Daily Readings

(1) Del maestro de coro. Salmo de los hijos de Coré.
1 (2) ¡Aplaudan, pueblos todos!
¡Aclamen a Dios con gritos de alegría!
2 (3) Porque el Señor, el Altísimo, es terrible;
es el gran Rey de toda la tierra.
3 (4) Destrozó pueblos y naciones
y los sometió a nuestro yugo.
4 (5) Nos ha escogido nuestra herencia,
que es orgullo de Jacob, a quien amó.

5 (6) ¡Dios el Señor ha subido a su trono
entre gritos de alegría y toques de trompeta!
6 (7) ¡Canten, canten himnos a Dios!
¡Canten, canten himnos a nuestro Rey!
7 (8) ¡Canten un poema a Dios,
porque él es el Rey de toda la tierra!
8 (9) ¡Dios es el Rey de las naciones!
¡Dios está sentado en su santo trono!
9 (10a) Los hombres importantes de las naciones
se unen al pueblo del Dios de Abraham,
10 (10b) pues de Dios son los poderes del mundo.
¡Él está por encima de todo!

12 Jerusalén, alaba al Señor;
Sión, alaba a tu Dios.
13 Pues él reforzó los cerrojos de tus puertas
y bendijo a tus hijos dentro de la ciudad.
14 Él trae la paz a tu territorio
y te satisface con lo mejor del trigo.
15 Él envía su palabra a la tierra,
y su palabra corre a toda prisa.
16 Él produce la nieve como si fuera lana,
y esparce la escarcha como si fuera polvo.
17 Él envía el hielo en forma de granizo;
con el frío que envía, el agua se congela.
18 Pero envía su palabra, y la derrite;
hace soplar el viento, y el agua corre.
19 Él dio a conocer a Jacob, a Israel,
su palabra, sus leyes y decretos.
20 No hizo lo mismo con las otras naciones,
las cuales nunca conocieron sus decretos.

¡Aleluya!

³¹“You were looking, O king, and lo! there was a great statue. This statue was huge, its brilliance extraordinary; it was standing before you, and its appearance was frightening. ³²The head of that statue was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze, ³³its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. ³⁴As you looked on, a stone was cut out, not by human hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and broke them in pieces. ³⁵Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, were all broken in pieces and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

³⁶“This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation. ³⁷You, O king, the king of kings — to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the might, and the glory, ³⁸into whose hand he has given human beings, wherever they live, the wild animals of the field, and the birds of the air, and whom he has established as ruler over them all — you are the head of gold. ³⁹After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours, and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over the whole earth. ⁴⁰And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron; just as iron crushes and smashes everything, it shall crush and shatter all these. ⁴¹As you saw the feet and toes partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but some of the strength of iron shall be in it, as you saw the iron mixed with the clay. ⁴²As the toes of the feet were part iron and part clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle. ⁴³As you saw the iron mixed with clay, so will they mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay. ⁴⁴And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall this kingdom be left to another people. It shall crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever; ⁴⁵just as you saw that a stone was cut from the mountain not by hands, and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. The great God has informed the king what shall be hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation trustworthy.”

⁴⁶Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, worshiped Daniel, and commanded that a grain offering and incense be offered to him. ⁴⁷The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery!” ⁴⁸Then the king promoted Daniel, gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon. ⁴⁹Daniel made a request of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained at the king’s court.

¹⁸Children, it is the last hour! As you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. From this we know that it is the last hour. ¹⁹They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to us. ²⁰But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and all of you have knowledge. ²¹I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and you know that no lie comes from the truth. ²²Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. ²³No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also. ²⁴Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father. ²⁵And this is what he has promised us, eternal life.

²⁶I write these things to you concerning those who would deceive you. ²⁷As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him.

²⁸And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming. ²⁹If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who does right has been born of him.

¹In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, ²during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. ³He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, ⁴as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,
     “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
     ‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
          make his paths straight.
⁵   Every valley shall be filled,
          and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
     and the crooked shall be made straight,
          and the rough ways made smooth;
⁶   and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’”

⁷John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ⁹Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

¹⁰And the crowds asked him, “What then should we do?” ¹¹In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.” ¹²Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?” ¹³He said to them, “Collect no more than the amount prescribed for you.” ¹⁴Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what should we do?” He said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages.”

(1) Del maestro de coro. Salmo y cántico de David.
1 (2) Cuando Dios entra en acción,
sus enemigos se dispersan;
los que le odian huyen de su presencia;
2 (3) desaparecen como el humo en el aire,
se derriten como la cera en el fuego;
¡ante Dios están perdidos los malvados!
3 (4) Pero los buenos se alegran;
ante Dios se llenan de gozo,
¡saltan de alegría!

4 (5) Canten ustedes a Dios,
canten himnos a su nombre;
alaben al que cabalga sobre las nubes.
¡Alégrense en el Señor!
¡Alégrense en su presencia!
5 (6) Dios, que habita en su santo templo,
es padre de los huérfanos
y defensor de las viudas;
6 (7) Dios da a los solitarios un hogar donde vivir,
libera a los prisioneros y les da prosperidad;
pero los rebeldes vivirán en tierra estéril.

7 (8) Oh Dios, cuando saliste al frente de tu pueblo
marchando a través del desierto,
8 (9) la tierra tembló,
la lluvia cayó del cielo,
el Sinaí tembló delante de Dios,
delante del Dios de Israel.
9 (10) Oh Dios, tú hiciste llover en abundancia;
tu pueblo estaba agotado, y tú le diste fuerza.
10 (11) Tu pueblo se estableció allí
y tú, oh Dios, por tu bondad,
le diste al pobre lo necesario.

11 (12) El Señor dio un mensaje;
muchas mujeres lo anunciaban:
12 (13) «¡Están huyendo los reyes y sus ejércitos!»
En casa, las mujeres se repartían
lo que se le había quitado al enemigo,
13 (14) pero ustedes se quedaron entre los rediles.
¡Alas de paloma cubiertas de plata!
¡Sus plumas cubiertas de oro fino!
14 (15) Cuando el Todopoderoso hizo huir a los reyes,
nevaba sobre el monte Salmón.

15 (16) ¡Qué altos son los montes de Basán,
y qué elevadas sus cumbres!
16 (17) Ustedes, que son montes tan altos,
¿por qué miran con envidia
el monte donde Dios quiso residir?
¡El Señor vivirá allí para siempre!

17 (18) Dios cuenta por millones sus carros de combate;
del Sinaí vino en ellos a su templo.
18 (19) Oh Dios, subiste a lo alto llevando cautivos;
recibiste tributo entre los hombres
y hasta los rebeldes se rindieron a ti, Señor.

19 (20) ¡Bendito sea el Señor, nuestro Dios y Salvador,
que día tras día lleva nuestras cargas!
20 (21) Nuestro Dios es un Dios que salva
y que puede librarnos de la muerte.
21 (22) Dios partirá la cabeza de sus enemigos,
la cabeza de los que siguen pecando.

22 (23) El Señor ha dicho:
«Te haré volver de Basán;
te haré volver del mar profundo,
23 (24) para que bañes tus pies
en la sangre de tus enemigos
y tus perros se la beban.»

24 (25) Oh Dios, mi Dios y Rey,
en tu santuario se ven las procesiones
que celebran en tu honor.
25 (26) Los cantores van al frente
y los músicos detrás,
y en medio las jovencitas
van tocando panderetas.
26 (27) ¡Bendigan todos ustedes a Dios el Señor!
¡Bendígalo todo Israel reunido!
27 (28) Al frente de ellos va Benjamín, el menor,
con muchos jefes de Judá,
de Zabulón y de Neftalí.

28 (29) Dios mío, demuestra tu poder;
¡reafirma lo que has hecho por nosotros!
29 (30) Desde tu alto templo, en Jerusalén,
adonde los reyes te traen regalos,
30 (31) reprende a Egipto, a esa bestia de los juncos,
a esa manada de toros bravos y de becerros
que en su afán de riquezas humillan a los pueblos;
¡dispersa a la gente que ama la guerra!
31 (32) De Egipto vendrán embajadores;
Etiopía levantará sus manos a Dios.

32 (33) ¡Canten a Dios, reinos de la tierra,
canten himnos al Señor,
33 (34) al que cabalga en los cielos,
en los cielos eternos!
Escuchen cómo resuena su voz,
su voz poderosa.
34 (35) Reconozcan el poder de Dios:
su majestad se extiende sobre Israel,
su poder alcanza el cielo azul.
35 (36) Maravilloso es Dios en su santuario;
el Dios de Israel da poder y fuerza a su pueblo.

¡Bendito sea Dios!

1 ¡Aleluya!
Siervos del Señor, ¡alaben su nombre!

2 ¡Bendito sea ahora y siempre
el nombre del Señor!
3 ¡Alabado sea el nombre del Señor
del oriente al occidente!
4 El Señor está por encima de las naciones;
¡su gloria está por encima del cielo!

5 Nadie es comparable al Señor nuestro Dios,
que reina allá en lo alto;
6 y que, sin embargo, se inclina
para mirar el cielo y la tierra.
7 El Señor levanta del suelo al pobre,
y saca del lugar más bajo al necesitado
8 para sentarlo entre gente importante,
entre la gente importante de su pueblo.
9 A la mujer que no tuvo hijos
le da la alegría de ser madre
y de tener su propio hogar.

¡Aleluya!