Psalm 25

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Psalm 25^[a]

Of David.

¹In you, Lord my God,
I put my trust.^(A)

²I trust in you;^(B)
    do not let me be put to shame,
    nor let my enemies triumph over me.
³No one who hopes in you
    will ever be put to shame,^(C)
but shame will come on those
    who are treacherous^(D) without cause.

⁴Show me your ways, Lord,
    teach me your paths.^(E)
⁵Guide me in your truth^(F) and teach me,
    for you are God my Savior,^(G)
    and my hope is in you^(H) all day long.
⁶Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,^(I)
    for they are from of old.
⁷Do not remember the sins of my youth^(J)
    and my rebellious ways;^(K)
according to your love^(L) remember me,
    for you, Lord, are good.^(M)

⁸Good and upright^(N) is the Lord;
    therefore he instructs^(O) sinners in his ways.
⁹He guides^(P) the humble in what is right
    and teaches them^(Q) his way.
¹⁰All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful^(R)
    toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.^(S)
¹¹For the sake of your name,^(T) Lord,
    forgive^(U) my iniquity,^(V) though it is great.

¹²Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?^(W)
    He will instruct them in the ways^(X) they should choose.^[b]
¹³They will spend their days in prosperity,^(Y)
    and their descendants will inherit the land.^(Z)
¹⁴The Lord confides^(AA) in those who fear him;
    he makes his covenant known^(AB) to them.
¹⁵My eyes are ever on the Lord,^(AC)
    for only he will release my feet from the snare.^(AD)

¹⁶Turn to me^(AE) and be gracious to me,^(AF)
    for I am lonely^(AG) and afflicted.
¹⁷Relieve the troubles^(AH) of my heart
    and free me from my anguish.^(AI)
¹⁸Look on my affliction^(AJ) and my distress^(AK)
    and take away all my sins.^(AL)
¹⁹See how numerous are my enemies^(AM)
    and how fiercely they hate me!^(AN)

²⁰Guard my life^(AO) and rescue me;^(AP)
    do not let me be put to shame,^(AQ)
    for I take refuge^(AR) in you.
²¹May integrity^(AS) and uprightness^(AT) protect me,
    because my hope, Lord,^[c] is in you.^(AU)

²²Deliver Israel,^(AV) O God,
from all their troubles!

Notas al pie

Psalm 25:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalm 25:12 Or ways he chooses
Psalm 25:21 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have Lord.

Deuteronomy 30:9-14

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⁹Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.^(A) The Lord will again delight^(B) in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, ¹⁰if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law^(C) and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.^(D)

The Offer of Life or Death

¹¹Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.^(E) ¹²It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven^(F) to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”^(G) ¹³Nor is it beyond the sea,^(H) so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”^(I) ¹⁴No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.^(J)

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Colossians 1:1-14

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1 Paul, an apostle^(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,^(B) and Timothy^(C) our brother,

²To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters^[a] in Christ:

Grace^(D) and peace to you from God our Father.^[b]^(E)

Thanksgiving and Prayer

³We always thank God,^(F) the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, ⁴because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love^(G) you have for all God’s people^(H)— ⁵the faith and love that spring from the hope^(I) stored up for you in heaven^(J) and about which you have already heard in the true message^(K) of the gospel ⁶that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit^(L) and growing throughout the whole world^(M)—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. ⁷You learned it from Epaphras,^(N) our dear fellow servant,^[c] who is a faithful minister^(O) of Christ on our^[d] behalf, ⁸and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.^(P)

⁹For this reason, since the day we heard about you,^(Q) we have not stopped praying for you.^(R) We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will^(S) through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,^[e]^(T) ¹⁰so that you may live a life worthy^(U) of the Lord and please him^(V) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,^(W) ¹¹being strengthened with all power^(X) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,^(Y) ¹²and giving joyful thanks to the Father,^(Z) who has qualified you^[f] to share in the inheritance^(AA) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.^(AB) ¹³For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness^(AC) and brought us into the kingdom^(AD) of the Son he loves,^(AE) ¹⁴in whom we have redemption,^(AF) the forgiveness of sins.^(AG)

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Colossians 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 4:15.
Colossians 1:2 Some manuscripts Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
Colossians 1:7 Or slave
Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts your
Colossians 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding
Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us