TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006
Date Hymns Reading Comments
May 1 WS 735 / LSB 485 Ezekiel 28 Ezekiel prophesies against Tyre and laments over Tyre. Ezekiel prophesies against Sidon, but the Lord promises to gather the house of Israel and protect His people.
May 2 TLH 204 / LSB 487 Ezekiel 29 Ezekiel prophesies against Egypt.
May 4 TLH 189 / LSB 488 Ezekiel 30 Ezekiel laments over Egypt. Ezekiel prophesies that Egypt will fall to Babylon.
May 5 LSB 483 Ezekiel 31 Through a parable the Lord foretells the destruction of Pharaoh and of his people.
May 6 TLH 192 / LSB 467 Ezekiel 32 Ezekiel laments over Pharaoh and over Egypt.
May 7 TLH 28 Psalm 99 The Lord reigns in holiness. All too often, however, we and our human rulers are anything but holy. Lord, forgive us for the sake of Christ.
May 8 TLH 1 / LSB 901 Psalm 100 The Lord has blessed us tremendously. He has created us. He has redeemed us. He has sanctified us. We have cause to thank Him not only on one day of the year, or on certain holidays, but every day.
May 9 TLH 112 Psalm 101 No merely human ruler can live up to the righteous standard that David outlines in Psalm 101, but our King, Jesus, can. None of us can live up to this standard, but our Savior, Jesus, has.
May 11 TLH 203 1 Chronicles 10 Saul and his sons die in battle.
May 12 LSB 477 1 Chronicles 11 David becomes king over Israel. David captures Jerusalem from the Jebusites. The chronicler lists the mighty men of David.
May 13 TLH 568 / LSB 785 1 Chronicles 12 The chronicler lists the mighty men who joined David while he fled from Saul. The coronation of David occasions a great celebration in Israel.
May 14 TLH 216 / LSB 492 1 Chronicles 13 David and his commanders agree to retrieve the ark of the Lord. The Lord takes very seriously the holiness of His ark. Though his intention is to help, Uzzah touches the ark unlawfully.
May 15 WS 737 / LSB 491 1 Chronicles 14 King Hiram of Tyre assists David in building a house. David takes additional wives and fathers additional children. David defeats the Philistines twice.
May 16 TLH 212 / LSB 493 1 Chronicles 15 Amid joyful celebration, David brings the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem.
May 18 TLH 30 / LSB 811 1 Chronicles 16 David keeps the ark of the Lord in a tent and appoints Levites to minister before the ark. Asaph and his brothers sing psalms of thanksgiving to the Lord.
May 19 TLH 625 / LSB 862 1 Chronicles 17 David wishes to build a house for the Lord. The Lord, however, has not asked David to build Him a house. The Lord promises that the offspring of David will build Him a house and establish a kingdom.
May 20 TLH 218 / LSB 494 1 Chronicles 18 The Lord blesses David with the defeat of the Philistines, the Moabites, King Hadadezer, and the Edomites. The Lord blesses David with loyal administration.
May 21 TLH 222 / LSB 495 1 Chronicles 19 King Hanun and the Ammonites disgrace the messengers of David. Israel defeats the Ammonites and the Syrians.
May 22 TLH 213 1 Chronicles 20 Joab continues waging war against the Ammonites, besieging Rabbah. Israel defeats the Philistines and their giants.
May 23 TLH 215 / LSB 701 1 Chronicles 21 Foolishly and sinfully, David orders a census of Israel. The Lord sends a terrible pestilence on Israel. David builds an altar and offers sacrifices to the Lord, and the Lord ends the pestilence.
May 25 TLH 224 / LSB 497 1 Chronicles 22 David begins making preparations for the construction of the temple and charges his son, Solomon, to build the temple.
May 26 TLH 564 / LSB 890 1 Chronicles 23 David organizes the Levites so that the worship activities of the temple may be carried out in an orderly fashion.
May 27 TLH 233 / LSB 498 1 Chronicles 24 David organizes the priests, the descendants of Aaron, so that the worship activities of the temple may be carried out in an orderly fashion.
May 28 TLH 236 / LSB 500 1 Chronicles 25 David organizes the temple musicians.
May 29 LSB 503 1 Chronicles 26 David organizes the gatekeepers, the treasurers, and other temple officials.
May 30 TLH 231 / LSB 768 1 Chronicles 27 The chronicler lists the military officers and the tribal leaders of Israel.