July 18, 2026

1Ah! you plotters of iniquity, who work out evil on your beds! In the morning light you carry it out for it lies within your power. 2You covet fields, and seize them; houses, and take them; You cheat owners of their houses, people of their inheritance. 3Therefore thus says the LORD: Look, I am planning against this family an evil from which you cannot free your necks; Nor shall you walk with head held high, for it will be an evil time. 4On that day you shall be mocked, and there will be bitter lament: “Our ruin is complete, our fields are divided among our captors, The fields of my people are measured out, and no one can get them back!” 5Thus you shall have no one in the assembly of the LORD to allot to you a share of land.

1Psalm 10 I - Why, LORD, do you stand afar and pay no heed in times of trouble? 2Arrogant scoundrels pursue the poor; they trap them by their cunning schemes. 3II - The wicked even boast of their greed; these robbers curse and scorn the LORD. 4In their insolence the wicked boast: “God does not care; there is no God.” 7Their mouths are full of oaths, violence, and lies; discord and evil are under their tongues. 8They wait in ambush near towns; their eyes watch for the helpless to murder the innocent in secret. 14But you do see; you take note of misery and sorrow; you take the matter in hand. To you the helpless can entrust their cause; you are the defender of orphans.

19namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

14But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him to put him to death. The Chosen Servant. 15When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place. Many [people] followed him, and he cured them all, 16but he warned them not to make him known. 17This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet: 18“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight; I shall place my spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. 19He will not contend or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. 20A bruised reed he will not break, a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory. 21And in his name the Gentiles will hope.” Jesus and Beelzebul.