Psalm 119:89-112

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ל Lamedh

⁸⁹Your word, Lord, is eternal;^(A)
    it stands firm in the heavens.
⁹⁰Your faithfulness^(B) continues through all generations;^(C)
    you established the earth, and it endures.^(D)
⁹¹Your laws endure^(E) to this day,
    for all things serve you.^(F)
⁹²If your law had not been my delight,^(G)
    I would have perished in my affliction.^(H)
⁹³I will never forget^(I) your precepts,
    for by them you have preserved my life.^(J)
⁹⁴Save me,^(K) for I am yours;
    I have sought out your precepts.^(L)
⁹⁵The wicked are waiting to destroy me,^(M)
    but I will ponder your statutes.^(N)
⁹⁶To all perfection I see a limit,
    but your commands are boundless.^(O)

מ Mem

⁹⁷Oh, how I love your law!^(P)
    I meditate^(Q) on it all day long.
⁹⁸Your commands are always with me
    and make me wiser^(R) than my enemies.
⁹⁹I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on your statutes.^(S)
¹⁰⁰I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.^(T)
¹⁰¹I have kept my feet^(U) from every evil path
    so that I might obey your word.^(V)
¹⁰²I have not departed from your laws,^(W)
    for you yourself have taught^(X) me.
¹⁰³How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey^(Y) to my mouth!^(Z)
¹⁰⁴I gain understanding^(AA) from your precepts;
    therefore I hate every wrong path.^(AB)

נ Nun

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp^(AC) for my feet,
    a light^(AD) on my path.
¹⁰⁶I have taken an oath^(AE) and confirmed it,
    that I will follow your righteous laws.^(AF)
¹⁰⁷I have suffered much;
    preserve my life,^(AG) Lord, according to your word.
¹⁰⁸Accept, Lord, the willing praise of my mouth,^(AH)
    and teach me your laws.^(AI)
¹⁰⁹Though I constantly take my life in my hands,^(AJ)
    I will not forget^(AK) your law.
¹¹⁰The wicked have set a snare^(AL) for me,
    but I have not strayed^(AM) from your precepts.
¹¹¹Your statutes are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.^(AN)
¹¹²My heart is set^(AO) on keeping your decrees
    to the very end.^[a]^(AP)

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Notas al pie

Psalm 119:112 Or decrees / for their enduring reward

1 Thessalonians 2

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Paul’s Ministry in Thessalonica

2 You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you^(A) was not without results.^(B) ²We had previously suffered^(C) and been treated outrageously in Philippi,^(D) as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.^(E) ³For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives,^(F) nor are we trying to trick you.^(G) ⁴On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel.^(H) We are not trying to please people^(I) but God, who tests our hearts.^(J) ⁵You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed^(K)—God is our witness.^(L) ⁶We were not looking for praise from people,^(M) not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles^(N) of Christ we could have asserted our authority.^(O) ⁷Instead, we were like young children^[a] among you.

Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,^(P) ⁸so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God^(Q) but our lives as well.^(R) ⁹Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked^(S) night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone^(T) while we preached the gospel of God to you. ¹⁰You are witnesses,^(U) and so is God,^(V) of how holy,^(W) righteous and blameless we were among you who believed. ¹¹For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,^(X) ¹²encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy^(Y) of God, who calls^(Z) you into his kingdom and glory.

¹³And we also thank God continually^(AA) because, when you received the word of God,^(AB) which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. ¹⁴For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators^(AC) of God’s churches in Judea,^(AD) which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people^(AE) the same things those churches suffered from the Jews ¹⁵who killed the Lord Jesus^(AF) and the prophets^(AG) and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone ¹⁶in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles^(AH) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.^(AI) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.^[b]

Paul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians

¹⁷But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought),^(AJ) out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you.^(AK) ¹⁸For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan^(AL) blocked our way.^(AM) ¹⁹For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown^(AN) in which we will glory^(AO) in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes?^(AP) Is it not you? ²⁰Indeed, you are our glory^(AQ) and joy.