Daily Readings

(1) Del maestro de coro, con instrumentos de ocho cuerdas. Salmo de David.
12 (2) Sálvanos, Señor, pues ya no hay creyentes fieles;
ya no hay hombres sinceros.
2 (3) Unos a otros se mienten;
hablan con hipocresía y doble sentido.

3 (4) Arranca, Señor, de raíz
a los hipócritas y fanfarrones,
4 (5) a los que dicen:
«Con tener boca nos basta;
nuestra lengua nos defiende.
¿Quién se atreve a darnos órdenes?»

5 (6) Esto ha dicho el Señor:
«A los pobres y débiles
se les oprime y se les hace sufrir.
Por eso voy ahora a levantarme,
y les daré la ayuda que tanto anhelan.»

6 (7) Las promesas del Señor son puras;
¡son como la plata más pura,
refinada en el horno siete veces!
7 (8) Tú, Señor, nos cuidarás;
¡siempre nos protegerás de tales gentes!
8 (9) Los malvados rondan por todos lados
y todo el mundo alaba la maldad.

1 ¡Aleluya!

Alabaré al Señor con toda mi alma.
2 Alabaré al Señor mientras yo viva;
cantaré himnos a mi Dios mientras yo exista.
3 No pongan su confianza en hombres importantes,
en simples hombres que no pueden salvar,
4 pues cuando mueren regresan al polvo,
y ese mismo día terminan sus proyectos.

5 Feliz quien recibe ayuda del Dios de Jacob,
quien pone su esperanza en el Señor su Dios.
6 Él hizo cielo, tierra y mar,
y todo lo que hay en ellos.
Él siempre mantiene su palabra.
7 Hace justicia a los oprimidos
y da de comer a los hambrientos.

El Señor da libertad a los presos;
8 el Señor devuelve la vista a los ciegos;
el Señor levanta a los caídos;
el Señor ama a los hombres honrados;
9 el Señor protege a los extranjeros
y sostiene a los huérfanos y a las viudas,
pero hace que los malvados pierdan el camino.

10 Oh Sión, el Señor reinará por siempre;
tu Dios reinará por todos los siglos.

¡Aleluya!

¹¹ Surely, this commandment that I am commanding you today is not too hard for you, nor is it too far away. ¹² It is not in heaven, that you should say, "Who will go up to heaven for us, and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it?" ¹³ Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, "Who will cross to the other side of the sea for us, and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it?" ¹⁴ No, the word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe.

¹⁵ See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. ¹⁶ If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the LORD your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall live and become numerous, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. ¹⁷ But if your heart turns away and you do not hear, but are led astray to bow down to other gods and serve them, ¹⁸ I declare to you today that you shall perish; you shall not live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. ¹⁹ I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, ²⁰ loving the LORD your God, obeying him, and holding fast to him; for that means life to you and length of days, so that you may live in the land that the LORD swore to give to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

¹ I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! ² I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. ³ But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. ⁴ For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you submit to it readily enough. ⁵ I think that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles. ⁶ I may be untrained in speech, but not in knowledge; certainly in every way and in all things we have made this evident to you.

⁷ Did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I proclaimed God's good news to you free of charge? ⁸ I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you. ⁹ And when I was with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for my needs were supplied by the friends who came from Macedonia. So I refrained and will continue to refrain from burdening you in any way. ¹⁰ As the truth of Christ is in me, this boast of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia. ¹¹ And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

¹² And what I do I will also continue to do, in order to deny an opportunity to those who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in what they boast about. ¹³ For such boasters are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no wonder! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. ¹⁵ So it is not strange if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will match their deeds.

¹⁶ I repeat, let no one think that I am a fool; but if you do, then accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. ¹⁷ What I am saying in regard to this boastful confidence, I am saying not with the Lord's authority, but as a fool; ¹⁸ since many boast according to human standards, I will also boast. ¹⁹ For you gladly put up with fools, being wise yourselves! ²⁰ For you put up with it when someone makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or gives you a slap in the face. ^21a To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that!

¹ He entered Jericho and was passing through it. ² A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. ³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. ⁴ So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. ⁵ When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today." ⁶ So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. ⁷ All who saw it began to grumble and said, "He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner." ⁸ Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much." ⁹ Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost."

(1) Del maestro de coro. De David, el servidor del Señor.
1 (2) La maldad habla al malvado
en lo íntimo de su corazón.
Jamás tiene él presente
que hay que temer a Dios.
2 (3) Se cree tan digno de alabanzas,
que no encuentra odiosa su maldad.
3 (4) Es malhablado y mentiroso,
perdió el buen juicio, dejó de hacer el bien.
4 (5) Acostado en su cama, planea hacer lo malo;
tan aferrado está a su mal camino
que no quiere renunciar a la maldad.

5 (6) Pero tu amor, Señor, llega hasta el cielo;
tu fidelidad alcanza al cielo azul.
6 (7) Tu justicia es como las grandes montañas;
tus decretos son como el mar grande y profundo.
Tú, Señor, cuidas de hombres y animales.
7 (8) ¡Qué maravilloso es tu amor, oh Dios!
¡Bajo tus alas, los hombres buscan protección!
8 (9) Quedan completamente satisfechos
con la abundante comida de tu casa;
tú les das a beber de un río delicioso,
9 (10) porque en ti está la fuente de la vida
y en tu luz podemos ver la luz.

10 (11) Brinda siempre tu amor y tu justicia
a los que te conocen,
a los hombres honrados.
11 (12) No dejes que me pisoteen los orgullosos
ni que me zarandeen los malvados.
12 (13) ¡Vean cómo caen los malhechores!
¡Caen para no volver a levantarse!

(1) Lamentación de David, cuando cantó al Señor, a propósito de Cus, el benjaminita.
(2-3) Señor, mi Dios, en ti busco protección;
¡sálvame de todos los que me persiguen!
¡Líbrame, pues son como leones;
no sea que me despedacen
y no haya quien me salve!

3 (4) Señor, mi Dios,
¿en cuál de estas cosas he incurrido?
¿Acaso he cometido un crimen?
4 (5) ¿Acaso he pagado a mi amigo mal por bien?
¿Acaso he oprimido sin razón a mi enemigo?
5 (6) De ser así, que mi enemigo me persiga;
que me alcance y me arrastre por el suelo,
y que haga rodar por el suelo mi honor.

6 (7) ¡Levántate, Señor, con furor!
¡Haz frente a la furia de mis enemigos!
Tú, que has decretado hacer justicia,
¡ponte de mi parte!
7 (8) Rodéate del conjunto de las naciones
y pon tu trono en lo alto, por encima de ellas.

8 (9) Señor, tú juzgas a las naciones:
júzgame conforme a mi honradez;
júzgame conforme a mi inocencia.
9 (10) Dios justo,
que examinas los pensamientos
y los sentimientos más profundos,
¡pon fin a la maldad de los malvados,
pero al hombre honrado manténlo firme!

10 (11) Mi protección es el Dios altísimo,
que salva a los de corazón sincero.
11 (12) Dios es un juez justo
que condena la maldad en todo tiempo.
12 (13) Si el hombre no se vuelve a Dios,
Dios afilará su espada;
ya tiene su arco tenso,
13 (14) ya apunta sus flechas encendidas,
¡ya tiene listas sus armas mortales!
14 (15) Miren al malvado:
tiene dolores de parto,
está preñado de maldad
y dará a luz mentira.
15 (16) Ha hecho una fosa muy honda,
y en su propia fosa caerá.
16 (17) ¡Su maldad y su violencia
caerán sobre su propia cabeza!

17 (18) Alabaré al Señor porque él es justo;
cantaré himnos al nombre del Señor,
al nombre del Altísimo.