Daily Readings - 09/12/2026

^40:25 ‘To whom could you liken me and who could be my equal?’ says the Holy One.

^40:26 Lift your eyes and look. Who made these stars if not he who drills them like an army, calling each one by name? So mighty is his power, so great his strength, that not one fails to answer.

^40:27 How can you say, Jacob, how can you insist, Israel, ‘My destiny is hidden from Yahweh, my rights are ignored by my God’?

^40:28 Did you not know? Had you not heard? Yahweh is an everlasting God, he created the boundaries of the earth. He does not grow tired or weary, his understanding is beyond fathoming.

^40:29 He gives strength to the wearied, he strengthens the powerless.

^40:30 Young men may grow tired and weary, youths may stumble,

^40:31 but those who hope in Yahweh renew their strength, they put out wings like eagles. They run and do not grow weary, walk and never tire.

^103:1 Bless Yahweh, my soul, bless his holy name, all that is in me!

^103:2 Bless Yahweh, my soul, and remember all his kindnesses:

^103:3 in forgiving all your offences, in curing all your diseases,

^103:4 in redeeming your life from the Pit, in crowning you with love and tenderness,

^103:5 in filling your years with prosperity, in renewing your youth like an eagle’s[*a]

^103:6 Yahweh, who does what is right, is always on the side of the oppressed;

^103:7 he revealed his intentions to Moses, his prowess to the sons of Israel.

^103:8 Yahweh is tender and compassionate, slow to anger, most loving;

^103:9 his indignation does not last for ever, his resentment exists a short time only;

^103:10 he never treats us, never punishes us, as our guilt and our sins deserve.

^103:11 No less than the height of heaven over earth is the greatness of his love for those who fear him;

^103:12 he takes our sins farther away than the east is from the west.

^103:13 As tenderly as a father treats his children, so Yahweh treats those who fear him;

^103:14 he knows what we are made of, he remembers we are dust.

^103:15 Man lasts no longer than grass, no longer than a wild flower he lives,

^103:16 one gust of wind, and he is gone, never to be seen there again;

^103:17 yet Yahweh’s love for those who fear him lasts from all eternity and for ever, like his goodness to their children’s children,

^103:18 as long as they keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.

^103:19 Yahweh has fixed his throne in the heavens, his empire is over all.

^103:20 Bless Yahweh, all his angels, heroes mighty to enforce his word, attentive to his word of command.

^103:21 Bless Yahweh, all his armies, servants to enforce his will.

^103:22 Bless Yahweh, all his creatures in every part of his empire! Bless Yahweh, my soul.

^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.’