The Daily Readings for Saturday, January 23, 2016

The Daily Readings for Saturday, January 23, 2016
2 Samuel 1:1 Sha’ul had died, and David had been two days in Ziklag after returning from the slaughter of the ‘Amaleki. 2 On the third day, there came a man from Sha’ul’s camp with his clothes torn and earth on his head. He approached David, fell to the ground and prostrated himself. 3 David said to him, “Where are you coming from?” “I escaped from the camp of Isra’el,” he replied. 4 “Tell me, please, how did things go?” asked David. “The people have fled the battle,” he answered, “and many of them are wounded or dead. Sha’ul and Y’honatan his son are dead too.”

11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and likewise all the men who were with him. 12 They wailed and cried, and they fasted until evening for Sha’ul, for Y’honatan his son, for Adonai’s people and for the house of Isra’el; because they had fallen by the sword.

19 “Your glory, Isra’el, lies dead on your high places!

How the heroes have fallen!

23 Sha’ul and Y’honatan, loved and gracious while alive,

were not separated even in death;

they were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

24 “Daughters of Isra’el, weep over Sha’ul!

He clothed you luxuriously in scarlet

and put gold jewelry on your clothing.

25 “How the heroes have fallen in the heat of battle,

Y’honatan killed on your high places!

26 I grieve for you, my brother Y’honatan,

you meant so much to me!

Your love for me was deeper

than the love of women.

27 How the heroes have fallen

and the weapons of war perished”

Psalm 80:2 (1) Shepherd of Isra’el, listen!

You who lead Yosef like a flock,

you whose throne is on the k’ruvim,

shine out!

3 (2) Before Efrayim, Binyamin and M’nasheh,

rouse your power; and come to save us.

5 (4) Adonai, God of armies, how long

will you be angry with your people’s prayers?

6 (5) You have fed them tears as their bread

and made them drink tears in abundance.

7 (6) You make our neighbors fight over us,

and our enemies mock us.

Mark 3:20 and once more, such a crowd came together that they couldn’t even eat. 21 When his family heard about this, they set out to take charge of him; for they said, “He’s out of his mind!”
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