Old Testament: Amos 7:7-17

⁷This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. ⁸And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “See, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass them by; ⁹the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

¹⁰Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the very center of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words. ¹¹For thus Amos has said, ‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his land.’” ¹²And Amaziah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, earn your bread there, and prophesy there; ¹³but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.” ¹⁴Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees,¹⁵and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ ¹⁶“Now therefore hear the word of the Lord. You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.” ¹⁷Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be parceled out by line; you yourself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.’”

Psalm: Psalm 82

¹ God takes his stand in the council of heaven; *
        he gives judgment in the midst of the gods:
² “How long will you judge unjustly, *
        and show favor to the wicked?
³ Save the weak and the orphan; *
        defend the humble and needy;
⁴ Rescue the weak and the poor; *
        deliver them from the power of the wicked.
⁵ They do not know, neither do they understand;
   they go about in darkness; *
        all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
⁶ Now I say to you, ‘You are gods, *
        and all of you children of the Most High;
⁷ Nevertheless, you shall die like mortals, *
        and fall like any prince.’”
⁸ Arise, O God, and rule the earth, *
        for you shall take all nations for your own.

Old Testament: Deuteronomy 30:9-14

⁹and the Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all your undertakings, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your soil. For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, just as he delighted in prospering your ancestors, ¹⁰when you obey the Lord your God by observing his commandments and decrees that are written in this book of the law, because you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

¹¹Surely, this commandment that I am commanding you today is not too hard for you, nor is it too far away. ¹²It is not in heaven, that you should say, “Who will go up to heaven for us, and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it?” ¹³Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who will cross to the other side of the sea for us, and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it?” ¹⁴No, the word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe.

Psalm: Psalm 25:1-9

¹ To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul;
  my God, I put my trust in you; *
        let me not be humiliated,
        nor let my enemies triumph over me.
² Let none who look to you be put to shame; *
        let the treacherous be disappointed in their schemes.
³ Show me your ways, O Lord, *
        and teach me your paths.
⁴ Lead me in your truth and teach me, *
        for you are the God of my salvation;
        in you have I trusted all the day long.
⁵ Remember, O Lord, your compassion and love, *
        for they are from everlasting.
⁶ Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions; *
        remember me according to your love
        and for the sake of your goodness, O Lord.
⁷ Gracious and upright is the Lord; *
        therefore he teaches sinners in his way.
⁸ He guides the humble in doing right *
        and teaches his way to the lowly.
⁹ All the paths of the Lord are love and faithfulness *
        to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.