Daily Readings

1 Amo al Señor porque ha escuchado mis súplicas,
2 porque me ha prestado atención.
¡Toda mi vida lo invocaré!
3 La muerte me enredó en sus lazos,
la angustia del sepulcro me alcanzó
y me hallé preso del miedo y del dolor.
4 Entonces invoqué el nombre del Señor
y le rogué que me salvara la vida.

5 El Señor es justo y compasivo;
nuestro Dios es todo ternura.
6 El Señor cuida de los sencillos.
Cuando yo estaba sin fuerzas, me salvó.
7 Ahora sí, puedo volver a sentirme tranquilo
porque el Señor ha sido bueno conmigo,
8 porque me ha librado de la muerte,
porque me ha librado de llorar y de caer.
9 Seré obediente al Señor
en el mundo de los que viven.

10 Yo tenía fe, a pesar de que decía
que era grande mi aflicción.
11 Desesperado, afirmé
que todo hombre es mentiroso.

12 ¿Cómo podré pagar al Señor
todo el bien que me ha hecho?
13 ¡Levantaré la copa de la salvación
e invocaré su nombre!
14 Cumpliré mis promesas al Señor
en presencia de todo su pueblo.

15 Mucho le cuesta al Señor
ver morir a los que lo aman.
16 ¡Oh Señor, yo soy tu siervo!
¡Yo soy el hijo de tu sierva!
Tú has roto los lazos que me ataban.
17 En gratitud, te ofreceré sacrificios,
e invocaré, Señor, tu nombre.
18 Cumpliré mis promesas al Señor
en presencia de todo su pueblo,
19 en los atrios del templo del Señor,
¡en medio de ti, Jerusalén!

¡Aleluya!

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!

¹   Ah, soiled, defiled,
          oppressing city!
²  It has listened to no voice;
          it has accepted no correction.
     It has not trusted in the LORD;
          it has not drawn near to its God.

³   The officials within it
          are roaring lions;
     its judges are evening wolves
          that leave nothing until the morning.
⁴   Its prophets are reckless,
          faithless persons;
     its priests have profaned what is sacred,
          they have done violence to the law.
⁵  The LORD within it is righteous;
          he does no wrong.
     Every morning he renders his judgment,
          each dawn without fail;
          but the unjust knows no shame.

⁶   I have cut off nations;
          their battlements are in ruins;
     I have laid waste their streets
          so that no one walks in them;
     their cities have been made desolate,
          without people, without inhabitants.
⁷   I said, “Surely the city will fear me,
          it will accept correction;
     it will not lose sight
          of all that I have brought upon it.”
     But they were the more eager
          to make all their deeds corrupt.

⁸   Therefore wait for me, says the LORD,
          for the day when I arise as a witness.
     For my decision is to gather nations,
          to assemble kingdoms,
     to pour out upon them my indignation,
          all the heat of my anger;
          all the earth shall be consumed.

⁹   At that time I will change the speech of the peoples
          to a pure speech,
     that all of them may call on the name of the LORD
          and serve him with one accord.
¹⁰  From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia
          my suppliants, my scattered ones,
          shall bring my offering.

¹¹  On that day you shall not be put to shame
          because of all the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
     for then I will remove from your midst
          your proudly exultant ones,
     and you shall no longer be haughty
          in my holy mountain.
¹²  For I will leave in the midst of you
          a people humble and lowly.
     They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD —
¹³       the remnant of Israel;
     they shall do no wrong
          and utter no lies,
     nor shall a deceitful tongue
          be found in their mouths.
     Then they will pasture and lie down,
          and no one shall make them afraid.

¹¹Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul. ¹²Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.

¹³For the Lord’s sake accept the authority of every human institution, whether of the emperor as supreme, ¹⁴or of governors, as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. ¹⁵For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish. ¹⁶As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil. ¹⁷Honor everyone. Love the family of believers. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

¹⁸Slaves, accept the authority of your masters with all deference, not only those who are kind and gentle but also those who are harsh. ¹⁹For it is a credit to you if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly. ²⁰If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God’s approval. ²¹For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps.
²²  “He committed no sin,
          and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
²³When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly. ²⁴He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. ²⁵For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

¹“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. ²After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. ³When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; ⁴and he said to them, “You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.” So they went. ⁵When he went out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same. ⁶And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why are you standing here idle all day?’ ⁷They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’ ⁸When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.’ ⁹When those hired about five o’clock came, each of them received the usual daily wage. ¹⁰Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received the usual daily wage. ¹¹And when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner, ¹²saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ ¹³But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? ¹⁴Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you. ¹⁵Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ ¹⁶So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

(1a) De David.
(1b) Señor, hazme justicia,
pues mi vida no tiene tacha.
En ti, Señor, confío firmemente;
2 examíname, ¡ponme a prueba!,
¡pon a prueba mis pensamientos
y mis sentimientos más profundos!
3 Yo tengo presente tu amor
y te he sido fiel;
4 jamás conviví con los mentirosos
ni me junté con los hipócritas.
5 Odio las reuniones de los malvados;
¡jamás conviví con los perversos!

6 Lavadas ya mis manos y limpias de pecado,
quiero, Señor, acercarme a tu altar,
7 y entonar cantos de alabanza,
y proclamar tus maravillas.

8 Yo amo, Señor, el templo donde vives,
el lugar donde reside tu gloria.
9 No me quites la vida junto con los pecadores;
no me hagas correr la suerte de los asesinos,
10 de esos que tienen las manos
llenas de maldad y soborno.

11 Pero mi vida es intachable;
¡sálvame, ten compasión de mí!
12 Mis pies están en terreno firme;
¡bendeciré al Señor en presencia de su pueblo!

(1a) Cántico de las subidas.
(1b) Desde el fondo del abismo
clamo a ti, Señor:
2 ¡Escucha, Señor, mi voz!,
¡atiendan tus oídos mi grito suplicante!

3 Señor, Señor,
si tuvieras en cuenta la maldad,
¿quién podría mantenerse en pie?
4 Pero en ti encontramos perdón,
para que te honremos.

5 Con toda mi alma espero al Señor,
y confío en su palabra.
6 Yo espero al Señor
más que los centinelas a la mañana.
Así como los centinelas esperan a la mañana,
7 espera tú, Israel, al Señor,
pues en él hay amor y completa libertad.
8 ¡Él librará a Israel de toda su maldad!