Daily Readings

¹   My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
          Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
²   O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
          and by night, but find no rest.

³   Yet you are holy,
          enthroned on the praises of Israel.
⁴   In you our ancestors trusted;
          they trusted, and you delivered them.
⁵   To you they cried, and were saved;
          in you they trusted, and were not put to shame.

⁶   But I am a worm, and not human;
          scorned by others, and despised by the people.
⁷   All who see me mock at me;
          they make mouths at me, they shake their heads;
⁸   “Commit your cause to the LORD; let him deliver —
          let him rescue the one in whom he delights!”

⁹   Yet it was you who took me from the womb;
          you kept me safe on my mother’s breast.
¹⁰  On you I was cast from my birth,
          and since my mother bore me you have been my God.
¹¹  Do not be far from me,
          for trouble is near
          and there is no one to help.

¹²  Many bulls encircle me,
          strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
¹³  they open wide their mouths at me,
          like a ravening and roaring lion.

¹⁴  I am poured out like water,
          and all my bones are out of joint;
     my heart is like wax;
          it is melted within my breast;
¹⁵  my mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
          and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
          you lay me in the dust of death.

¹⁶  For dogs are all around me;
          a company of evildoers encircles me.
     My hands and feet have shriveled;
¹⁷  I can count all my bones.
     They stare and gloat over me;
¹⁸  they divide my clothes among themselves,
          and for my clothing they cast lots.

¹⁹  But you, O LORD, do not be far away!
          O my help, come quickly to my aid!
²⁰  Deliver my soul from the sword,
          life from the power of the dog!
²¹       Save me from the mouth of the lion!

     From the horns of the wild oxen you have rescued me.
²²  I will tell of your name to my brothers and sisters;
          in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
²³  You who fear the LORD, praise him!
          All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him;
          stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
²⁴  For he did not despise or abhor
          the affliction of the afflicted;
     he did not hide his face from me,
          but heard when I cried to him.

²⁵  From you comes my praise in the great congregation;
          my vows I will pay before those who fear him.
²⁶  The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
          those who seek him shall praise the LORD.
          May your hearts live forever!

²⁷  All the ends of the earth shall remember
          and turn to the LORD;
     and all the families of the nations
          shall worship before him.
²⁸  For dominion belongs to the LORD,
          and he rules over the nations.

²⁹  To him, indeed, shall all who sleep in the earth bow down;
          before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
          and I shall live for him.
³⁰  Posterity will serve him;
          future generations will be told about the Lord,
³¹  and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn,
          saying that he has done it.

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!

¹I am one who has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath; ²he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; ³against me alone he turns his hand, again and again, all day long.

⁴He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones; ⁵he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; ⁶he has made me sit in darkness like the dead of long ago.

⁷He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has put heavy chains on me; ⁸though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer; ⁹he has blocked my ways with hewn stones, he has made my paths crooked.

¹⁹The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall! ²⁰My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me. ²¹But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: ²²The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; ²³they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ²⁴"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."

²⁵The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. ²⁶It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. ²⁷It is good for one to bear the yoke in youth, ²⁸to sit alone in silence when the Lord has imposed it, ²⁹to put one's mouth to the dust (there may yet be hope), ³⁰to give one's cheek to the smiter, and be filled with insults.

³¹For the Lord will not reject forever. ³²Although he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love; ³³for he does not willingly afflict or grieve anyone.

¹⁰Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours made careful search and inquiry, ¹¹inquiring about the person or time that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the subsequent glory. ¹²It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven - things into which angels long to look!

¹³Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. ¹⁴Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance. ¹⁵Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; ¹⁶for it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

¹⁷If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile. ¹⁸You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, ¹⁹but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. ²⁰He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.

³⁶Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now; but you will follow afterward." ³⁷Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you." ³⁸Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Very truly, I tell you, before the cock crows, you will have denied me three times."

¹   O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name,
          make known his deeds among the peoples.
²   Sing to him, sing praises to him;
          tell of all his wonderful works.
³   Glory in his holy name;
          let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
⁴   Seek the LORD and his strength;
          seek his presence continually.
⁵   Remember the wonderful works he has done,
          his miracles, and the judgments he has uttered,
⁶   O offspring of his servant Abraham,
          children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷   He is the LORD our God;
          his judgments are in all the earth.
⁸   He is mindful of his covenant forever,
          of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
⁹   the covenant that he made with Abraham,
          his sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰  which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
          to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹  saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
          as your portion for an inheritance.”

¹²  When they were few in number,
          of little account, and strangers in it,
¹³  wandering from nation to nation,
          from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴  he allowed no one to oppress them;
          he rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵  saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones;
          do my prophets no harm.”

¹⁶  When he summoned famine against the land,
          and broke every staff of bread,
¹⁷  he had sent a man ahead of them,
          Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
¹⁸  His feet were hurt with fetters,
          his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹  until what he had said came to pass,
          the word of the LORD kept testing him.
²⁰  The king sent and released him;
          the ruler of the peoples set him free.
²¹  He made him lord of his house,
          and ruler of all his possessions,
²²  to instruct his officials at his pleasure,
          and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³  Then Israel came to Egypt;
          Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
²⁴  And the LORD made his people very fruitful,
          and made them stronger than their foes,
²⁵  whose hearts he then turned to hate his people,
          to deal craftily with his servants.

²⁶  He sent his servant Moses,
          and Aaron whom he had chosen.
²⁷  They performed his signs among them,
          and miracles in the land of Ham.
²⁸  He sent darkness, and made the land dark;
          they rebelled against his words.

²⁹  He turned their waters into blood,
          and caused their fish to die.
³⁰  Their land swarmed with frogs,
          even in the chambers of their kings.
³¹  He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
          and gnats throughout their country.
³²  He gave them hail for rain,
          and lightning that flashed through their land.
³³  He struck their vines and fig trees,
          and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴  He spoke, and the locusts came,
          and young locusts without number;
³⁵  they devoured all the vegetation in their land,
          and ate up the fruit of their ground.
³⁶  He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
          the first issue of all their strength.

³⁷  Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,
          and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled.
³⁸  Egypt was glad when they departed,
          for dread of them had fallen upon it.
³⁹  He spread a cloud for a covering,
          and fire to give light by night.

⁴⁰  They asked, and he brought quails,
          and gave them food from heaven in abundance.
⁴¹  He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
          it flowed through the desert like a river.
⁴²  For he remembered his holy promise,
          and Abraham, his servant.

⁴³  So he brought his people out with joy,
          his chosen ones with singing.
⁴⁴  He gave them the lands of the nations,
          and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples,
⁴⁵  that they might keep his statutes
          and observe his laws.
     Praise the LORD!

(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!