Psalm 113

Common English Bible

Psalm 113

113 Praise the Lord!
    You who serve the Lord—praise!
    Praise the Lord’s name!
²Let the Lord’s name be blessed
    from now until forever from now!
³From sunrise to sunset,
    let the Lord’s name be praised!
⁴The Lord is high over all the nations;
    God’s glory is higher than the skies!

⁵Who could possibly compare to the Lord our God?
    God rules from on high;
⁶    he has to come down to even see heaven and earth!
⁷God lifts up the poor from the dirt
    and raises up the needy from the garbage pile
⁸        to seat them with leaders—
        with the leaders of his own people!
⁹    God nests the once barren woman at home—
        now a joyful mother with children!

Praise the Lord!

Psalm 122

Common English Bible

Psalm 122

A pilgrimage song. Of David.

122 I rejoiced with those who said to me,
“Let’s go to the Lord’s house!”
²Now our feet are standing
in your gates, Jerusalem!

³Jerusalem is built like a city
    joined together in unity.
⁴That is where the tribes go up—
    the Lord’s tribes!
It is the law for Israel
    to give thanks there to the Lord’s name,
⁵    because the thrones of justice are there—
    the thrones of the house of David!

⁶Pray that Jerusalem has peace:
    “Let those who love you have rest.
⁷    Let there be peace on your walls;
    let there be rest on your fortifications.”
⁸For the sake of my family and friends,
    I say, “Peace be with you, Jerusalem.”
⁹For the sake of the Lord our God’s house
    I will pray for your good.

1 Samuel 1:19-28

Common English Bible

¹⁹They got up early the next morning and worshipped the Lord. Then they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had sex with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. ²⁰So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, which means “I asked the Lord for him.”^[a]

Samuel’s dedication

²¹When Elkanah and all his household went up to make the annual sacrifice and keep his solemn promise, ²²Hannah didn’t go.

“I’ll bring the boy when he is weaned,” she told her husband, “so he can be presented to the Lord and stay there permanently. I will offer him as a nazirite forever.”^[b]

²³“Do what seems best to you,” said her husband Elkanah. “Stay here until you’ve weaned him. But may the Lord bring to pass what you’ve^[c] promised.” So the woman stayed home and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

²⁴When he had been weaned and was still very young,^[d] Hannah took him, along with a three-year-old bull,^[e] an ephah^[f] of flour, and a jar of wine, and brought him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh. ²⁵They slaughtered the bull, then brought the boy to Eli.

²⁶“Excuse me, sir!” Hannah said. “As surely as you live, sir, I am the woman who stood here next to you, praying to the Lord. ²⁷I prayed for this boy, and the Lord gave me what I asked from him. ²⁸So now I give this boy back to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.”

Then they worshipped there before the Lord.^[g]

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Notas al pie

1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel means God has heard but here is connected to the Heb verb to ask.
1 Samuel 1:22 DSS (4QSam^a); MT lacks I will offer… forever.
1 Samuel 1:23 LXX, DSS (4QSam^a); MT he
1 Samuel 1:24 Or and the boy was a boy; Heb uncertain
1 Samuel 1:24 LXX, DSS (4QSam^a), Syr; MT three bulls
1 Samuel 1:24 An ephah was approximately twenty quarts.
1 Samuel 1:28 Some Heb manuscripts, Syr, Vulg; MT he (Eli?) worshipped; DSS (4QSam^a) and she (Hannah) left him there and worshipped the Lord.

Luke 1:46-56

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Mary praises God

⁴⁶Mary said,

“With all my heart I glorify the Lord!
⁴⁷    In the depths of who I am I rejoice in God my savior.
⁴⁸He has looked with favor on the low status of his servant.
    Look! From now on, everyone will consider me highly favored
⁴⁹        because the mighty one has done great things for me.
Holy is his name.
⁵⁰    He shows mercy to everyone,
        from one generation to the next,
        who honors him as God.
⁵¹He has shown strength with his arm.
    He has scattered those with arrogant thoughts and proud inclinations.
⁵²    He has pulled the powerful down from their thrones
        and lifted up the lowly.
⁵³He has filled the hungry with good things
    and sent the rich away empty-handed.
⁵⁴He has come to the aid of his servant Israel,
        remembering his mercy,
⁵⁵    just as he promised to our ancestors,
        to Abraham and to Abraham’s descendants forever.”