Daily Readings - 03/08/2026

^28:1 That same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, a Gibeonite, spoke as follows to Jeremiah in the Temple of Yahweh in the presence of the priests and of all the people.

^28:2 ‘Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this, “I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

^28:3 In two years’ time I will bring back all the vessels of the Temple of Yahweh which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon carried off from this place and took to Babylon.

^28:4 And I will also bring back Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah who have gone to Babylon – it is Yahweh who speaks. Yes, I am going to break the yoke of the king of Babylon.”‘

^28:5 The prophet Jeremiah then replied to the prophet Hananiah in front of the priests and all the people there in the Temple of Yahweh.

^28:6 ‘I hope so’ the prophet Jeremiah said. ‘May Yahweh do so. May he fulfil the words that you have prophesied and bring the vessels of the Temple of Yahweh and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.

^28:7 Listen carefully, however, to this word that I am now going to say for you and all the people to hear:

^28:8 From remote times, the prophets who preceded you and me prophesied war, famine and plague for many countries and for great kingdoms;

^28:9 but the prophet who prophesies peace can only be recognised as one truly sent by Yahweh when his word comes true.’

^28:10 The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.

^28:11 In front of all the people Hananiah then said, ‘Yahweh says this, “This is how, two years hence, I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and take it off the necks of all the nations”‘. At this, the prophet Jeremiah went away.

^28:12 After the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke which he had taken off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah the word of Yahweh was addressed to Jeremiah,

^28:13 ‘Go to Hananiah and tell him this, “Yahweh says this: You can break wooden yokes? Right, I will make them iron yokes instead!

^28:14 For Yahweh Sabaoth, the God of Israel, says this: An iron yoke is what I now lay on the necks of all these nations to subject them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. (They will be subject to him; I have even given him the wild animals.)”‘

^28:15 The prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, ‘Listen carefully, Hananiah: Yahweh has not sent you; and thanks to you this people are now relying on what is false.

^28:16 Hence – Yahweh says this, “I am going to throw you off the face of the earth: you are going to die this year (since you have preached apostasy from Yahweh)”.’

^28:17 The prophet Hananiah died the same year, in the seventh month.

^119:1 Ah, how happy those of blameless life who walk in the Law of Yahweh!

^119:2 How happy those who respect his decrees, and seek him with their whole heart,

^119:3 and, doing no evil, walk in his ways!

^119:4 You yourself have made your precepts known, to be faithfully kept.

^119:5 Oh, may my behaviour be constant in keeping your statutes.

^119:6 If I concentrate on your every commandment, I can never be put to shame.

^119:7 I thank you from an upright heart, schooled in your rules of righteousness.

^119:8 I mean to observe your statutes; never abandon me.

^119:9 How can a youth remain pure? By behaving as your word prescribes.

^119:10 I have sought you with all my heart, do not let me stray from your commandments.

^119:11 I have treasured your promises in my heart, since I have no wish to sin against you.

^119:12 How blessed are you, Yahweh! Teach me your statutes!

^119:13 With my lips I have repeated them, all these rulings from your own mouth.

^119:14 In the way of your decrees lies my joy, a joy beyond all wealth.

^119:15 I mean to meditate on your precepts and to concentrate on your paths.

^119:16 I find my delight in your statutes, I do not forget your word.

^119:17 Be good to your servant and I shall live, I shall observe your word.

^119:18 Open my eyes: I shall concentrate on the marvels of your Law.

^119:19 Exile though I am on earth, do not hide your commandments from me.

^119:20 My soul is overcome with an incessant longing for your rulings.

^119:21 You reprove the arrogant, the accursed who stray from your commandments.

^119:22 Avert their insults and contempt from me, since I respect your decrees.

^119:23 Though princes put me on trial, your servant will meditate on your statutes,

^119:24 since your decrees are my delight, your statutes are my counsellors.

^119:25 Down in the dust I lie prostrate: revive me as your word has guaranteed.

^119:26 I admitted my behaviour, you answered me, now teach me your statutes.

^119:27 Explain to me how to keep your precepts, that I may meditate on your marvels.

^119:28 I am sleepless with grief: raise me as your word has guaranteed.

^119:29 Turn me from the path of delusion, grant me the grace of your Law.

^119:30 I have chosen the way of fidelity, I have set my heart on your rulings.

^119:31 I cling to your decrees: Yahweh, do not disappoint me.

^119:32 I run the way of your commandments, since you have set me free.

^119:33 Expound to me the way of your statutes, Yahweh, and I will always respect them.

^119:34 Explain to me how to respect your Law and how to observe it wholeheartedly.

^119:35 Guide me in the path of your commandments, since my delight is there.

^119:36 Turn my heart to your decrees and away from getting money.

^119:37 Avert my eyes from lingering on inanities, give me life by your word.

^119:38 Keep your promise to your servant, so that others in turn may fear you.

^119:39 Avert the insults that I fear, in the kindness of your rulings.

^119:40 Look how I yearn for your precepts: give me life by your righteousness.

^119:41 For, Yahweh, visited by your love and saving help, as you have promised,

^119:42 I can find an answer to the insults, since I rely on your word.

^119:43 Do not deprive me of that faithful word, since my hope has always lain in your rulings.

^119:44 Let me observe your Law unfailingly for ever and ever.

^119:45 So, having sought your precepts, I shall walk in all freedom.

^119:46 I shall proclaim your decrees to kings without fear of disgrace.

^119:47 Your commandments fill me with delight, I love them deeply.

^119:48 I stretch out my hands to your beloved commandments, I meditate on your statutes.

^119:49 Remember the word you pledged your servant, on which you have built my hope.

^119:50 This has been my comfort in my suffering: that your promise gives me life.

^119:51 Endlessly the arrogant have jeered at me, but I have not swerved from your Law.

^119:52 Remembering your rulings in the past, Yahweh, I take comfort.

^119:53 Fury grips me when I see the wicked abandoning your Law.

^119:54 Where I live in exile, your statutes are psalms for me.

^119:55 All night, Yahweh, I remember your name and observe your Law.

^119:56 Surely it will count to my credit: that I respect your precepts.

^119:57 Have I not said, Yahweh, that my task is to observe your words?

^119:58 Wholeheartedly I now entreat you, take pity on me as you have promised!

^119:59 After reflecting on my behaviour, I turn my feet to your decrees.

^119:60 Wasting no time, I hurry to observe your commandments.

^119:61 Though the nooses of the wicked tighten round me, I do not forget your Law.

^119:62 I get up at midnight to thank you for the righteousness of your rulings.

^119:63 I am a friend to all who fear you and observe your precepts.

^119:64 Yahweh, your love fills the earth: teach me your statutes.

^119:65 In accordance with your word, Yahweh, you have been good to your servant.

^119:66 Teach me good sense and knowledge, for I rely on your commandments.

^119:67 In earlier days I had to suffer, I used to stray, but now I remember your promise.

^119:68 You, so good and kind, teach me your statutes!

^119:69 Though the arrogant tell foul lies about me, I wholeheartedly respect your precepts.

^119:70 Their hearts are gross as fat, but my delight is in your Law.

^119:71 It was good for me to have to suffer, the better to learn your statutes.

^119:72 I put the Law you have given before all the gold and silver in the world.

^119:73 Yahweh, my maker, my preserver, explain your commandments for me to learn.

^119:74 Seeing me, those who fear you will be glad, since I put my hope in your word.

^119:75 I know that your rulings are righteous, Yahweh, that you make me suffer out of faithfulness.

^119:76 Now, please let your love comfort me, as you have promised your servant.

^119:77 Treat me tenderly, and I shall live, since your Law is my delight.

^119:78 Shame seize the arrogant who defame me, when I meditate on your precepts!

^119:79 May those who fear you rally to me, all those familiar with your decrees!

^119:80 Blameless in your statutes be my heart: no such shame therefore for me!

^119:81 Keeping my hope in your word, I have worn myself out waiting for you to save me,

^119:82 and have strained my eyes waiting for your promise: when, I want to know, will you console me?

^119:83 Though smoked as dry as a wineskin, I do not forget your statutes.

^119:84 How much longer has your servant to live, when will you condemn my persecutors?

^119:85 The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me in defiance of your Law.

^119:86 Your commandments epitomise faithfulness; when liars hound me, you must help me.

^119:87 Though these wretches have almost done for me, I have never abandoned your precepts.

^119:88 Lovingly intervene, give me life, and I will observe your decrees.

^119:89 Lasting to eternity, your word, Yahweh, unchanging in the heavens:

^119:90 your faithfulness lasts age after age; you founded the earth to endure.

^119:91 Creation is maintained by your rulings, since all things are your servants.

^119:92 Had your Law not been my delight I should have perished in my suffering.

^119:93 I shall never forget your precepts; by these you have kept me alive.

^119:94 I am yours, save me, since I study your precepts.

^119:95 The wicked may hope to destroy me, but I am scrupulous about your decrees.

^119:96 I have noticed limitations to all perfection, but your commandment has no limits at all.

^119:97 Meditating all day on your Law, how I have come to love it!

^119:98 By your commandment, ever mine, how much wiser you have made me than my enemies!

^119:99 How much subtler than my teachers, through my meditating on your decrees!

^119:100 How much more perceptive than the elders, as a result of my respecting your precepts!

^119:101 I refrain my feet from every evil path, the better to observe your word.

^119:102 I do not turn aside from your rulings, since you yourself teach me these:.

^119:103 Your promise, how sweet to my palate! Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

^119:104 Your precepts endow me with perception; I hate all deceptive paths.

^119:105 Now your word is a lamp to my feet, a light on my path.

^119:106 I have sworn to observe, I shall maintain, your righteous rulings.

^119:107 Yahweh, though my suffering is acute, revive me as your word has guaranteed.

^119:108 Yahweh, accept the homage that I offer, teach me your rulings.

^119:109 I would lay down my life at any moment, I have never yet forgotten your Law.

^119:110 The wicked have tried to trap me, but I have never yet veered from your precepts.

^119:111 Your decrees are my eternal heritage, they are the joy of my heart.

^119:112 I devote myself to obeying your statutes – compensation enough for ever!

^119:113 Odious, those whose allegiance is divided; I love your Law!

^119:114 You, my refuge and shield, I put my hope in your word.

^119:115 Away from me, you wicked people! I will respect the commandments of my God.

^119:116 Support me as you have promised, and I shall live, do not disappoint me of my hope.

^119:117 Uphold me, and I shall be safe with your statutes constantly before my eyes.

^119:118 You spurn all who stray from your statutes, their notions being delusion.

^119:119 You scour the wicked off the earth like rust; that is why I love your decrees.

^119:120 My whole being trembles before you, your rulings fill me with fear.

^119:121 Persevering in justice and virtue, must I now be abandoned to my oppressors?

^119:122 Guarantor of your servant’s well-being, forbid the arrogant to oppress me!

^119:123 My eyes are worn out looking for your saving help for your promise of righteousness to come.

^119:124 Treat your servant lovingly, teach me your statutes.

^119:125 I am your servant; if you will explain, I shall embrace your decrees.

^119:126 Yahweh, now is the time to act, your Law is being broken.

^119:127 Yes, I love your commandments more than gold, than purest gold.

^119:128 Yes, I rule myself by all your precepts; I hate all deceptive paths.

^119:129 Your decrees are so wonderful my soul cannot but respect them.

^119:130 As your word unfolds, it gives light, and the simple understand.

^119:131 I open my mouth, panting eagerly for your commandments.

^119:132 Turn to me please, pity me, as you should those who love your name.

^119:133 Direct my steps as you have promised, let evil win no power over me.

^119:134 Rescue me from human oppression; I will observe your precepts.

^119:135 Treat your servant kindly, teach me your statutes.

^119:136 My eyes stream with tears, because others disregard your Law.

^119:137 Righteous, indeed, Yahweh! And all your rulings correct!

^119:138 The decrees you impose, how righteous, how absolutely faithful!

^119:139 Zeal for your house devours me, since my oppressors forget your word.

^119:140 But your promise is well tested, and your servant holds it dear.

^119:141 Puny and despised as I am, I do n forget your precepts.

^119:142 Your righteousness is eternal righteousness, your Law holds true for ever.

^119:143 Though distress and anguish grip me, your commandments are my delight.

^119:144 Eternally righteous, your decrees – explain them to me, and I shall live.

^119:145 Sincere, my call – Yahweh, answer me! I will respect your statutes.

^119:146 I invoke you, save me, I will observe your decrees.

^119:147 I am up before dawn to call for help, I put my hope in your word.

^119:148 I lie awake throughout the night, to meditate on your promise.

^119:149 In your love, Yahweh, listen to my voice, let your rulings give me life.

^119:150 My cruel persecutors are closing in, how remote they are from your Law!

^119:151 But, Yahweh, you are closer still and all your commandments are true.

^119:152 Long have I known that your decrees were founded to last for ever.

^119:153 Take note of my suffering and rescue me, for I do not forget your Law.

^119:154 Take up my cause, defend me, give me life as you have promised.

^119:155 You will never save the wicked, if they do not study your statutes,

^119:156 but many are your mercies to me, Yahweh, by your rulings give me life.

^119:157 Many hound me and oppress me, but I do not swerve from your decrees.

^119:158 The sight of these renegades disgusts me, they do not observe your promise;

^119:159 but, Yahweh, see how I love your precepts, and lovingly give me life.

^119:160 faithfulness is the essence of your word, your righteous rulings hold good for ever.

^119:161 Unjustifiably though princes hound me, your word is what fills me with dread.

^119:162 I rejoice in your promise, like someone on finding a vast treasure.

^119:163 I hate, I detest, delusion; your Law is what I love.

^119:164 Seven times daily I praise you for your righteous rulings.

^119:165 Universal peace for those who love your Law, no stumbling-blocks for them!

^119:166 Waiting for you, Yahweh, my saviour, I fulfil your commandments.

^119:167 My soul observes your decrees; these I wholly love.

^119:168 I observe your precepts, your decrees; you know how I keep to your paths.

^119:169 Yahweh, may my cry approach your presence; let your word endow me with perception!

^119:170 May my entreaty reach your presence; rescue me as you have promised.

^119:171 May my lips proclaim your praise, since you teach me your statutes.

^119:172 May my tongue recite your promise, since all your commandments are righteous.

^119:173 May your hand be there to help me, since I have chosen your precepts.

^119:174 I long for you, Yahweh, my saviour, your Law is my delight.

^119:175 Long may my soul live to praise you, long be your rulings my help!

^119:176 I am wandering like a lost sheep: come and look for your servant. No, I have never forgotten your commandments.

^14:22 Directly after this he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side while he would send the crowds away.

^14:23 After sending the crowds away he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,

^14:24 while the boat, by now far out on the lake, was battling with a heavy sea, for there was a head-wind.

^14:25 In the fourth watch of the night[*c] he went towards them, walking on the lake,

^14:26 and when the disciples saw him walking on the lake they were terrified. ‘It is a ghost’ they said, and cried out in fear.

^14:27 But at once Jesus called out to them, saying, ‘Courage! It is I! Do not be afraid.’

^14:28 lt was Peter who answered. ‘Lord,’ he said ‘if it is you, tell me to come to you across the water.’

^14:29 ‘Come’ said Jesus. Then Peter got out of the boat and started walking towards Jesus across the water,

^14:30 but as soon as he felt the force of the wind, he took fright and began to sink. ‘Lord! Save me!’ he cried.

^14:31 Jesus put out his hand at once and held him. ‘Man of little faith,’ he said ‘why did you doubt?’

^14:32 And as they got into the boat the wind dropped.

^14:33 The men in the boat bowed down before him and said, ‘Truly, you are the Son of God’.

^14:34 Having made the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret.

^14:35 When the local people recognised him they spread the news through the whole neighbourhood and took all that were sick to him,

^14:36 begging him just to let them touch the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched it were completely cured.