Psalm 9

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Psalm 9^[a]^[b]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

¹I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;^(A)
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.^(B)
²I will be glad and rejoice^(C) in you;
I will sing the praises^(D) of your name,^(E) O Most High.

³My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.
⁴For you have upheld my right^(F) and my cause,^(G)
    sitting enthroned^(H) as the righteous judge.^(I)
⁵You have rebuked the nations^(J) and destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name^(K) for ever and ever.
⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;^(L)
    even the memory of them^(M) has perished.

⁷The Lord reigns forever;^(N)
    he has established his throne^(O) for judgment.
⁸He rules the world in righteousness^(P)
    and judges the peoples with equity.^(Q)
⁹The Lord is a refuge^(R) for the oppressed,^(S)
    a stronghold in times of trouble.^(T)
¹⁰Those who know your name^(U) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken^(V) those who seek you.^(W)

¹¹Sing the praises^(X) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;^(Y)
proclaim among the nations^(Z) what he has done.^(AA)
¹²For he who avenges blood^(AB) remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^(AC)

¹³Lord, see how my enemies^(AD) persecute me!
    Have mercy^(AE) and lift me up from the gates of death,^(AF)
¹⁴that I may declare your praises^(AG)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,^(AH)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.^(AI)

¹⁵The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(AJ)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(AK)
¹⁶The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^[c]^(AL)
¹⁷The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(AM)
    all the nations that forget God.^(AN)
¹⁸But God will never forget the needy;
    the hope^(AO) of the afflicted^(AP) will never perish.

¹⁹Arise,^(AQ) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;^(AR)
let the nations be judged^(AS) in your presence.
²⁰Strike them with terror,^(AT) Lord;
let the nations know they are only mortal.^(AU)

Notas al pie

Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.
Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.

Psalm 147:13-20

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¹³He strengthens the bars of your gates^(A)
and blesses your people^(B) within you.
¹⁴He grants peace^(C) to your borders
and satisfies you^(D) with the finest of wheat.^(E)

¹⁵He sends his command^(F) to the earth;
    his word runs^(G) swiftly.
¹⁶He spreads the snow^(H) like wool
    and scatters the frost^(I) like ashes.
¹⁷He hurls down his hail^(J) like pebbles.
    Who can withstand his icy blast?
¹⁸He sends his word^(K) and melts them;
    he stirs up his breezes,^(L) and the waters flow.

¹⁹He has revealed his word^(M) to Jacob,^(N)
his laws and decrees^(O) to Israel.
²⁰He has done this for no other nation;^(P)
they do not know^(Q) his laws.^[a]

Praise the Lord.^(R)

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Notas al pie

Psalm 147:20 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; / he has not made his laws known to them

Daniel 2:25-49

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²⁵Arioch took Daniel to the king at once and said, “I have found a man among the exiles^(A) from Judah^(B) who can tell the king what his dream means.”

²⁶The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar),^(C) “Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?”

²⁷Daniel replied, “No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about,^(D) ²⁸but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.^(E) He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come.^(F) Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind^(G) as you were lying in bed^(H) are these:^(I)

²⁹“As Your Majesty was lying there, your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what is going to happen.^(J) ³⁰As for me, this mystery has been revealed^(K) to me, not because I have greater wisdom than anyone else alive, but so that Your Majesty may know the interpretation and that you may understand what went through your mind.

³¹“Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue—an enormous, dazzling statue,^(L) awesome^(M) in appearance. ³²The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, ³³its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. ³⁴While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands.^(N) It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed^(O) them.^(P) ³⁵Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away^(Q) without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain^(R) and filled the whole earth.^(S)

³⁶“This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king.^(T) ³⁷Your Majesty, you are the king of kings.^(U) The God of heaven has given you dominion^(V) and power and might and glory; ³⁸in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all.^(W) You are that head of gold.

³⁹“After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth.^(X) ⁴⁰Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.^(Y) ⁴¹Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. ⁴²As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. ⁴³And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.

⁴⁴“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush^(Z) all those kingdoms^(AA) and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.^(AB) ⁴⁵This is the meaning of the vision of the rock^(AC) cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands^(AD)—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.

“The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future.^(AE) The dream is true^(AF) and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

⁴⁶Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell prostrate^(AG) before Daniel and paid him honor and ordered that an offering^(AH) and incense be presented to him. ⁴⁷The king said to Daniel, “Surely your God is the God of gods^(AI) and the Lord of kings^(AJ) and a revealer of mysteries,^(AK) for you were able to reveal this mystery.^(AL)”

⁴⁸Then the king placed Daniel in a high^(AM) position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men.^(AN) ⁴⁹Moreover, at Daniel’s request the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego administrators over the province of Babylon,^(AO) while Daniel himself remained at the royal court.^(AP)

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Revelation 2:12-29

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To the Church in Pergamum

¹²“To the angel of the church in Pergamum^(A) write:

These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.^(B) ¹³I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,^(C) not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,^(D) who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.^(E)

¹⁴Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:^(F) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,^(G) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols^(H) and committed sexual immorality.^(I) ¹⁵Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.^(J) ¹⁶Repent^(K) therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.^(L)

¹⁷Whoever has ears, let them hear^(M) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,^(N) I will give some of the hidden manna.^(O) I will also give that person a white stone with a new name^(P) written on it, known only to the one who receives it.^(Q)

To the Church in Thyatira

¹⁸“To the angel of the church in Thyatira^(R) write:

These are the words of the Son of God,^(S) whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.^(T) ¹⁹I know your deeds,^(U) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

²⁰Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,^(V) who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.^(W) ²¹I have given her time^(X) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.^(Y) ²²So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery^(Z) with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. ²³I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,^(AA) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.^(AB)

²⁴Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you,^(AC) ²⁵except to hold on to what you have^(AD) until I come.’^(AE)

²⁶To the one who is victorious^(AF) and does my will to the end,^(AG) I will give authority over the nations^(AH)— ²⁷that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter^(AI) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’^[a]^(AJ)—just as I have received authority from my Father. ²⁸I will also give that one the morning star.^(AK) ²⁹Whoever has ears, let them hear^(AL) what the Spirit says to the churches.