Psalm 34-36

English Standard Version

Taste and See That the Lord Is Good

^[a] Of David, when he ^(A)changed his behavior before ^(B)Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.

34 I will bless the Lord ^(C)at all times;
    his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
²My soul ^(D)makes its boast in the Lord;
    let the humble hear and ^(E)be glad.
³Oh, ^(F)magnify the Lord with me,
    and let us exalt his name together!

⁴I ^(G)sought the Lord, and he answered me
    and delivered me from all my fears.
⁵Those who look to him are ^(H)radiant,
    and their faces shall never be ashamed.
⁶^(I)This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
    and ^(J)saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷^(K)The angel of the Lord ^(L)encamps
    around those who fear him, and delivers them.

⁸Oh, ^(M)taste and see that ^(N)the Lord is good!
    ^(O)Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
⁹Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
    for those who fear him have no lack!
¹⁰^(P)The young lions suffer want and hunger;
    but those who ^(Q)seek the Lord lack no good thing.

¹¹^(R)Come, O children, listen to me;
    ^(S)I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
¹²^(T)What man is there who desires life
    and loves many days, that he may ^(U)see good?
¹³^(V)Keep your tongue from evil
    and your lips from ^(W)speaking deceit.
¹⁴^(X)Turn away from evil and do good;
    seek peace and ^(Y)pursue it.

¹⁵^(Z)The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
    ^(AA)and his ears toward their cry.
¹⁶^(AB)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
    to ^(AC)cut off the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁷^(AD)When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
    and delivers them out of all their troubles.
¹⁸The Lord is near to ^(AE)the brokenhearted
    and saves ^(AF)the crushed in spirit.

¹⁹^(AG)Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
    ^(AH)but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
²⁰He keeps all his bones;
    ^(AI)not one of them is broken.
²¹^(AJ)Affliction will slay the wicked,
    and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
²²The Lord ^(AK)redeems the life of his servants;
    none of those who take refuge in him will be ^(AL)condemned.

Great Is the Lord

Of David.

35 Contend, O Lord, with those who ^(AM)contend with me;
    ^(AN)fight against those who fight against me!
²Take hold of ^(AO)shield and buckler
    and rise for my help!
³Draw the spear and javelin^[b]
    against my pursuers!
Say to my soul,
    “I am your salvation!”

⁴^(AP)Let them be ^(AQ)put to shame and dishonor
    who seek after my life!
Let them be ^(AR)turned back and disappointed
    who devise evil against me!
⁵Let them be like ^(AS)chaff before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
⁶Let their way be dark and ^(AT)slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!

⁷For ^(AU)without cause ^(AV)they hid their net for me;
without cause they dug ^(AW)a pit for my life.^[c]
⁸Let ^(AX)destruction come upon him ^(AY)when he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his destruction!

⁹Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord,
    ^(AZ)exulting in his salvation.
¹⁰All my ^(BA)bones shall say,
    “O Lord, ^(BB)who is like you,
delivering the poor
    from him who is too strong for him,
    the poor and needy from him who robs him?”

¹¹^(BC)Malicious^[d] witnesses rise up;
    they ask me of things that I do not know.
¹²^(BD)They repay me evil for good;
    my soul is bereft.^[e]
¹³But I, ^(BE)when they were sick—
    I ^(BF)wore sackcloth;
    I ^(BG)afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^(BH)with head bowed^[f] on my chest.
¹⁴    I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
    I ^(BI)bowed down in mourning.

¹⁵But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
    they gathered together against me;
^(BJ)wretches whom I did not know
    tore at me without ceasing;
¹⁶like profane mockers at a feast,^[g]
    they ^(BK)gnash at me with their teeth.

¹⁷How long, O Lord, will you ^(BL)look on?
    Rescue me from their destruction,
    ^(BM)my precious life from the lions!
¹⁸I will thank you in ^(BN)the great congregation;
    in the mighty throng I will praise you.

¹⁹^(BO)Let not those rejoice over me
    who are ^(BP)wrongfully my foes,
and let not those ^(BQ)wink the eye
    who ^(BR)hate me ^(BS)without cause.
²⁰For they do not speak peace,
    but against those who are quiet in the land
    they devise words of deceit.
²¹They ^(BT)open wide their mouths against me;
    they say, ^(BU)“Aha, Aha!
    Our eyes have seen it!”

²²^(BV)You have seen, O Lord; ^(BW)be not silent!
    O Lord, ^(BX)be not far from me!
²³Awake and ^(BY)rouse yourself for ^(BZ)my vindication,
    for my cause, my God and my Lord!
²⁴^(CA)Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
    according to your righteousness,
    and ^(CB)let them not rejoice over me!
²⁵Let them not say in their hearts,
    ^(CC)“Aha, our heart's desire!”
Let them not say, ^(CD)“We have swallowed him up.”

²⁶Let them be ^(CE)put to shame and disappointed altogether
who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be ^(CF)clothed with shame and dishonor
who ^(CG)magnify themselves against me!

²⁷Let those who delight in my righteousness
    shout for joy and be glad
    ^(CH)and say evermore,
^(CI)“Great is the Lord,
    who ^(CJ)delights in the welfare of his servant!”
²⁸Then my ^(CK)tongue shall tell of your righteousness
    and of your praise all the day long.

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

To the choirmaster. Of David, the ^(CL)servant of the Lord.

36 Transgression speaks to the wicked
    deep in his heart;^[h]
^(CM)there is no fear of God
    before his eyes.
²^(CN)For he flatters himself in his own eyes
    that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
³The words of his mouth are ^(CO)trouble and deceit;
    ^(CP)he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
⁴He ^(CQ)plots ^(CR)trouble while on his bed;
    he sets himself in ^(CS)a way that is not good;
    ^(CT)he does not reject evil.

⁵Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.
⁶^(CU)Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
    ^(CV)your judgments are like the great deep;
    man and beast you ^(CW)save, O Lord.

⁷^(CX)How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    The children of mankind take refuge ^(CY)in the shadow of your wings.
⁸They feast on ^(CZ)the abundance of your house,
    and you give them drink from ^(DA)the river of ^(DB)your delights.
⁹For with you is ^(DC)the fountain of life;
    ^(DD)in your light do we see light.

¹⁰Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who ^(DE)know you,
    and your righteousness to ^(DF)the upright of heart!
¹¹Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
    nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
¹²There ^(DG)the evildoers lie fallen;
    they are thrust down, ^(DH)unable to rise.

Notas al pie

Psalm 34:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 35:3 Or and close the way
Psalm 35:7 The word pit is transposed from the preceding line; Hebrew For without cause they hid the pit of their net for me; without cause they dug for my life
Psalm 35:11 Or Violent
Psalm 35:12 Hebrew it is bereavement to my soul
Psalm 35:13 Or my prayer shall turn back
Psalm 35:16 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
Psalm 36:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Jerome (compare Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts in my heart

Matthew 24:1-31

English Standard Version

Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

24 ^(A)Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. ²But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, ^(B)there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”

Signs of the End of the Age

³As he sat on ^(C)the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him ^(D)privately, saying, “Tell us, ^(E)when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your ^(F)coming and of ^(G)the end of the age?” ⁴And Jesus answered them, ^(H)“See that no one leads you astray. ⁵For ^(I)many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am ^(J)the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. ⁶And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you ^(K)are not alarmed, for this ^(L)must take place, but the end is not yet. ⁷For ^(M)nation will rise against nation, and ^(N)kingdom against kingdom, and there will be ^(O)famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸All these are but the beginning of ^(P)the birth pains.

⁹“Then ^(Q)they will deliver you up ^(R)to tribulation and ^(S)put you to death, and ^(T)you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. ¹⁰And then many will fall away^[a] and ^(U)betray one another and hate one another. ¹¹And many ^(V)false prophets will arise ^(W)and lead many astray. ¹²And because lawlessness will be increased, ^(X)the love of many will grow cold. ¹³^(Y)But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ¹⁴And this gospel of the kingdom ^(Z)will be proclaimed throughout the whole world ^(AA)as a testimony ^(AB)to all nations, and ^(AC)then the end will come.

The Abomination of Desolation

¹⁵“So when you see the abomination of desolation ^(AD)spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in ^(AE)the holy place (^(AF)let the reader understand), ¹⁶then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷^(AG)Let the one who is on ^(AH)the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, ¹⁸and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. ¹⁹And ^(AI)alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! ²⁰Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. ²¹For then there will be ^(AJ)great tribulation, ^(AK)such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. ²²And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for ^(AL)the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. ²³^(AM)Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. ²⁴For ^(AN)false christs and ^(AO)false prophets will arise and ^(AP)perform great signs and wonders, ^(AQ)so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵See, ^(AR)I have told you beforehand. ²⁶So, if they say to you, ‘Look, ^(AS)he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. ²⁷^(AT)For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be ^(AU)the coming of the Son of Man. ²⁸^(AV)Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹“Immediately after ^(AW)the tribulation of those days ^(AX)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and ^(AY)the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ³⁰Then ^(AZ)will appear in heaven ^(BA)the sign of the Son of Man, and then ^(BB)all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and ^(BC)they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven ^(BD)with power and great glory. ³¹And ^(BE)he will send out his angels with a loud ^(BF)trumpet call, and they will ^(BG)gather ^(BH)his elect from ^(BI)the four winds, ^(BJ)from one end of heaven to the other.