Daily Readings - 30/05/2026

^62:1 In God alone there is rest for my soul, from him comes my safety;

^62:2 with him alone for my rock, my safety, my fortress, I can never fall.

^62:3 How many times will you come rushing at a man, all of you, to bring him down like a wall already leaning over, like a rampart undermined?

^62:4 Deceit their sole intention, their delight is to mislead; with lies on their lips they bless aloud, while cursing inwardly. (pause)

^62:5 Rest in God alone, my soul! He is the source of my hope;

^62:6 with him alone for my rock, my safety, my fortress, I can never fall;

^62:7 rest in God, my safety, my glory, the rock of my strength. In God, I find shelter;

^62:8 rely on him people, at all times; unburden your hearts to him, God is a shelter for us (pause)

^62:9 Ordinary men are only a puff of wind, important men[*a] delusion; put both in the scales and up they go, lighter than a puff of wind.

^62:10 Put no reliance on extortion, no empty hopes in robbery; though riches may increase, keep your heart detached.

^62:11 God has spoken once, twice I have heard this: it is for God to be strong, for you,

^62:12 Lord, to be loving; and you yourself repay man as his works deserve.

^11:27 They came to Jerusalem again, and as Jesus was walking in the Temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,

^11:28 and they said to him, ‘What authority have you for acting like this? Or who gave you authority to do these things?’

^11:29 Jesus said to them, ‘I will ask you a question, only one; answer me and I will tell you my authority for acting like this.

^11:30 John’s baptism: did it come from heaven, or from man? Answer me that.’

^11:31 And they argued it out this way among themselves: ‘If we say from heaven, he will say, “Then why did you refuse to believe him?”

^11:32 But dare we say from man?’ – they had the people to fear, for everyone held that John was a real prophet.

^11:33 So their reply to Jesus was, ‘We do not know’. And Jesus said to them, ‘Nor will I tell you my authority for acting like this’.

^34:4 And so Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first and, with the two tablets of stone in his hands, he went up the mountain of Sinai in the early morning as Yahweh had commanded him.

^34:5 And Yahweh descended in the form of a cloud, and Moses stood with him there.

^34:6 Yahweh passed before him and proclaimed, ‘Yahweh, Yahweh, a God of tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in kindness and faithfulness;

^34:8 And Moses bowed down to the ground at once and worshipped.

^34:9 ‘If I have indeed won your favour, Lord,’ he said ‘let my Lord come with us, I beg. True, they are a headstrong people, but forgive us our faults and our sins, and adopt us as your heritage.’

^3:52 ‘May you be blessed, Lord, God of our ancestors, be praised and extolled for ever. Blessed be your glorious and holy name, praised and extolled for ever.

^3:53 May you be blessed in the Temple of your sacred glory, exalted and glorified above all else for ever:

^3:54 blessed on the throne of your kingdom, praised and exalted above all else for ever.

^3:55 Blessed, you fathomer of the great depths, enthroned on the cherubs, praised and glorified above all else for ever;

^3:56 blessed in the vault of heaven, exalted and glorified above all else for ever.

^13:11 In the meantime, brothers, we wish you happiness; try to grow perfect; help one another. Be united; live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

^13:12 Greet one another with the holy kiss. All the saints send you greetings.

^13:13 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

^3:16 Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life.

^3:17 For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but so that through him the world might be saved.

^3:18 No one who believes in him will be condemned; but whoever refuses to believe is condemned already, because he has refused to believe in the name of God’s only Son.