I am an emeritus professor from Cornell University and was a Commissioned Lay Preacher in the Presbyterian Church (USA). For many years I have followed the Daily Lectionary as printed in the Mission Yearbook of my church. For each day of a two-year cycle, the lectionary lists four psalms and three other scriptural passages--usually one from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament. My practice is to copy down a verse or two from one of the psalms and from each of the other three passages. After I have written out all four selections, I reflect upon them, rearrange their order, and incorporate them into a meditation. Sometimes I retain much of the original wording; sometimes all that remains of a selection is an idea that was stimulated when I read the original words. All selections are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. For the Daily Lectionary, see the link below.

They Murdered You, the Righteous One--Sept. 8, 2017


How many were your foes, and with what
violent hatred they did hate you, O Lord.
When they tried to kill you, Lord Jesus,
you did not resist, or flee into Egypt,
or in any way try to save yourself. 
So they condemned you; so they
murdered you, the righteous one.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 148; 25; 40
1 Kings 11:26-43
James 4:13-5:6
Mark 15:22-32

Selected Verses
Ps. 25:19
Consider how many are my foes,
          and with what violent hatred they hate me. 

1 Kings 11:40
Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam promptly fled to Egypt, to King Shishak of Egypt, and remained in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

James 5:6
You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.

Mark 15:29-30
Those who passed by derided [Jesus], shaking their heads and saying, "Aha!  You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself, and come down from the cross!" 

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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