Daily Readings - 21/01/2026

^143:1 Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to my pleading, answer me faithfully, righteously;

^143:2 do not put your servant on trial, no one is virtuous by your standards.

^143:3 An enemy who hounds me to crush me into the dust, forces me to dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago;

^143:4 my spirit fails me and my heart is full of fear.

^143:5 I recall the days of old, I reflect on all that you did, I ponder your deeds;

^143:6 I stretch out my hands, like thirsty ground I yearn for you. (Pause)

^143:7 Quick, Yahweh, answer me before my spirit fails; if you hide your face much longer, I shall go down to the Pit like the rest.

^143:8 Let dawn bring proof of your love, for one who relies on you; let it show the right road, to one who lifts up his soul to you.

^143:9 Yahweh, rescue me from my enemies, I have fled to you for shelter;

^143:10 teach me to obey you, since you are my God; may your good spirit guide me on to level ground.

^143:11 Yahweh, for the sake of your name, keep your promise to save me; protect me from oppression,

^143:12 love me, kill my enemies, destroy my oppressors, for I am your servant.

^3:1 He went again into a synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand.

^3:2 And they were watching him to see if he would cure him on the sabbath day, hoping for something to use against him.

^3:3 He said to the man with the withered hand, ‘Stand up out in the middle!’

^3:4 Then he said to them, ‘Is it against the law on the sabbath day to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to kill?’ But they said nothing.

^3:5 Then, grieved to find them so obstinate, he looked angrily round at them, and said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand’. He stretched it out and his hand was better.

^3:6 The Pharisees went out and at once began to plot with the Herodians against him, discussing how to destroy him.