Old Testament: Joshua 3:7-17

⁷The Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that I will be with you as I was with Moses. ⁸You are the one who shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, ‘When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’” ⁹Joshua then said to the Israelites, “Draw near and hear the words of the Lord your God.” ¹⁰Joshua said, “By this you shall know that among you is the living God who without fail will drive out from before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites: ¹¹the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is going to pass before you into the Jordan. ¹²So now select twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. ¹³When the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan flowing from above shall be cut off; they shall stand in a single heap.”

¹⁴When the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan, the priests bearing the ark of the covenant were in front of the people. ¹⁵Now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest. So when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the edge of the water, ¹⁶the waters flowing from above stood still, rising up in a single heap far off at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, while those flowing toward the sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people crossed over opposite Jericho. ¹⁷While all Israel were crossing over on dry ground, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, until the entire nation finished crossing over the Jordan.

Psalm: Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37

¹ Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, *
       and his mercy endures for ever.
² Let all those whom the Lord has redeemed proclaim *
       that he redeemed them from the hand of the foe.
³ He gathered them out of the lands; *
       from the east and from the west,
       from the north and from the south.
⁴ Some wandered in desert wastes; *
       they found no way to a city where they might dwell.
⁵ They were hungry and thirsty; *
       their spirits languished within them.
⁶ Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, *
       and he delivered them from their distress.
⁷ He put their feet on a straight path *
       to go to a city where they might dwell.
³³ The Lord changed rivers into deserts, *
       and water-springs into thirsty ground,
³⁴ A fruitful land into salt flats, *
       because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.
³⁵ He changed deserts into pools of water *
       and dry land into water-springs.
³⁶ He settled the hungry there, *
       and they founded a city to dwell in.
³⁷ They sowed fields, and planted vineyards, *
       and brought in a fruitful harvest.

Old Testament: Micah 3:5-12

⁵Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry “Peace” when they have something to eat, but declare war against those who put nothing into their mouths. ⁶Therefore it shall be night to you, without vision, and darkness to you, without revelation. The sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them; ⁷the seers shall be disgraced, and the diviners put to shame; they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.

⁸But as for me, I am filled with power, with the spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin. ⁹Hear this, you rulers of the house of Jacob and chiefs of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert all equity, ¹⁰who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with wrong! ¹¹Its rulers give judgment for a bribe, its priests teach for a price, its prophets give oracles for money; yet they lean upon the Lord and say, “Surely the Lord is with us! No harm shall come upon us.” ¹²Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.

Psalm: Psalm 43

¹ Give judgment for me, O God,
  and defend my cause against an ungodly people; *
       deliver me from the deceitful and the wicked.
² For you are the God of my strength;
  why have you put me from you? *
       and why do I go so heavily while the enemy oppresses me?
³ Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, *
       and bring me to your holy hill
       and to your dwelling;
⁴ That I may go to the altar of God,
  to the God of my joy and gladness; *
       and on the harp I will give thanks to you, O God my God.
⁵ Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul? *
       and why are you so disquieted within me?
⁶ Put your trust in God; *
       for I will yet give thanks to him,
       who is the help of my countenance, and my God.