Daily Readings

1 Oh Dios de Sión,
¡tú eres digno de alabanza!,
¡tú mereces que te cumplan lo prometido,
2 pues escuchas la oración!

Todo el mundo viene a ti.
3 Nuestras maldades nos dominan,
pero tú perdonas nuestros pecados.
4 Feliz el hombre a quien escoges
y lo llevas a vivir cerca de ti,
en las habitaciones de tu templo.
¡Que seamos colmados con lo mejor de tu casa,
con la santidad de tu templo!

5 Dios y Salvador nuestro,
tú nos respondes
con maravillosos actos de justicia;
la tierra entera confía en ti,
y también el mar lejano;
6 tú mantienes firmes las montañas
con tu poder y tu fuerza.
7 Tú calmas el estruendo de las olas
y el alboroto de los pueblos;
8 aun los que habitan en lejanas tierras
tiemblan ante tus maravillas;
por ti hay gritos de alegría
del oriente al occidente.
9 Tú tienes cuidado de la tierra;
le envías lluvia y la haces producir;
tú, con arroyos caudalosos,
haces crecer los trigales.
¡Así preparas el campo!
10 Tú empapas los surcos de la tierra
y nivelas sus terrones;
ablandas la tierra con lluvias abundantes
y bendices sus productos.
11 Tú colmas el año de bendiciones,
tus nubes derraman abundancia;
12 los pastos del desierto están verdes
y los montes se visten de gala;
13 los llanos se cubren de rebaños,
los valles se revisten de trigales;
¡todos cantan y gritan de alegría!

1 ¡Aleluya!

¡Qué bueno es cantar himnos a nuestro Dios!
¡A él se le deben dulces alabanzas!
2 El Señor reconstruye a Jerusalén
y reúne a los dispersos de Israel.
3 Él sana a los que tienen roto el corazón,
y les venda las heridas.
4 Él determina el número de las estrellas,
y a cada una le pone nombre.
5 Grande es nuestro Dios, y grande su poder;
su inteligencia es infinita.
6 El Señor levanta a los humildes,
pero humilla por completo a los malvados.

7 Canten al Señor con gratitud;
canten himnos a nuestro Dios, al son del arpa.
8 Él cubre de nubes el cielo,
prepara la lluvia para la tierra,
hace crecer los pastos en los montes,
9 da de comer a los animales
y a las crías de los cuervos cuando chillan.
10 No es la fuerza del caballo ni los músculos del hombre
lo que más agrada al Señor;
11 a él le agradan los que lo honran,
los que confían en su amor.

²²Just then the servants of David arrived with Joab from a raid, bringing much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David at Hebron, for David had dismissed him, and he had gone away in peace. ²³When Joab and all the army that was with him came, it was told Joab, “Abner son of Ner came to the king, and he has dismissed him, and he has gone away in peace.” ²⁴Then Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Abner came to you; why did you dismiss him, so that he got away? ²⁵You know that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you, and to learn your comings and goings and to learn all that you are doing.”

²⁶When Joab came out from David’s presence, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah; but David did not know about it. ²⁷When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gateway to speak with him privately, and there he stabbed him in the stomach. So he died for shedding the blood of Asahel, Joab’s brother. ²⁸Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are for ever guiltless before the LORD for the blood of Abner son of Ner. ²⁹May the guilt fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge, or who is leprous, or who holds a spindle, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks food!” ³⁰So Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.

³¹Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, and put on sackcloth, and mourn over Abner.” And King David followed the bier. ³²They buried Abner at Hebron. The king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept. ³³The king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies? ³⁴Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered; as one falls before the wicked you have fallen.“ And all the people wept over him again. ³⁵Then all the people came to persuade David to eat something while it was still day; but David swore, saying, “So may God do to me, and more, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down!” ³⁶All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; just as everything the king did pleased all the people. ³⁷So all the people and all Israel understood that day that the king had no part in the killing of Abner son of Ner. ³⁸And the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel? ³⁹Today I am powerless, even though anointed king; these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too violent for me. The LORD pay back the one who does wickedly in accordance with his wickedness!”

¹⁶One day, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave-girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling. ¹⁷While she followed Paul and us, she would cry out, “These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation.” ¹⁸She kept doing this for many days. But Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I order you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.

¹⁹But when her owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities. ²⁰When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, “These men are disturbing our city; they are Jews ²¹and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to adopt or observe.” ²²The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates had them stripped of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods. ²³After they had given them a severe flogging, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to keep them securely. ²⁴Following these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

⁴⁷When evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land. ⁴⁸When he saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came towards them early in the morning, walking on the sea. He intended to pass them by. ⁴⁹But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out; ⁵⁰for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.” ⁵¹Then he got into the boat with them and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, ⁵²for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

⁵³When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. ⁵⁴When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, ⁵⁵and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. ⁵⁶And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.

1 Los que confían en el Señor son inconmovibles;
igual que el monte Sión, permanecen para siempre.
2 Así como los montes rodean a Jerusalén,
el Señor rodea a su pueblo ahora y siempre.
3 El mal gobierno no siempre dominará
en la tierra que Dios ha dado a su pueblo,
no sea que su pueblo comience
a practicar la maldad.

4 Señor, haz bien a los hombres buenos,
a los hombres de corazón sincero;
5 pero a los que van por mal camino
hazlos correr la suerte de los malhechores.

¡Que haya paz en Israel!

1 El que vive bajo la sombra protectora
del Altísimo y Todopoderoso,
2 dice al Señor: «Tú eres mi refugio,
mi castillo, ¡mi Dios, en quien confío!»

3 Sólo él puede librarte
de trampas ocultas y plagas mortales,
4 pues te cubrirá con sus alas,
y bajo ellas estarás seguro.
¡Su fidelidad te protegerá como un escudo!
5 No tengas miedo a los peligros nocturnos,
ni a las flechas lanzadas de día,
6 ni a las plagas que llegan con la oscuridad,
ni a las que destruyen a pleno sol;
7 pues mil caerán muertos a tu izquierda
y diez mil a tu derecha,
pero a ti nada te pasará.
8 Solamente lo habrás de presenciar:
verás a los malvados recibir su merecido.

9 Ya que has hecho del Señor tu refugio,
del Altísimo tu lugar de protección,
10 no te sobrevendrá ningún mal
ni la enfermedad llegará a tu casa;
11 pues él mandará que sus ángeles
te cuiden por dondequiera que vayas.
12 Te levantarán con sus manos
para que no tropieces con piedra alguna.
13 Podrás andar entre leones,
entre monstruos y serpientes.

14 «Yo lo pondré a salvo,
fuera del alcance de todos,
porque él me ama y me conoce.
15 Cuando me llame, le contestaré;
¡yo mismo estaré con él!
Lo libraré de la angustia
y lo colmaré de honores;
16 lo haré disfrutar de una larga vida:
¡lo haré gozar de mi salvación!»