Daily Readings

¹   Have mercy on me, O God,
          according to your steadfast love;
     according to your abundant mercy
          blot out my transgressions.
²   Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
          and cleanse me from my sin.

³   For I know my transgressions,
          and my sin is ever before me.
⁴   Against you, you alone, have I sinned,
          and done what is evil in your sight,
     so that you are justified in your sentence
          and blameless when you pass judgment.

⁵   Indeed, I was born guilty,
          a sinner when my mother conceived me.

⁶   You desire truth in the inward being;
          therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
⁷   Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
          wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
⁸   Let me hear joy and gladness;
          let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.
⁹   Hide your face from my sins,
          and blot out all my iniquities.

¹⁰  Create in me a clean heart, O God,
          and put a new and right spirit within me.
¹¹  Do not cast me away from your presence,
          and do not take your holy spirit from me.
¹²  Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
          and sustain in me a willing spirit.

¹³  Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
          and sinners will return to you.
¹⁴  Deliver me from bloodshed, O God,
          O God of my salvation,
          and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.

¹⁵  O Lord, open my lips,
          and my mouth will declare your praise.
¹⁶  For you have no delight in sacrifice;
          if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased.
¹⁷  The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;
          a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

¹⁸  Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
          rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,
¹⁹  then you will delight in right sacrifices,
          in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
          then bulls will be offered on your altar.

La creación alaba al Señor
148 ¡Aleluya!

¡Alaben al Señor desde el cielo!
¡Alaben al Señor desde lo alto!
2 ¡Alábenlo ustedes, todos sus ángeles!
¡Alábenlo ustedes, ejércitos del cielo!
3 ¡Alábenlo, sol y luna!
¡Alábenlo ustedes, brillantes luceros!
4 ¡Alábalo tú, altísimo cielo,
y tú, agua que estás encima del cielo!

5 Alaben el nombre del Señor,
pues él dio una orden y todo fue creado;
6 él lo estableció todo para siempre,
y dictó una ley que no puede ser violada.

7 ¡Alaben al Señor desde la tierra,
monstruos del mar, y mar profundo!
8 ¡El rayo y el granizo, la nieve y la neblina!
¡El viento tempestuoso que cumple sus mandatos!
9 ¡Los montes y las colinas!
¡Todos los cedros y los árboles frutales!
10 ¡Los animales domésticos y los salvajes!
¡Las aves y los reptiles!
11 ¡Los reyes del mundo y todos los pueblos!
¡Todos los jefes y gobernantes del mundo!
12 ¡Hombres y mujeres, jóvenes y viejos!

13 ¡Alaben todos el nombre del Señor,
pues sólo su nombre es altísimo!
¡Su honor está por encima del cielo y de la tierra!
14 ¡Él ha dado poder a su pueblo!

¡Alabanza de todos sus fieles,
de los israelitas, su pueblo cercano!

¡Aleluya!

¹   The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
          because the LORD has anointed me;
     he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
          to bind up the brokenhearted,
     to proclaim liberty to the captives,
          and release to the prisoners;
²   to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
          and the day of vengeance of our God;
          to comfort all who mourn;
³   to provide for those who mourn in Zion —
          to give them a garland instead of ashes,
     the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
          the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
     They will be called oaks of righteousness,
          the planting of the LORD, to display his glory.
⁴   They shall build up the ancient ruins,
          they shall raise up the former devastations;
     they shall repair the ruined cities,
          the devastations of many generations.

⁵   Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
          foreigners shall till your land and dress your vines;
⁶   but you shall be called priests of the LORD,
          you shall be named ministers of our God;
     you shall enjoy the wealth of the nations,
          and in their riches you shall glory.
⁷   Because their shame was double,
          and dishonor was proclaimed as their lot,
     therefore they shall possess a double portion;
          everlasting joy shall be theirs.

⁸   For I the LORD love justice,
          I hate robbery and wrongdoing;
     I will faithfully give them their recompense,
          and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
⁹   Their descendants shall be known among the nations,
          and their offspring among the peoples;
     all who see them shall acknowledge
          that they are a people whom the LORD has blessed.

¹You must understand this, that in the last days distressing times will come. ²For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, brutes, haters of good, ⁴treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid them! ⁶For among them are those who make their way into households and captivate silly women, overwhelmed by their sins and swayed by all kinds of desires, ⁷who are always being instructed and can never arrive at a knowledge of the truth. ⁸As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people, of corrupt mind and counterfeit faith, also oppose the truth. ⁹But they will not make much progress, because, as in the case of those two men, their folly will become plain to everyone.

¹⁰Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, ¹¹my persecutions and suffering the things that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. ¹²Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. ¹³But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived. ¹⁴But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, ¹⁵and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, ¹⁷so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.

³²They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was to happen to him, ³³saying, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death; then they will hand him over to the Gentiles; ³⁴they will mock him, and spit upon him, and flog him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise again.”

³⁵James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” ³⁶And he said to them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” ³⁷And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” ³⁸But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” ³⁹They replied, “We are able.” Then Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; ⁴⁰but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

⁴¹When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. ⁴²So Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. ⁴³But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, ⁴⁴and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. ⁴⁵For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”

¹   With my voice I cry to the LORD;
          with my voice I make supplication to the LORD.
²   I pour out my complaint before him;
          I tell my trouble before him.
³   When my spirit is faint,
          you know my way.

     In the path where I walk
          they have hidden a trap for me.
⁴   Look on my right hand and see —
          there is no one who takes notice of me;
     no refuge remains to me;
          no one cares for me.

⁵   I cry to you, O LORD;
          I say, “You are my refuge,
          my portion in the land of the living.”
⁶   Give heed to my cry,
          for I am brought very low.

     Save me from my persecutors,
          for they are too strong for me.
⁷   Bring me out of prison,
          so that I may give thanks to your name.
     The righteous will surround me,
          for you will deal bountifully with me.

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!