Daily Readings - 16/07/2026

^26:7 The path of the upright man is straight, you smooth the way of the upright.

^26:8 Following the path of your judgements, we hoped in you, Yahweh, your name, your memory are all my soul desires.

^26:9 At night my soul longs for you and my spirit in me seeks for you; when your judgements appear on earth the inhabitants of the world learn the meaning of integrity.

^26:12 Yahweh, you are giving us peace, since you treat us as our deeds deserve.

^26:16 Distressed, we search for you, Yahweh; the misery of oppression was your punishment for us.

^26:17 As a woman with child near her time writhes and cries out in her pangs, so are we, Yahweh, in your presence:

^26:18 we have conceived, we writhe as if we were giving birth; we have not given the spirit of salvation to the earth, no more inhabitants of the world are born.

^26:19 Your dead will come to life, their corpses will rise; awake, exult, all you who lie in the dust, for your dew is a radiant dew and the land of ghosts will give birth.

^102:1 Yahweh, hear my prayer, let my cry for help reach you;

^102:2 do not hide your face from me when I am in trouble; bend down to listen to me, when I call, be quick to answer me!

^102:3 For my days are vanishing like smoke, my bones smouldering like logs,

^102:4 my heart shrivelling like scorched grass and my appetite has gone;

^102:5 whenever I heave a sigh, my bones stick through my skin.

^102:6 I live in a desert like the pelican, in a ruin like the screech owl,

^102:7 I stay awake, lamenting like a lone bird on the roof;

^102:8 my enemies insult me all day long, those who used to praise me now use me as a curse.

^102:9 Ashes are the bread I eat, what I drink I lace with tears,

^102:10 under your furious anger, since you only picked me up to throw me down;

^102:11 my days dwindle away like a shadow, I am as dry as hay.

^102:12 Whereas, Yahweh, you remain for ever; each generation in turn remembers you!

^102:13 Rise, take pity on Zion! – the time has come to have mercy on her, the hour has come;

^102:14 for your servants prize her stones and are moved to pity by her dust.

^102:15 Then will the nations fear the name of Yahweh and all kings on earth respect your glory;

^102:16 when Yahweh builds Zion anew, he will be seen in his glory;

^102:17 he will answer the prayer of the abandoned, he will not scorn their petitions.

^102:18 Put this on record for the next generation, so that a race still to be born can praise God:

^102:19 Yahweh has leaned down from the heights of his sanctuary, has looked down at earth from heaven,

^102:20 to hear the sighing of the captive, and to set free those doomed to die.

^102:28 Your servants’ sons will have a permanent home, and their descendants be in your presence always,

^102:21 to proclaim the name of Yahweh in Zion, his praise in Jerusalem;

^102:22 nations and kingdoms will be united and offer worship to Yahweh together.

^102:25 Aeons ago, you laid earth’s foundations, the heavens are the work of your hands;

^102:26 all will vanish, though you remain, all wear out like a garment, like clothes that need changing you will change them;

^102:27 but yourself, you never change, and your years are unending.

^11:28 ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest.

^11:29 Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.[*f]

^11:30 Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.’