Here’s a
readers’ theatre setting of 2 Samuel 23:1-7, the suggested Old Testament
reading for Proper 29 B (Ordinary 34 B), the last Sunday after Pentecost. It is
set for two voices.
Readers’ Theatre: 2
Samuel 23:1-7
One: These are the last words of
David, son of Jesse:
the words of the one
raised up,
the anointed one of
Jacob’s True God,
the sweet songwriter of
Israel.
Two: The Spirit of the Eternal
speaks through me;
His voice emerges from
my mouth.
The God of Israel has
talked to me;
and the Rock of Israel
has said:
One: The one who rules people
with justice
and who leads them in
the fear of God
is like the morning
light,
the sun rising on a
cloudless morning,
and the shining
grasslands brought up from rain.
Two: Isn’t this how God has
raised up my house?
Because He has made a
perpetual covenant with me,
well-ordered and secure,
won’t He make all things
to grow and prosper,
save me, and give me all
I desire?
But the wicked are like
thorns cut off and tossed away
that can’t be picked up
with your hands.
No, to touch them,
use the iron tip on the
shaft of a spear.
They are burned up on
the spot.
~ Scripture taken from The Voice™. http://www.hearthevoice.com/
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Ecclesia Bible Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
