshua.