The Scriptorium · The Procession · Day 5 of 365
Day 5: The Bow Hung Up, the Tower Pulled Down
Genesis 9-10 · Matthew 6 and Psalm 5 · Douay-Rheims
Today's reading
- Genesis 9
- Genesis 10
- Matthew 6
- Psalm 5
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On today's reading
Genesis 9:1–11:32 — The Bow Hung Up, the Tower Pulled Down
Noe steps off the ark onto a drowned world. God blesses him with the words He once gave Adam — "Increase and multiply, and fill the earth" (Gen 9:1) — and then does something the world has never seen. He puts His promise in the sky where you can look at it. The covenant itself was announced back in chapter 6; here it is ratified, and here…
Psalm 5 (DRB) — Stand-To at First Light
David wakes up with enemies. That is the situation of the psalm. Men are lying about him and he knows it — "Their throat is an open sepulchre" (Ps 5:11, DRB), a grave left standing open, and you can smell it on every word they say.
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