Psalm 137-139

New International Version

Psalm 137

¹By the rivers of Babylon^(A) we sat and wept^(B)
    when we remembered Zion.^(C)
²There on the poplars^(D)
    we hung our harps,^(E)
³for there our captors^(F) asked us for songs,
    our tormentors demanded^(G) songs of joy;
    they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”^(H)

⁴How can we sing the songs of the Lord^(I)
    while in a foreign land?
⁵If I forget you,^(J) Jerusalem,
    may my right hand forget its skill.
⁶May my tongue cling to the roof^(K) of my mouth
    if I do not remember^(L) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem^(M)
    my highest joy.

⁷Remember, Lord, what the Edomites^(N) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.^(O)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”^(P)
⁸Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,^(Q)
    happy is the one who repays you
    according to what you have done to us.
⁹Happy is the one who seizes your infants
    and dashes them^(R) against the rocks.

Psalm 138

Of David.

¹I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
    before the “gods”^(S) I will sing^(T) your praise.
²I will bow down toward your holy temple^(U)
    and will praise your name^(V)
    for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,^(W)
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
    that it surpasses your fame.^(X)
³When I called,^(Y) you answered me;^(Z)
    you greatly emboldened^(AA) me.

⁴May all the kings of the earth^(AB) praise you, Lord,
when they hear what you have decreed.
⁵May they sing^(AC) of the ways of the Lord,
for the glory of the Lord^(AD) is great.

⁶Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;^(AE)
    though lofty, he sees them^(AF) from afar.
⁷Though I walk^(AG) in the midst of trouble,
    you preserve my life.^(AH)
You stretch out your hand^(AI) against the anger of my foes;^(AJ)
    with your right hand^(AK) you save me.^(AL)
⁸The Lord will vindicate^(AM) me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever^(AN)—
    do not abandon^(AO) the works of your hands.^(AP)

Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

¹You have searched me,^(AQ) Lord,
    and you know^(AR) me.
²You know when I sit and when I rise;^(AS)
    you perceive my thoughts^(AT) from afar.
³You discern my going out^(AU) and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.^(AV)
⁴Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.^(AW)
⁵You hem me in^(AX) behind and before,
    and you lay your hand upon me.
⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,^(AY)
    too lofty^(AZ) for me to attain.

⁷Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee^(BA) from your presence?
⁸If I go up to the heavens,^(BB) you are there;
    if I make my bed^(BC) in the depths, you are there.
⁹If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰even there your hand will guide me,^(BD)
    your right hand^(BE) will hold me fast.
¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
¹²even the darkness will not be dark^(BF) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

¹³For you created my inmost being;^(BG)
    you knit me together^(BH) in my mother’s womb.^(BI)
¹⁴I praise you^(BJ) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,^(BK)
    I know that full well.
¹⁵My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made^(BL) in the secret place,
    when I was woven together^(BM) in the depths of the earth.^(BN)
¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained^(BO) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
¹⁷How precious to me are your thoughts,^[a]^(BP) God!^(BQ)
    How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸Were I to count them,^(BR)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand^(BS)—
    when I awake,^(BT) I am still with you.

¹⁹If only you, God, would slay the wicked!^(BU)
    Away from me,^(BV) you who are bloodthirsty!^(BW)
²⁰They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries^(BX) misuse your name.^(BY)
²¹Do I not hate those^(BZ) who hate you, Lord,
    and abhor^(CA) those who are in rebellion against you?
²²I have nothing but hatred for them;
    I count them my enemies.^(CB)
²³Search me,^(CC) God, and know my heart;^(CD)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴See if there is any offensive way^(CE) in me,
    and lead me^(CF) in the way everlasting.

Notas al pie

Psalm 139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me

2 Corinthians 11:16-33

New International Version

Paul Boasts About His Sufferings

¹⁶I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool.^(A) But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting. ¹⁷In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would,^(B) but as a fool.^(C) ¹⁸Since many are boasting in the way the world does,^(D) I too will boast.^(E) ¹⁹You gladly put up with^(F) fools since you are so wise!^(G) ²⁰In fact, you even put up with^(H) anyone who enslaves you^(I) or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face. ²¹To my shame I admit that we were too weak^(J) for that!

Whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about.^(K) ²²Are they Hebrews? So am I.^(L) Are they Israelites? So am I.^(M) Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I.^(N) ²³Are they servants of Christ?^(O) (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder,^(P) been in prison more frequently,^(Q) been flogged more severely,^(R) and been exposed to death again and again.^(S) ²⁴Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes^(T) minus one. ²⁵Three times I was beaten with rods,^(U) once I was pelted with stones,^(V) three times I was shipwrecked,^(W) I spent a night and a day in the open sea, ²⁶I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews,^(X) in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city,^(Y) in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers.^(Z) ²⁷I have labored and toiled^(AA) and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food;^(AB) I have been cold and naked. ²⁸Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.^(AC) ²⁹Who is weak, and I do not feel weak?^(AD) Who is led into sin,^(AE) and I do not inwardly burn?

³⁰If I must boast, I will boast^(AF) of the things that show my weakness.^(AG) ³¹The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever,^(AH) knows^(AI) that I am not lying. ³²In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.^(AJ) ³³But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.^(AK)