Deuteronomy 24

• 1. "Suppose a man marries a woman but later discovers something about her that is shameful. So he writes her a letter of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away.
• 2. If she then leaves and marries another man
• 3. and the second husband also divorces her or dies,
• 4. the former husband may not marry her again, for she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession.
• 5. "A newly married man must not be drafted into the army or given any other special responsibilities. He must be free to be at home for one year, bringing happiness to the wife he has married.
• 6. "It is wrong to take a pair of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as a pledge, for the owner uses it to make a living.
• 7. "If anyone kidnaps a fellow Israelite and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must cleanse the evil from among you.
• 8. "Watch all contagious skin diseases carefully and follow the instructions of the Levitical priests; obey the commands I have given them.
• 9. Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam as you were coming from Egypt.
• 10. "If you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter your neighbor's house to claim the security.
• 11. Stand outside and the owner will bring it out to you.
• 12. If your neighbor is poor and has only a cloak to give as security, do not keep the cloak overnight.
• 13. Return the cloak to its owner by sunset so your neighbor can sleep in it and bless you. And the LORD your God will count it as a righteous act.
• 14. "Never take advantage of poor laborers, whether fellow Israelites or foreigners living in your towns.
• 15. Pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they might cry out to the LORD against you, and it would be counted against you as sin.
• 16. "Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor the children for the sins of their parents. Those worthy of death must be executed for their own crimes.
• 17. "True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow's garment in pledge of her debt.
• 18. Always remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you. That is why I have given you this command.
• 19. "When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don't go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigners, orphans, and widows. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
• 20. When you beat the olives from your olive trees, don't go over the boughs twice. Leave some of the olives for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.
• 21. This also applies to the grapes in your vineyard. Do not glean the vines after they are picked, but leave any remaining grapes for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.
• 22. Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. That is why I am giving you this command.

Psalms 114

• 1. When the Israelites escaped from Egypt--when the family of Jacob left that foreign land--
• 2. the land of Judah became God's sanctuary, and Israel became his kingdom.
• 3. The Red Sea saw them coming and hurried out of their way! The water of the Jordan River turned away.
• 4. The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs!
• 5. What's wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way? What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?
• 6. Why, mountains, did you skip like rams? Why, little hills, like lambs?
• 7. Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Israel.
• 8. He turned the rock into pools of water; yes, springs of water came from solid rock.

Psalms 115

• 1. Not to us, O LORD, but to you goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness.
• 2. Why let the nations say, "Where is their God?"
• 3. For our God is in the heavens, and he does as he wishes.
• 4. Their idols are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.
• 5. They cannot talk, though they have mouths, or see, though they have eyes!
• 6. They cannot hear with their ears, or smell with their noses,
• 7. or feel with their hands, or walk with their feet, or utter sounds with their throats!
• 8. And those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
• 9. O Israel, trust the LORD! He is your helper; he is your shield.
• 10. O priests of Aaron, trust the LORD! He is your helper; he is your shield.
• 11. All you who fear the LORD, trust the LORD! He is your helper; he is your shield.
• 12. The LORD remembers us, and he will surely bless us. He will bless the people of Israel and the family of Aaron, the priests.
• 13. He will bless those who fear the LORD, both great and small.
• 14. May the LORD richly bless both you and your children.
• 15. May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
• 16. The heavens belong to the LORD, but he has given the earth to all humanity.
• 17. The dead cannot sing praises to the LORD, for they have gone into the silence of the grave.
• 18. But we can praise the LORD both now and forever! Praise the LORD!

Isaiah 51

• 1. "Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance--all who seek the LORD! Consider the quarry from which you were mined, the rock from which you were cut!
• 2. Yes, think about your ancestors Abraham and Sarah, from whom you came. Abraham was alone when I called him. But when I blessed him, he became a great nation."
• 3. The LORD will comfort Israel again and make her deserts blossom. Her barren wilderness will become as beautiful as Eden--the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found there. Lovely songs of thanksgiving will fill the air.
• 4. "Listen to me, my people. Hear me, Israel, for my law will be proclaimed, and my justice will become a light to the nations.
• 5. My mercy and justice are coming soon. Your salvation is on the way. I will rule the nations. They will wait for me and long for my power.
• 6. Look up to the skies above, and gaze down on the earth beneath. For the skies will disappear like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing. The people of the earth will die like flies, but my salvation lasts forever. My righteous rule will never end!
• 7. "Listen to me, you who know right from wrong and cherish my law in your hearts. Do not be afraid of people's scorn or their slanderous talk.
• 8. For the moth will destroy them as it destroys clothing. The worm will eat away at them as it eats wool. But my righteousness will last forever. My salvation will continue from generation to generation."
• 9. Wake up, LORD! Robe yourself with strength! Rouse yourself as in the days of old when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile.
• 10. Are you not the same today, the one who dried up the sea, making a path of escape when you saved your people?
• 11. Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return to Jerusalem, singing songs of everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be overcome with joy and gladness.
• 12. "I, even I, am the one who comforts you. So why are you afraid of mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear?
• 13. Yet you have forgotten the LORD, your Creator, the one who put the stars in the sky and established the earth. Will you remain in constant dread of human oppression? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies from morning till night?
• 14. Soon all you captives will be released! Imprisonment, starvation, and death will not be your fate!
• 15. For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea, causing its waves to roar. My name is the LORD Almighty.
• 16. And I have put my words in your mouth and hidden you safely within my hand. I set all the stars in space and established the earth. I am the one who says to Israel, `You are mine!'"
• 17. Wake up, wake up, O Jerusalem! You have drunk enough from the cup of the LORD's fury. You have drunk the cup of terror, tipping out its last drops.
• 18. Not one of your children is left alive to help you or tell you what to do.
• 19. These two things have been your lot: desolation and destruction, famine and war. And who is left to sympathize? Who is left to comfort you?
• 20. For your children have fainted and lie in the streets, helpless as antelopes caught in a net. The LORD has poured out his fury; God has rebuked them.
• 21. But now listen to this, you afflicted ones, who sit in a drunken stupor, though not from drinking wine.
• 22. This is what the Sovereign LORD, your God and Defender, says: "See, I am taking the terrible cup from your hands. You will drink no more of my fury. It is gone at last!
• 23. But I will put that cup into the hands of those who tormented you. I will give it to those who trampled you into the dust and walked on your backs."

New Living Translation: 170 of 365 days.