Daily Readings - 20/11/2026

^118:1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, his love is everlasting!

^118:2 Let the House of Israel say it, ‘His love is everlasting!’

^118:3 Let the House of Aaron say it, ‘His love is everlasting!’

^118:4 Let those who fear Yahweh say it, ‘His love is everlasting!’

^118:5 Hard-pressed, I invoked Yahweh, he heard me and came to my relief.

^118:6 With Yahweh on my side, I fear nothing: what can man do to me?

^118:7 With Yahweh on my side, best help of all, I can triumph over my enemies.

^118:8 I would rather take refuge in Yahweh than rely on men;

^118:9 I would rather take refuge in Yahweh than rely on princes.

^118:10 The pagans were swarming round me, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down;

^118:11 they swarmed round me closer and closer, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down;

^118:12 they swarmed round me like bees, they blazed like a thorn-fire, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down.

^118:13 I was pressed, pressed, about to fall, but Yahweh came to my help;

^118:14 Yahweh is my strength and my song, he has been my saviour.

^118:15 Shouts of joy and safety in the tents of the virtuous: Yahweh’s right hand is wreaking havoc,

^118:16 Yahweh’s right hand is winning, Yahweh’s right hand is wreaking havoc!

^118:17 No, I shall not die, I shall live to recite the deeds of Yahweh;

^118:18 though Yahweh has punished me often, he has not abandoned me to Death.

^118:19 Open the gates of virtue to me, I will come in and give thanks to Yahweh.

^118:20 This is Yahweh’s gateway, through which the virtuous may enter.

^118:21 I thank you for having heard me, you have been my saviour.

^118:22 It was the stone rejected by the builders that proved to be the keystone;

^118:23 this is Yahweh’s doing and it is wonderful to see.

^118:24 This is the day made memorable by Yahweh, what immense joy for us!

^118:25 Please, Yahweh, please save us. Please, Yahweh, please give us prosperity.

^118:26 Blessings on him who comes in the name of Yahweh! We bless you from the house of Yahweh.

^118:27 Yahweh is God, he smiles on us. With branches in your hands draw up in procession as far as the horns of the altar,

^118:28 You are my God, I give you thanks, I extol you, my God; I give you thanks for having heard me, you have been my saviour.

^118:29 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, his love is everlasting!

^19:45 Then he went into the Temple and began driving out those who were selling.

^19:46 ‘According to scripture,’ he said ‘my house will be a house of prayer.[*d] But you have turned it into a robbers’ den'[*e].

^19:47 He taught in the Temple every day. The chief priests and the scribes, with the support of the leading citizens, tried to do away with him,

^19:48 but they did not see how they could carry this out because the people as a whole hung on his words.