Psalm 146

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Put Not Your Trust in Princes

146 ^(A)Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
²I will praise the Lord ^(B)as long as I live;
^(C)I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

³^(D)Put not your trust in princes,
^(E)in a son of man, in whom there is ^(F)no salvation.
⁴When ^(G)his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.

⁵^(H)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose ^(I)hope is in the Lord his God,
⁶^(J)who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them,
^(K)who keeps faith forever;
⁷    ^(L)who executes justice for the oppressed,
    ^(M)who gives food to the hungry.

^(N)The Lord sets the prisoners free;
⁸    ^(O)the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
^(P)The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
    ^(Q)the Lord loves the righteous.
⁹^(R)The Lord watches over the sojourners;
    ^(S)he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
    but ^(T)the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

¹⁰^(U)The Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, to all generations.
^(V)Praise the Lord!

Proverbs 28:3-10

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³^(A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
    is a beating rain that leaves no food.
⁴Those who forsake the law ^(B)praise the wicked,
    but those who keep the law ^(C)strive against them.
⁵Evil men ^(D)do not understand justice,
    but those who seek the Lord ^(E)understand it completely.
⁶^(F)Better is a poor man who ^(G)walks in his integrity
    than a rich man who is ^(H)crooked in his ways.
⁷The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
    but ^(I)a companion of gluttons shames his father.
⁸Whoever multiplies his wealth ^(J)by interest and profit^[a]
    ^(K)gathers it for him who is ^(L)generous to the poor.
⁹If one turns away his ear from hearing the law,
    even his ^(M)prayer is an abomination.
¹⁰Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way
    ^(N)will fall into his own pit,
    but the blameless ^(O)will have a goodly inheritance.

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Notas al pie

Proverbs 28:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor

Ephesians 2:1-10

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By Grace Through Faith

2 ^(A)And you were ^(B)dead in the trespasses and sins ²^(C)in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following ^(D)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in ^(E)the sons of disobedience— ³among whom we all once lived in ^(F)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body^[a] and the mind, and ^(G)were by nature ^(H)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.^[b] ⁴But^[c] God, being ^(I)rich in mercy, ^(J)because of the great love with which he loved us, ⁵even ^(K)when we were dead in our trespasses, ^(L)made us alive together with Christ—^(M)by grace you have been saved— ⁶and raised us up with him and ^(N)seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable ^(O)riches of his grace in ^(P)kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For ^(Q)by grace you have been saved ^(R)through faith. And this is ^(S)not your own doing; ^(T)it is the gift of God, ⁹^(U)not a result of works, ^(V)so that no one may boast. ¹⁰For ^(W)we are his workmanship, ^(X)created in Christ Jesus ^(Y)for good works, ^(Z)which God prepared beforehand, ^(AA)that we should walk in them.