September 10, 2024 PORTALS OF PRAYER READINGS
Amos 1:1-3
1 The
words of Amos, who was among the shepherds[a] of Tekoa,
which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the
days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years[b] before the
earthquake.
Judgment on Israel's Neighbors
2 And he said:
“The Lord roars from
Zion
and
utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and
the top of Carmel withers.”
3 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of Damascus,
and
for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[c]
because they have threshed Gilead
with
threshing sledges of iron.
Footnotes
- Amos 1:1 Or sheep
breeders
- Amos 1:1 Or during
two years
- Amos 1:3 Hebrew I
will not turn it back; also verses 6, 9, 11, 13
Amos 5:1-4
Seek the Lord and Live
5 Hear
this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
2 “Fallen, no more to rise,
is
the virgin Israel;
forsaken on her land,
with
none to raise her up.”
3 For thus says the
Lord God:
“The city that went out a thousand
shall
have a hundred left,
and that which went out a hundred
shall
have ten left
to
the house of Israel.”
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
“Seek me and live;
Psalm 55
Cast Your Burden on the Lord
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil[a] of David.
55 Give ear
to my prayer, O God,
and
hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!
2 Attend to me, and answer me;
I
am restless in my complaint and I moan,
3 because of the noise of the enemy,
because
of the oppression of the wicked.
For they drop trouble upon me,
and
in anger they bear a grudge against me.
4 My heart is in anguish within
me;
the
terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling come upon me,
and
horror overwhelms me.
6 And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a
dove!
I
would fly away and be at rest;
7 yes, I would wander far away;
I
would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
8 I would hurry to find a shelter
from
the raging wind and tempest.”
9 Destroy, O Lord, divide their
tongues;
for
I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go around it
on
its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;
11 ruin is in its midst;
oppression and fraud
do
not depart from its marketplace.
12 For it is not an enemy who
taunts me—
then
I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—
then
I could hide from him.
13 But it is you, a man, my equal,
my
companion, my familiar friend.
14 We used to take sweet counsel together;
within
God's house we walked in the throng.
15 Let death steal over them;
let
them go down to Sheol alive;
for
evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
16 But I call to God,
and
the Lord will save me.
17 Evening and morning and at noon
I
utter my complaint and moan,
and
he hears my voice.
18 He redeems my soul in safety
from
the battle that I wage,
for
many are arrayed against me.
19 God will give ear and humble them,
he
who is enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not change
and
do not fear God.
20 My companion[b] stretched
out his hand against his friends;
he
violated his covenant.
21 His speech was smooth as butter,
yet
war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet
they were drawn swords.
22 Cast your burden on the Lord,
and
he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the
righteous to be moved.
23 But you, O God, will cast
them down
into
the pit of destruction;
men of blood and treachery
shall
not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 55:1 Probably
a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 55:20 Hebrew
He
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