Scripture for Today

Passage: 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 “Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its rules you shall keep it.” 4 So Moses...

Passage: 14 “Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. 15 And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering. 16 For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. Instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I...

Passage: 1 As a deer pants for flowing streams,  so pants my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God,  for the living God.  When shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food  day and night,  while they say to me all the day long,  “Where is your God?” 4 These things I remember,  as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng  and lead them in procession to the hou...

Passage: 22 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, 24 The LORD bless you and keep you; 25 the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; 26 the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. 27 “So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them....

Passage: 4 “O LORD, make me know my end  and what is the measure of my days;  let me know how fleeting I am! 5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,  and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! 6 Surely a man goes about as a shadow!  Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;  man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! 7 “And now, O Lo...

Passage: 1 Transgression speaks to the wicked  deep in his heart;  there is no fear of God  before his eyes. 2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes  that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. 3 The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;  he has ceased to act wisely and do good. 4 He plots trouble while on his bed;  he sets himself in a way that is not good;  he does not reject evil. (...

Passage: 1 Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me;  fight against those who fight against me! 2 Take hold of shield and buckler  and rise for my help! 3 Draw the spear and javelin  against my pursuers! Say to my soul,  “I am your salvation!” 4 Let them be put to shame and dishonor  who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed  who devise evil against me! 5 Let them be...

Passage: 1 I will bless the LORD at all times;  his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul makes its boast in the LORD;  let the humble hear and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the LORD with me,  and let us exalt his name together! 4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me  and delivered me from all my fears. 5 Those who look to him are radiant,  and their faces shall never be ashamed. 6 This poo...

Passage: 3 “If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, 4 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your...

Passage: 1 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,  whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity,  and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away  through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;  my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah 5 I acknowledged my s...

Passage: 1 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,  ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;  worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness. 3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters;  the God of glory thunders,  the Lord, over many waters. 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;  the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. (Psalm 29:1–4) Song: Psalm 46 (Lor...

Passage: 1 The Lord is my light and my salvation;   whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life;   of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers assail me   to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes,   it is they who stumble and fall. 3 Though an army encamp against me,   my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me,   yet I will be confident. 4 One thing have I asked of the L...

Passage: 1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. 3 Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. 4 Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. 5 Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the d...

Passage: 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 4 Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God. 9 When you reap t...

Passage: 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. 3 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. 4 You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God. 5 You shall therefore keep my statut...

Passage: 1 I love you, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,  my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,  my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,  and I am saved from my enemies. 16 He sent from on high, he took me;  he drew me out of many waters. 17 He rescued me from my strong enemy  and from...

Passage: 1 Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry!  Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! 2 From your presence let my vindication come!  Let your eyes behold the right! 3 You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,  you have tested me, and you will find nothing;  I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. 4 With regard to the works of man,  by the word of your lip...

Passage: 1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” 3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. 4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips. 5 The LORD is my chosen portion and...

Passage: 1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. 2 The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. 3 They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. (Psalm 14:1-3) Song: Broken Vessels (Amazin...

Passage: 1 Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them. 2 And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and...

Passage: 14 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. 15 He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. 16 His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends. (Psalm 7:14-16) Song: Psalm 7 by Poor Bishop Hooper Lyrics: O Lord, my God In You I take refuge O Lord, my God In You I take refuge...

Passage: 1 If anyone sins and commits a breach of faith against the Lord by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor 2 or has found something lost and lied about it, swearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby— 3 then if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore what he took by ro...

Passage: 5 When he realizes his guilt in any of these and confesses the sin he has committed, 6 he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin. 7 But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that...

Passage: 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. 4 The wicked are not...

Passage: 18 “Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.” 19 (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, “Follow me.” 20 Peter turned and saw the disci...