Psalm 119:129-152

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Pe

¹²⁹Your testimonies are ^(A)wonderful;
    therefore my soul ^(B)keeps them.
¹³⁰The unfolding of your words gives light;
    it imparts ^(C)understanding to the simple.
¹³¹I ^(D)open my mouth and ^(E)pant,
    because I ^(F)long for your commandments.
¹³²^(G)Turn to me and be gracious to me,
    as is your way with those who love your name.
¹³³^(H)Keep steady my steps according to your promise,
    and let no iniquity ^(I)get dominion over me.
¹³⁴^(J)Redeem me from man's oppression,
    that I may keep your precepts.
¹³⁵^(K)Make your face shine upon your servant,
    and ^(L)teach me your statutes.
¹³⁶My eyes ^(M)shed streams of tears,
    because people ^(N)do not keep your law.

Tsadhe

¹³⁷^(O)Righteous are you, O Lord,
    and right are your rules.
¹³⁸You have appointed your testimonies in ^(P)righteousness
    and in all ^(Q)faithfulness.
¹³⁹My ^(R)zeal consumes me,
    because my foes forget your words.
¹⁴⁰Your promise is well ^(S)tried,
    and your servant ^(T)loves it.
¹⁴¹I am small and despised,
    yet I do not ^(U)forget your precepts.
¹⁴²Your righteousness is righteous forever,
    and your law is ^(V)true.
¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have found me out,
    but your commandments are my ^(W)delight.
¹⁴⁴Your testimonies are righteous forever;
    ^(X)give me understanding that I may ^(Y)live.

Qoph

¹⁴⁵With my ^(Z)whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord!
    I will ^(AA)keep your statutes.
¹⁴⁶I call to you; save me,
    that I may observe your testimonies.
¹⁴⁷I rise before ^(AB)dawn and cry for help;
    I ^(AC)hope in your words.
¹⁴⁸My eyes are awake before ^(AD)the watches of the night,
    that I may meditate on your promise.
¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;
    O Lord, ^(AE)according to your justice ^(AF)give me life.
¹⁵⁰They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;
    they are far from your law.
¹⁵¹But ^(AG)you are near, O Lord,
    and all your commandments are ^(AH)true.
¹⁵²Long have I known from your testimonies
    that you have ^(AI)founded them forever.

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Numbers 25

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Baal Worship at Peor

25 While Israel lived in ^(A)Shittim, ^(B)the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab. ²^(C)These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. ³So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. ⁴And the Lord said to Moses, ^(D)“Take all the chiefs of the people and ^(E)hang^[a] them in the sun before the Lord, ^(F)that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.” ⁵And Moses said to ^(G)the judges of Israel, ^(H)“Each of you kill those of his men who have yoked themselves to Baal of Peor.”

⁶And behold, one of the people of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman to his family, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the people of Israel, while they were ^(I)weeping in the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁷^(J)When Phinehas ^(K)the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation and took a spear in his hand ⁸and went after the man of Israel into the chamber and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. Thus the plague on the people of Israel was stopped. ⁹Nevertheless, ^(L)those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.

The Zeal of Phinehas

¹⁰And the Lord said to Moses, ¹¹“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he ^(M)was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in ^(N)my jealousy. ¹²Therefore say, ^(O)‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace, ¹³and it shall be to him and to ^(P)his descendants after him the covenant of ^(Q)a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.’”

¹⁴The name of the slain man of Israel, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, chief of a father's house belonging to the Simeonites. ¹⁵And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of ^(R)Zur, who was the tribal head of a father's house in Midian.

¹⁶And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁷^(S)“Harass the Midianites and strike them down, ¹⁸for they have harassed you with their ^(T)wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of ^(U)Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the chief of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague on account of Peor.”

Notas al pie

Numbers 25:4 Or impale

Luke 1:57-80

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The Birth of John the Baptist

⁵⁷Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. ⁵⁸And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord ^(A)had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹And ^(B)on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father, ⁶⁰but his mother answered, “No; ^(C)he shall be called John.” ⁶¹And they said to her, “None of your relatives is called by this name.” ⁶²And ^(D)they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called. ⁶³And he asked for ^(E)a writing tablet and wrote, ^(F)“His name is John.” And they all wondered. ⁶⁴^(G)And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue ^(H)loosed, and he spoke, ^(I)blessing God. ⁶⁵And ^(J)fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all ^(K)the hill country of Judea, ⁶⁶and all who heard them ^(L)laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For ^(M)the hand of the Lord was with him.

Zechariah's Prophecy

⁶⁷And his father Zechariah ^(N)was filled with the Holy Spirit and ^(O)prophesied, saying,

⁶⁸^(P)“Blessed be the Lord ^(Q)God of Israel,
    for he has ^(R)visited and ^(S)redeemed his people
⁶⁹and ^(T)has raised up ^(U)a horn of salvation for us
    ^(V)in the house of his servant David,
⁷⁰^(W)as ^(X)he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
⁷¹^(Y)that we should be saved from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us;
⁷²^(Z)to show the mercy promised to our fathers
    and ^(AA)to remember his holy ^(AB)covenant,
⁷³^(AC)the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
⁷⁴    that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him ^(AD)without fear,
⁷⁵    ^(AE)in holiness and righteousness before him ^(AF)all our days.
⁷⁶And you, child, will be called ^(AG)the prophet of ^(AH)the Most High;
    for ^(AI)you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
⁷⁷to give knowledge of salvation to his people
    ^(AJ)in the forgiveness of their sins,
⁷⁸because of the ^(AK)tender mercy of our God,
    whereby ^(AL)the sunrise shall ^(AM)visit us^[a] ^(AN)from on high
⁷⁹to ^(AO)give light to ^(AP)those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into ^(AQ)the way of ^(AR)peace.”