Daily Readings - 10/07/2026

^14:2 Israel, come back to Yahweh your God; your iniquity was the cause of your downfall.

^14:3 Provide yourself with words and come back to Yahweh. Say to him, ‘Take all iniquity away so that we may have happiness again and offer you our words of praise.

^14:4 Assyria cannot save us, we will not ride horses any more[*a], or say, “Our God!” to what our own hands have made, for you are the one in whom orphans find compassion.

^14:5 -I will heal their disloyalty, I will love them with all my heart, for my anger has turned from them.

^14:6 I will fall like dew on Israel. He shall bloom like the lily, and thrust out roots like the poplar,

^14:7 his shoots will spread far; he will have the beauty of the olive and the fragrance of Lebanon.

^14:8 They will come back to live in my shade; they will grow corn that flourishes, they will cultivate vines as renowned as the wine of Helbon.

^14:9 What has Ephraim to do with idols any more when it is I who hear his prayer and care for him? I am like a cypress ever green, all your fruitfulness comes from me.

^14:10 Let the wise man understand these words. Let the intelligent man grasp their meaning. For the ways of Yahweh are straight, and virtuous men walk in them, but sinners stumble.

^51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness, in your great tenderness wipe away my faults;

^51:2 wash me clean of my guilt, purify me from my sin.

^51:3 For I am well aware of my faults, I have my sin constantly in mind,

^51:4 having sinned against none other than you, having done what you regard as wrong. You are just when you pass sentence on me, blameless when you give judgement.

^51:5 You know I was born guilty, a sinner from the moment of conception.

^51:6 Yet, since you love sincerity of heart, teach me the secrets of wisdom.

^51:7 Purify me with hyssop[*a] until I am clean; wash me until I am whiter than snow.

^51:8 Instil some joy and gladness into me, let the bones you have crushed rejoice again.

^51:9 Hide your face from my sins, wipe out all my guilt.

^51:10 God, create a clean heart in me, put into me a new and constant spirit,

^51:11 do not banish me from your presence, do not deprive me of your holy spirit.

^51:12 Be my saviour again, renew my joy, keep my spirit steady and willing;

^51:13 and I shall teach transgressors the way to you, and to you the sinners will return.

^51:14 Save me from death, God my saviour, and my tongue will acclaim your righteousness;

^51:15 Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will speak out your praise.

^51:16 Sacrifice gives you no pleasure, were I to offer holocaust, you would not have it.

^51:17 My sacrifice is this broken spirit, you will not scorn this crushed and broken heart.

^51:18 Show your favour graciously to Zion, rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.[*b]

^51:19 Then there will be proper sacrifice to please you – holocaust and whole oblation – and young bulls to be offered on your altar.

^10:16 Remember, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be cunning as serpents and yet as harmless as doves.

^10:17 ‘Beware of men: they will hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues.

^10:18 You will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the pagans.

^10:19 But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will be given to you when the time comes;

^10:20 because it is not you who will be speaking; the Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you.

^10:21 ‘Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

^10:22 You will be hated by all men on account of my name; but the man who stands firm to the end will be saved.

^10:23 If they persecute you in one town, take refuge in the next; and if they persecute you in that, take refuge in another. I tell you solemnly, you will not have gone the round of the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.