WEEKLY READINGS

Sunday

SEPTUAGESIMA

Lessons and Psalms

The 1928 Book of Common Prayer on page xvi, xliv

Psalms 20, 121, 1^st Lesson *Joshua 1:1-9, 2^nd Lesson 2Timothy 2:1-13

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 20 Exaudiat te Dominus.

1. THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; * the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee:
2. Send thee help from the sanctuary, * and strengthen thee out of Sion:
3. Remember all thy offerings, * and accept thy burnt sacrifice:
4. Grant thee thy heart's desire, * and fulfil all thy mind.
5. We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God: * the LORD perform all thy petitions.
6. Now know I that the LORD helpeth his anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven, * even with the wholesome strength of his right hand.
7. Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses; * but we will remember the Name of the LORD our God.
8. They are brought down and fallen; * but we are risen and stand upright.
9. Save, LORD; and hear us, O King of heaven, * when we call upon thee.

Psalm 121 Levavi oculos.

1. I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills; * from whence cometh my help?
2. My help cometh even from the LORD, * who hath made heaven and earth.
3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; * and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.
4. Behold, he that keepeth Israel * shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5. The LORD himself is thy keeper; * the LORD is thy defence upon thy right hand;
6. So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, * neither the moon by night.
7. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; * yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.
8. The LORD shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, * from this time forth for evermore.

Here beginnith the 1^st lesson that is written in the 1^st chapter of *Joshua beginning at the 1^st verse.

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Here endeth the 1^st lesson.

Here beginith the 2^nd lesson that is written in the 2^nd chapter of II Timothy beginning at the 1^st verse.

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

Here endeth the 2^nd lesson.

The Collect

Septuagesima

O LORD, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen.