1. Meditation on the Day’s Psalm
Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on the Psalm of the Day, Psalm 66:8-12, 16-20.
Psalm 66:8-12, 16-20
8 Bless our God, O peoples;
let the sound of his praise be heard,
9 who has kept our soul among the living
and has not let our feet slip.
10 For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into the net;
you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
12 you let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
17 I cried to him with my mouth,
and high praise was on[a] my tongue.[b]
18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
19 But truly God has listened;
he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God,
because he has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me!
Footnotes:
- Psalm 66:17 Hebrew under
- Psalm 66:17 Or and he was exalted with my tongue
2. Meditation on Proverbs
Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on Proverbs 3:27-35.
Proverbs 3:27-35
27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,[a]
when it is in your power to do it.
28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
29 Do not plan evil against your neighbor,
who dwells trustingly beside you.
30 Do not contend with a man for no reason,
when he has done you no harm.
31 Do not envy a man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,
32 for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are in his confidence.
33 The Lord‘s curse is on the house of the wicked,
but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
34 Toward the scorners he is scornful,
but to the humble he gives favor.[b]
35 The wise will inherit honor,
but fools get[c] disgrace.
Footnotes:
- Proverbs 3:27 Hebrew Do not withhold good from its owners
- Proverbs 3:34 Or grace
- Proverbs 3:35 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
3. Meditation on the Office of the Holy Ministry via Chemnitz
Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on the importance of the Office of the Holy Ministry from Martin Chemnitz’s “Ministry, Word, and Sacraments – An Enchiridion” and the various Bible passages quoted in the text.
