Psalm 59

English Standard Version

Deliver Me from My Enemies

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)Do Not Destroy. A ^(B)Miktam^[a] of David, ^(C)when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.

59 ^(D)Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
^(E)protect me from those who ^(F)rise up against me;
²deliver me from ^(G)those who work evil,
and save me from ^(H)bloodthirsty men.

³For behold, they ^(I)lie in wait for my life;
    fierce men ^(J)stir up strife against me.
^(K)For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
⁴    for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
^(L)Awake, come to meet me, and see!
⁵    You, ^(M)Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations;
    spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah

⁶Each evening they ^(N)come back,
    howling like dogs
    and prowling about the city.
⁷There they are, ^(O)bellowing with their mouths
    with ^(P)swords in their lips—
    for ^(Q)“Who,” they think,^[b] “will hear us?”

⁸But you, O Lord, ^(R)laugh at them;
    you hold all the nations in derision.
⁹O my Strength, I will watch for you,
    for you, O God, are ^(S)my fortress.
¹⁰^(T)My God in his steadfast love^[c] ^(U)will meet me;
    God will let me ^(V)look in triumph on my enemies.

¹¹Kill them not, lest my people forget;
    make them totter^[d] by your power and ^(W)bring them down,
    O Lord, our ^(X)shield!
¹²For ^(Y)the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
    let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,
¹³    ^(Z)consume them in wrath;
    consume them till they are no more,
that they may ^(AA)know that God rules over Jacob
    to ^(AB)the ends of the earth. Selah

¹⁴^(AC)Each evening they come back,
    howling like dogs
    and prowling about the city.
¹⁵They ^(AD)wander about for food
    and growl if they do not get their fill.

¹⁶But I will sing of your strength;
    I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been to me ^(AE)a fortress
    and ^(AF)a refuge in ^(AG)the day of my distress.
¹⁷O my Strength, I will sing praises to you,
    for you, O God, ^(AH)are my fortress,
    ^(AI)the God who shows me steadfast love.

Notas al pie

Psalm 59:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 59:7 Hebrew lacks they think
Psalm 59:10 Or The God who shows me steadfast love
Psalm 59:11 Or wander

Ezekiel 6-7

English Standard Version

Judgment Against Idolatry

6 The word of the Lord came to me: ²^(A)“Son of man, ^(B)set your face toward ^(C)the mountains of Israel, and ^(D)prophesy against them, ³and say, ^(E)You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to ^(F)the mountains and ^(G)the hills, to ^(H)the ravines and the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, ^(I)and I will destroy your high places. ⁴^(J)Your altars shall become desolate, and your ^(K)incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols. ⁵^(L)And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, ^(M)and I will scatter your bones around your altars. ⁶Wherever you dwell, ^(N)the cities shall be waste and ^(O)the high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined,^[a] your idols broken and destroyed, your ^(P)incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out. ⁷And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.

⁸^(Q)“Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations ^(R)some who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries, ⁹then those of you who escape ^(S)will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how ^(T)I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes ^(U)that go whoring after their idols. ^(V)And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations. ¹⁰And they shall know that I am the Lord. ^(W)I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.”

¹¹Thus says the Lord God: ^(X)“Clap your hands ^(Y)and stamp your foot and say, Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, ^(Z)for they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. ¹²^(AA)He who is far off shall die of pestilence, and he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who is left and is preserved shall die of famine. ^(AB)Thus I will spend my fury upon them. ¹³And you shall know that I am the Lord, ^(AC)when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, ^(AD)on every high hill, ^(AE)on all the mountaintops, ^(AF)under every green tree, and under ^(AG)every leafy oak, wherever ^(AH)they offered pleasing aroma to all their idols. ¹⁴And ^(AI)I will stretch out my hand against them and ^(AJ)make the land desolate and waste, ^(AK)in all their dwelling places, from the wilderness to ^(AL)Riblah.^[b] Then ^(AM)they will know that I am the Lord.”

The Day of the Wrath of the Lord

7 The word of the Lord came to me: ²“And you, ^(AN)O son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: ^(AO)An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.^[c] ³Now ^(AP)the end is upon you, and ^(AQ)I will send my anger upon you; ^(AR)I will judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations. ⁴^(AS)And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity, but ^(AT)I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. ^(AU)Then you will know that I am the Lord.

⁵“Thus says the Lord God: Disaster ^(AV)after disaster!^[d] Behold, it comes. ⁶^(AW)An end has come; the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes. ⁷^(AX)Your doom^[e] has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. ^(AY)The time has come; the day is near, a day of tumult, and not ^(AZ)of joyful shouting on the mountains. ⁸Now I will soon ^(BA)pour out my wrath upon you, and ^(BB)spend my anger against you, ^(BC)and judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations. ⁹^(BD)And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. ^(BE)Then you will know that I am the Lord, who strikes.

¹⁰^(BF)“Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! ^(BG)Your doom has come; ^(BH)the rod has blossomed; pride has budded. ¹¹^(BI)Violence has grown up into ^(BJ)a rod of wickedness. ^(BK)None of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them.^[f] ¹²^(BL)The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not ^(BM)the buyer rejoice, nor ^(BN)the seller mourn, ^(BO)for wrath is upon all their multitude.^[g] ¹³For ^(BP)the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. ^(BQ)For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.^[h]

¹⁴“They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but none goes to battle, ^(BR)for my wrath is upon all their multitude. ¹⁵^(BS)The sword is without; pestilence and famine are within. ^(BT)He who is in the field dies by the sword, ^(BU)and him who is in the city famine and pestilence devour. ¹⁶^(BV)And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like ^(BW)doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity. ¹⁷^(BX)All hands are feeble, and all knees turn to water. ¹⁸^(BY)They put on sackcloth, and ^(BZ)horror covers them. Shame is on all faces, and ^(CA)baldness on all their heads. ¹⁹They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing. ^(CB)Their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. ^(CC)For it was ^(CD)the stumbling block of their iniquity. ²⁰^(CE)His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and ^(CF)they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore ^(CG)I make it an unclean thing to them. ²¹And I will give it into the hands of ^(CH)foreigners for prey, ^(CI)and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and ^(CJ)they shall profane it. ²²I will turn my face from them, and ^(CK)they shall profane my treasured^[i] place. Robbers shall enter ^(CL)and profane it.

²³^(CM)“Forge a chain!^[j] ^(CN)For the land is full of bloody crimes ^(CO)and the city is full of violence. ²⁴I will bring ^(CP)the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. ^(CQ)I will put an end to the pride of the strong, ^(CR)and their holy places^[k] shall be profaned. ²⁵^(CS)When anguish comes, ^(CT)they will seek peace, but there shall be none. ²⁶^(CU)Disaster comes upon disaster; ^(CV)rumor follows rumor. ^(CW)They seek a vision from the prophet, while ^(CX)the law^[l] perishes from the priest and ^(CY)counsel from the elders. ²⁷The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way ^(CZ)I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, ^(DA)and they shall know that I am the Lord.”

Notas al pie

Ezekiel 6:6 Or and punished
Ezekiel 6:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts Diblah
Ezekiel 7:2 Or earth
Ezekiel 7:5 Some Hebrew manuscripts (compare Syriac, Targum); most Hebrew manuscripts Disaster! A unique disaster!
Ezekiel 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; also verse 10
Ezekiel 7:11 The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain
Ezekiel 7:12 Or abundance; also verses 13, 14
Ezekiel 7:13 The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain
Ezekiel 7:22 Or secret
Ezekiel 7:23 Probably refers to an instrument of captivity
Ezekiel 7:24 By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew and those who sanctify them
Ezekiel 7:26 Or instruction

Colossians 4:2-18

English Standard Version

Further Instructions

²^(A)Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it ^(B)with thanksgiving. ³At the same time, pray also for us, that God may ^(C)open to us a door for the word, ^(D)to declare the mystery of Christ, ^(E)on account of which I am in prison— ⁴that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

⁵^(F)Walk in wisdom toward ^(G)outsiders, making the best use of the time. ⁶Let your speech always ^(H)be gracious, ^(I)seasoned with salt, ^(J)so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Final Greetings

⁷Tychicus will tell you ^(K)all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant^[a] in the Lord. ⁸I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, ⁹and with him ^(L)Onesimus, our faithful and ^(M)beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here.

¹⁰^(N)Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark ^(O)the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—^(P)if he comes to you, welcome him), ¹¹and Jesus who is called ^(Q)Justus. ^(R)These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and ^(S)they have been a comfort to me. ¹²^(T)Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always ^(U)struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand ^(V)mature and fully assured in all the will of God. ¹³For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis. ¹⁴^(W)Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does ^(X)Demas. ¹⁵Give my greetings to the brothers^[b] at Laodicea, and to Nympha and ^(Y)the church in her house. ¹⁶And when ^(Z)this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea. ¹⁷And say to ^(AA)Archippus, “See that you fulfill ^(AB)the ministry that you have received in the Lord.”