Daily Readings - 01/03/2026

^12:1 Yahweh said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your family and your father’s house, for the land I will show you.

^12:2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name so famous that it will be used as a blessing.

^12:3 ‘I will bless those who bless you: I will curse those who slight you. All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you.’

^12:4 So Abram went as Yahweh told him, and Lot went with him.

^33:1 Shout for joy to Yahweh, all virtuous men, praise comes well from upright hearts;

^33:2 give thanks to Yahweh on the lyre, play to him on the ten-string harp;

^33:3 sing a new song in his honour, play with all your skill as you acclaim[*a] him!

^33:4 The word of Yahweh is integrity itself, all he does is done faithfully;

^33:5 he loves virtue and justice, Yahweh’s love fills the earth.

^33:6 By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, their whole array by the breath of his mouth;

^33:7 he collects the ocean waters as though in a wineskin, he stores the deeps in cellars.

^33:8 Let the whole world fear Yahweh, let all who live on earth revere him!

^33:9 He spoke, and it was created; he commanded, and there it stood.

^33:10 Yahweh thwarts the plans of nations, frustrates the intentions of peoples;

^33:11 but Yahweh’s plans hold good for ever, the intentions of his heart from age to age.

^33:12 Happy the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people he has chosen for his heritage.

^33:13 Yahweh looks down from heaven, he sees the whole human race;

^33:14 from where he sits he watches all who live on the earth,

^33:15 he who moulds every heart and takes note of all men do.

^33:16 A large army will not keep a king safe, nor does the hero escape by his great strength;

^33:17 it is delusion to rely on the horse for safety, for all its power, it cannot save.

^33:18 But see how the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear him, on those who rely on his love,

^33:19 to rescue their souls from death and keep them alive in famine.

^33:20 Our soul awaits Yahweh, he is our help and shield;

^33:21 our hearts rejoice in him, we trust in his holy name.

^33:22 Yahweh, let your love rest on us as our hope has rested in you.

^17:1 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain where they could be alone.

^17:2 There in their presence he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light.

^17:3 Suddenly Moses and Elijah[*a] appeared to them; they were talking with him.

^17:4 Then Peter spoke to Jesus. ‘Lord,’ he said ‘it is wonderful for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.’

^17:5 He was still speaking when suddenly a bright cloud covered them with shadow, and from the cloud there came a voice which said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour. Listen to him.’

^17:6 When they heard this the disciples fell on their faces overcome with fear.

^17:7 But Jesus came up and touched them. ‘Stand up,’ he said ‘do not be afraid.’

^17:8 And when they raised their eyes they saw no one but only Jesus.

^17:9 As they came down from the mountain Jesus gave them this order, ‘Tell no one about the vision until the Son of Man has risen from the dead’.