Daily Readings - 30/06/2026

^5:1 Yahweh, let my words come to your ears, spare a thought for my sighs.

^5:2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God! I say this prayer to you,

^5:3 Yahweh, for at daybreak you listen for my voice. and at dawn I hold myself in readiness for you, I watch for you.

^5:4 You are not a God who is pleased with wickedness, you have no room for the wicked;

^5:5 boasters collapse under your scrutiny. You hate all evil men,

^5:6 liars you destroy; murderers and frauds Yahweh detests.

^5:7 But I, so great is your love, may come to your house, and before your holy Temple bow down in reverence to you.

^5:8 Yahweh, lead me in the path of your righteousness, for there are men lying in wait for me; make your way plain before me.

^5:9 Not a word from their lips can be trusted, deep within them lies ruin, their throats are yawning graves; they make their tongues so smooth!

^5:10 Pronounce them guilty, God, make their intrigues their own downfall! Hound them for their countless crimes, since they have rebelled against you.

^5:11 But joy for all who take shelter in you, endless shouts of joy! Since you protect them, they exult in you, those who love your name.

^5:12 It is you who bless the virtuous man, Yahweh; your favour is like a shield covering him.

^8:23 Then he got into the boat followed by his disciples.

^8:24 Without warning a storm broke over the lake, so violent that the waves were breaking right over the boat. But he was asleep.

^8:25 So they went to him and woke him saying, ‘Save us, Lord, we are going down!’

^8:26 And he said to them, ‘Why are you so frightened, you men of little faith?’ And with that he stood up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and all was calm again.

^8:27 The men were astounded and said, ‘Whatever kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him.’