Day 175 The Bible in a Year (Orthodox canon)

Psalm 5

1 For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits. 2 Hearken to my words, O Lord, attend to my cry. 3 Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to thee, O Lord, will I pray. 4 In the morning thou shalt hear my voice: in the morning will I wait upon thee, and will look up. 5 For thou art not a God that desires iniquity; neither shall the worker of wickedness dwell with thee. 6 Neither shall the transgressors continue in thy sight: thou hatest, O Lord, all them that work iniquity. 7 Thou wilt destroy all that speak falsehood: the Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man. 8 But I will enter into thine house in the multitude of thy mercy: I will worship in thy fear toward thy holy temple. 9 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make my way plain before thy face. 10 For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit. 11 Judge them, O God; let them fail of their counsels: cast them out according to the abundance of their ungodliness; for they have provoked thee, O Lord. 12 But let all that trust on thee be glad in thee: they shall exult for ever, and thou shalt dwell among them; and all that love thy name shall rejoice in thee. 13 For thou, Lord, shalt bless the righteous: thou hast compassed us as with a shield of favour.

Psalm 6

1 For the end, a Psalm of David among the Hymns for the eighth. 2 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thine anger. 3 Pity me, O Lord; for I am weak: heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed. 4 My soul also is grievously vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long? 5 Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: save me for thy mercy's sake. 6 For in death no man remembers thee: and who will give thee thanks in Hades? 7 I am wearied with my groaning; I shall wash my bed every night; I shall water my couch with my tears. 8 Mine eye is troubled because of my wrath; I am worn out because of all my enemies. 9 Depart from me, all ye that work iniquity; for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. 10 The Lord has hearkened to my petition; the Lord has accepted my prayer. 11 Let all mine enemies be put to shame and sore troubled: let them be turned back and grievously put to shame speedily.

Psalm 7

1 A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Chusi the Benjamite. 2 O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. 3 Lest at any time [the enemy] seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save. 4 O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;) 5 if I have requited with evil those who requited me [with good]; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies. 6 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause. 7 Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command. 8 And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: and for this cause do thou return on high. 9 The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me. 10 Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and [then] thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins. 11 My help is righteous, [coming] from God who saves the upright in heart. 12 God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day. 13 If ye will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready. 14 And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones. 15 Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity. 16 He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made. 17 His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown. 18 I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.

1 Peter 3

1 In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word, 2 seeing your pure behavior in fear. 3 Let your beauty come not from the outward adorning of braiding your hair, and of wearing gold ornaments or of putting on fine clothing, 4 but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight. 5 For this is how in the past the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands. 6 So Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are if you do well and are not put in fear by any terror. 7 You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. 8 Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous, 9 not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit. 11 Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” 13 Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.” 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear, 16 having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ. 17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing what is right than for doing evil. 18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit, 19 in whom he also went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who before were disobedient when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.