Psalm 137-138

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How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song?

137 By the waters of Babylon,
    there we sat down and wept,
    when we remembered Zion.
²On the willows^[a] there
    we hung up our lyres.
³For there our captors
    required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
    “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

⁴^(A)How shall we sing the Lord's song
    in a foreign land?
⁵If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
    ^(B)let my right hand forget its skill!
⁶Let my ^(C)tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
    if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
    above my highest joy!

⁷Remember, O Lord, against the ^(D)Edomites
    ^(E)the day of Jerusalem,
how they said, ^(F)“Lay it bare, lay it bare,
    down to its foundations!”
⁸O daughter of Babylon, ^(G)doomed to be destroyed,
    blessed shall he be who ^(H)repays you
    with what you have done to us!
⁹Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones
    and ^(I)dashes them against the rock!

Give Thanks to the Lord

Of David.

138 ^(J)I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;
    before ^(K)the gods I sing your praise;
²I bow down ^(L)toward your ^(M)holy temple
    and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,
    for you have exalted above all things
    your name and your word.^[b]
³On the day I called, you answered me;
    my strength of soul you increased.^[c]

⁴^(N)All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O Lord,
    for they have heard the words of your mouth,
⁵and they shall sing of ^(O)the ways of the Lord,
    for great is the glory of the Lord.
⁶^(P)For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
    but the haughty he knows from afar.

⁷^(Q)Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
    you ^(R)preserve my life;
you ^(S)stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
    and your ^(T)right hand delivers me.
⁸The Lord will ^(U)fulfill his purpose for me;
    ^(V)your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
    Do not forsake ^(W)the work of your hands.

Notas al pie

Psalm 137:2 Or poplars
Psalm 138:2 Or you have exalted your word above all your name
Psalm 138:3 Hebrew you made me bold in my soul with strength

Song of Solomon 3

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The Bride's Dream

3 On my bed ^(A)by night
I sought ^(B)him whom my soul loves;
    ^(C)I sought him, but found him not.
²I will rise now and go about the city,
    in ^(D)the streets and in the squares;
I will seek ^(E)him whom my soul loves.
    I sought him, but found him not.
³^(F)The watchmen found me
    as they went about in the city.
“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
⁴Scarcely had I passed them
    when I found ^(G)him whom my soul loves.
I ^(H)held him, and would not let him go
    until I had ^(I)brought him into my mother's house,
    and into the chamber of ^(J)her who conceived me.
⁵^(K)I adjure you, ^(L)O daughters of Jerusalem,
    ^(M)by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

Solomon Arrives for the Wedding

⁶^(N)What is that coming up from the wilderness
    like ^(O)columns of smoke,
perfumed with ^(P)myrrh and frankincense,
    with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
⁷Behold, it is the litter^[a] of Solomon!
Around it are ^(Q)sixty ^(R)mighty men,
    some of the mighty men of Israel,
⁸all of them wearing swords
    and expert in war,
each with his ^(S)sword at his thigh,
    against ^(T)terror by night.
⁹King Solomon made himself a carriage^[b]
    from the wood of Lebanon.
¹⁰He made its posts of silver,
    its back of gold, its seat of purple;
its interior was inlaid with love
    by ^(U)the daughters of Jerusalem.
¹¹Go out, O ^(V)daughters of Zion,
    and look upon King Solomon,
with the crown with which his mother crowned him
    on ^(W)the day of his wedding,
    on the day of the gladness of his heart.

Notas al pie

Song of Solomon 3:7 That is, the couch on which servants carry a king
Song of Solomon 3:9 Or sedan chair

Luke 22:39-53

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Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives

³⁹^(A)And he came out and went, ^(B)as was his custom, to ^(C)the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. ⁴⁰^(D)And when he came to ^(E)the place, he said to them, ^(F)“Pray that you may not ^(G)enter into temptation.” ⁴¹And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and ^(H)knelt down and prayed, ⁴²saying, ^(I)“Father, if you are willing, remove ^(J)this cup from me. ^(K)Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” ⁴³And there appeared to him ^(L)an angel from heaven, strengthening him. ⁴⁴And ^(M)being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.^[a] ⁴⁵And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow, ⁴⁶and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and ^(N)pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

⁴⁷^(O)While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called ^(P)Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him, ⁴⁸but Jesus said to him, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?” ⁴⁹And when those who were around him saw what would follow, they said, “Lord, shall we strike ^(Q)with the sword?” ⁵⁰And one of them struck the servant^[b] of the high priest and cut off his right ear. ⁵¹But Jesus said, “No more of this!” And he touched his ear and healed him. ⁵²Then Jesus said to the chief priests and ^(R)officers of the temple and elders, who had come out against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs? ⁵³When ^(S)I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is ^(T)your hour, and ^(U)the power of darkness.”