Daily Readings - 12/10/2026

^15:3 Then David gathered all Israel together in Jerusalem to bring the ark of God up to the place he had prepared for it.

^15:4 David called together the sons of Aaron and the sons of Levi:

^15:15 and the Levites carried the ark of God with the shafts on their shoulders, as Moses had ordered in accordance with the word of Yahweh.

^15:16 David then told the heads of the Levites to assign duties for their kinsmen as cantors, with their various instruments of music, harps and lyres and cymbals, to play joyful tunes.

^16:1 They brought the ark of God in and put it inside the tent that David had pitched for it; and they offered holocausts before God, and communion sacrifices.

^16:2 And when David had finished offering holocausts and communion sacrifices, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh.

^1:12 So from the Mount of Olives, as it is called, they went back to Jerusalem, a short distance away, no more than a sabbath walk;

^1:13 and when they reached the city they went to the upper room where they were staying; there were Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Jude son of James.[*c]

^1:14 All these joined in continuous prayer, together with several women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.[*d]

^27:1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation, whom need I fear? Yahweh is the fortress of my life, of whom should I be afraid?

^27:2 When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, they, my opponents, my enemies, are the ones who stumble and fall.

^27:3 Though an army pitched camp against me, my heart would not fear; though war were waged against me, my trust would still be firm.

^27:4 One thing I ask of Yahweh, one thing I seek: to live in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to enjoy the sweetness of Yahweh and to consult him in his Temple.

^27:5 For he shelters me under his awning in times of trouble; he hides me deep in his tent, sets me high on a rock.

^27:6 And now my head is held high over the enemies who surround me, in his tent I will offer exultant sacrifice. I will sing, I will play for Yahweh!

^27:7 Yahweh, hear my voice as I cry! Pity me! Answer me!

^27:8 My heart has said of you, ‘Seek his face’. Yahweh, I do seek your face;

^27:9 do not hide your face from me. Do not repulse your servant in anger; you are my help. Never leave me, never desert me, God, my saviour!

^27:10 If my father and mother desert me, Yahweh will care for me still.

^27:11 Yahweh, teach me your way, lead me in the path of integrity because of my enemies;

^27:12 do not abandon me to the will of my foes – false witnesses have risen against me, and breathe out violence.

^27:13 This I believe: I shall see the goodness of Yahweh, in the land of the living.

^27:14 Put your hope in Yahweh, be strong, let your heart be bold, put your hope in Yahweh.

^11:27 Now as he was speaking, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, ‘Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked!’

^11:28 But he replied, ‘Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it!’