WEBVTT 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.719 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:10.019 in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Samuel chapters 00:00:10.019 --> 00:00:15.839 22 and 23, along with Psalms 56, 34, 52, and 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:20.760 63. Psalm 56, inscription to the chief musician, 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.660 set to the silent dove in distant lands, a michtem 00:00:24.660 --> 00:00:27.420 of David when the Philistines captured him in 00:00:27.420 --> 00:00:31.000 Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for man would 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:33.520 swallow me up. Fighting all day, he oppresses 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:37.280 me. My enemies would hound me all day, for there 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:40.240 are many who fight against me almost high. Whenever 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:43.560 I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, I will 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:46.520 praise his word. In God, I have put my trust. 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:50.320 I will not fear. What can flesh do to me? All 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:52.820 day, they twist my words. All their thoughts 00:00:52.820 --> 00:00:55.399 are against me for evil. They gather together. 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:58.789 They hide. They mark my steps when they lie in 00:00:58.789 --> 00:01:01.729 wait for my life. Shall they escape by iniquity? 00:01:01.869 --> 00:01:05.209 In anger cast down the peoples, O God. You number 00:01:05.209 --> 00:01:08.109 my wanderings, put my tears into your bottle. 00:01:08.310 --> 00:01:11.349 Are they not in your book? When I cry out to 00:01:11.349 --> 00:01:14.609 you, then my enemies will turn back. This I know, 00:01:14.709 --> 00:01:18.310 because God is for me. In God I will praise his 00:01:18.310 --> 00:01:21.629 word. In the Lord I will praise his word. In 00:01:21.629 --> 00:01:24.469 God I have put my trust. I will not be afraid. 00:01:24.609 --> 00:01:28.469 What can man do to me? Vows made to you are binding 00:01:28.469 --> 00:01:31.150 upon me, O God. I will render praises to you, 00:01:31.209 --> 00:01:33.790 for you have delivered my soul from death. Have 00:01:33.790 --> 00:01:36.269 you not kept my feet from falling, that I may 00:01:36.269 --> 00:01:40.189 walk before God in the light of the living? Psalm 00:01:40.189 --> 00:01:43.969 34 Inscription A Psalm of David, when he pretended 00:01:43.969 --> 00:01:46.730 madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, 00:01:46.930 --> 00:01:50.090 and he departed. I will bless the Lord at all 00:01:50.090 --> 00:01:52.709 times. His praise shall continually be in my 00:01:52.709 --> 00:01:55.549 mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord. 00:01:55.930 --> 00:01:58.730 The humble shall hear of it and be glad. O magnify 00:01:58.730 --> 00:02:01.489 the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. 00:02:02.030 --> 00:02:04.390 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered 00:02:04.390 --> 00:02:06.989 me from all my fears. They looked to him and 00:02:06.989 --> 00:02:09.189 were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed. 00:02:09.629 --> 00:02:12.009 This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, 00:02:12.069 --> 00:02:14.909 and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel 00:02:14.909 --> 00:02:17.289 of the Lord encamps all around those who fear 00:02:17.289 --> 00:02:20.169 him, and delivers them. O taste and see that 00:02:20.169 --> 00:02:22.430 the Lord is good. Blessed is the man who trusts 00:02:22.430 --> 00:02:25.870 in him. O fear the Lord, you his saints. There 00:02:25.870 --> 00:02:28.710 is no want to those who fear him. The young lions 00:02:28.710 --> 00:02:31.370 lack and suffer hunger, but those who seek the 00:02:31.370 --> 00:02:34.289 Lord shall not lack any good thing. Come, you 00:02:34.289 --> 00:02:36.590 children, listen to me. I will teach you the 00:02:36.590 --> 00:02:38.990 fear of the Lord, who is the man who desires 00:02:38.990 --> 00:02:42.250 life and loves many days, that he may see good. 00:02:42.509 --> 00:02:45.069 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from 00:02:45.069 --> 00:02:48.069 speaking deceit. Depart from evil and do good. 00:02:48.389 --> 00:02:51.219 Seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord 00:02:51.219 --> 00:02:53.719 are on the righteous, and his ears are open to 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:56.120 their cry. The face of the Lord is against those 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:58.819 who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them 00:02:58.819 --> 00:03:01.379 from the earth. The righteous cry out and the 00:03:01.379 --> 00:03:03.659 Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their 00:03:03.659 --> 00:03:06.080 troubles. The Lord is near to those who have 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:09.639 a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:12.159 spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, 00:03:12.340 --> 00:03:14.780 but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He 00:03:14.780 --> 00:03:17.240 guards all his bones, not one of them is broken. 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:20.460 evil shall slay the wicked and those who hate 00:03:20.460 --> 00:03:23.340 the righteous shall be condemned the lord redeems 00:03:23.340 --> 00:03:25.840 the soul of his servants and none of those who 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:28.939 trust in him shall be condemned first samuel 00:03:28.939 --> 00:03:32.580 chapter 22 david therefore departed from there 00:03:32.580 --> 00:03:35.580 and escaped to the cave of adulam so when his 00:03:35.580 --> 00:03:37.639 brothers and all his father's house heard it 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:40.050 they went down there to him And everyone who 00:03:40.050 --> 00:03:42.310 was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and 00:03:42.310 --> 00:03:44.490 everyone who was discontented gathered to him. 00:03:44.610 --> 00:03:47.009 So he became captain over them, and there were 00:03:47.009 --> 00:03:49.490 about four hundred men with him. Then David went 00:03:49.490 --> 00:03:52.090 from there to Mizpah of Moab. And he said to 00:03:52.090 --> 00:03:54.389 the king of Moab, Please let my father and mother 00:03:54.389 --> 00:03:57.030 come here with you, till I know what God will 00:03:57.030 --> 00:03:59.129 do for me. So he brought them before the king 00:03:59.129 --> 00:04:01.270 of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time 00:04:01.270 --> 00:04:03.750 that David was in the stronghold. Now the prophet 00:04:03.750 --> 00:04:06.509 Gad said to David, Do not stay in the stronghold. 00:04:06.770 --> 00:04:09.460 Depart and go to the land of Judah. So David 00:04:09.460 --> 00:04:11.800 departed and went into the forest of Hereth. 00:04:11.979 --> 00:04:14.240 When Saul heard that David and the men who were 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:17.000 with him had been discovered, now Saul was staying 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:20.259 in Gibeah under a tamarisk tree in Ramah, with 00:04:20.259 --> 00:04:22.680 his spear in his hand and all his servants standing 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:25.139 about him. Then Saul said to his servants who 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:28.180 stood about him, Here now, you Benjamites, will 00:04:28.180 --> 00:04:30.759 the son of Jesse give every one of you fields 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:33.420 and vineyards and make you all captains of thousands 00:04:33.420 --> 00:04:36.980 and captains of hundreds? All of you have conspired 00:04:36.980 --> 00:04:39.420 against me, and there is no one who reveals to 00:04:39.420 --> 00:04:42.240 me that my son has made a covenant with the son 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:44.759 of Jesse. And there is not one of you who is 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:47.120 sorry for me or reveals to me that my son has 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:49.879 stirred up my servant against me to lie in wait 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:53.089 as it is this day. Then answered Doeg the Edomite, 00:04:53.149 --> 00:04:55.370 who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, 00:04:55.569 --> 00:04:58.529 I saw the son of Jesse going to Nob, to Ahimelech, 00:04:58.629 --> 00:05:01.209 the son of Ahitob. And he inquired of the Lord 00:05:01.209 --> 00:05:03.589 for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the 00:05:03.589 --> 00:05:05.990 sword of Goliath the Philistine. So the king 00:05:05.990 --> 00:05:08.050 sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of 00:05:08.050 --> 00:05:10.750 Ahitob, and all his father's house, the priests 00:05:10.750 --> 00:05:12.889 who were in Nob. And they all came to the king. 00:05:13.089 --> 00:05:16.389 And Saul said, Here now, son of Ahitob. He answered, 00:05:16.629 --> 00:05:19.639 Here I am, my lord. Then Saul said to him, Why 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:21.699 have you conspired against me, you and the son 00:05:21.699 --> 00:05:24.079 of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:26.720 a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:29.420 he should rise against me to lie in wait as it 00:05:29.420 --> 00:05:31.959 is this day? So Ahimelech answered the king and 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:34.699 said, And who among all your servants is as faithful 00:05:34.699 --> 00:05:37.600 as David? Who is the king's son -in -law, who 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:40.079 goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:42.779 house? Did I then begin to inquire of God for 00:05:42.779 --> 00:05:45.779 him? Far be it from me. Let not the king impute 00:05:45.779 --> 00:05:48.139 anything to his servant, or to any in the house 00:05:48.139 --> 00:05:50.730 of my father. for your servant knew nothing of 00:05:50.730 --> 00:05:53.370 all this, little or much. And the king said, 00:05:53.589 --> 00:05:56.110 You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all 00:05:56.110 --> 00:05:58.250 your father's house. Then the king said to the 00:05:58.250 --> 00:06:00.470 guards who stood about him, Turn and kill the 00:06:00.470 --> 00:06:02.730 priests of the Lord, because their hand also 00:06:02.730 --> 00:06:05.149 is with David, and because they knew when he 00:06:05.149 --> 00:06:07.430 fled and did not tell it to me. But the servants 00:06:07.430 --> 00:06:09.750 of the king would not lift their hands to strike 00:06:09.750 --> 00:06:11.879 the priests of the Lord. And the king said to 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:14.439 Duwaig, You turn and kill the priests. So Duwaig 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:16.759 the Edomite turned and struck the priests, and 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:19.379 killed on that day eighty -five men who wore 00:06:19.379 --> 00:06:22.620 a linen ephod. Also Nob, the city of the priests, 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:24.899 he struck with the edge of the sword, both men 00:06:24.899 --> 00:06:28.139 and women, children and nursing infants, oxen 00:06:28.139 --> 00:06:30.600 and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword. 00:06:30.990 --> 00:06:33.029 Now one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of 00:06:33.029 --> 00:06:36.069 Ahitob, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after 00:06:36.069 --> 00:06:38.790 David. And Abiathar told David that Saul had 00:06:38.790 --> 00:06:41.649 killed the Lord's priests. So David said to Abiathar, 00:06:41.769 --> 00:06:44.689 I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, 00:06:44.850 --> 00:06:47.329 that he would surely tell Saul, I have caused 00:06:47.329 --> 00:06:49.410 the death of all the persons of your father's 00:06:49.410 --> 00:06:52.290 house. Stay with me, do not fear, for he who 00:06:52.290 --> 00:06:55.269 seeks my life seeks your life, but with me you 00:06:55.269 --> 00:06:59.750 shall be safe. Psalm 52 Inscription To the chief 00:06:59.750 --> 00:07:02.660 musician A contemplation of David, when the egg 00:07:02.660 --> 00:07:05.019 the Edomite went and told Saul and said to him, 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:08.620 David has gone to the house of Ahimelech. Why 00:07:08.620 --> 00:07:11.459 do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The goodness 00:07:11.459 --> 00:07:14.439 of God endures continually. Your tongue devises 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:17.540 destruction, like a sharp razor working deceitfully. 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:20.720 You love evil more than good, lying rather than 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:24.019 speaking righteousness. Salah. You love all devouring 00:07:24.019 --> 00:07:26.899 words, you deceitful tongue. God shall likewise 00:07:26.899 --> 00:07:29.759 destroy you forever. He shall take you away and 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:32.379 pluck you out of your dwelling place, and uproot 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:35.300 you from the land of the living. Salah. The righteous 00:07:35.300 --> 00:07:38.139 also shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:40.540 saying, Here is the man who did not make God 00:07:40.540 --> 00:07:42.899 his strength, but trusted in the abundance of 00:07:42.899 --> 00:07:45.699 his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. 00:07:45.819 --> 00:07:48.300 But I am like a green olive tree in the house 00:07:48.300 --> 00:07:51.100 of God. I trust in the mercy of God forever and 00:07:51.100 --> 00:07:53.480 ever. I will praise you forever, because you 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:55.699 have done it. And in the presence of your saints, 00:07:55.819 --> 00:08:00.600 I will wait on your name, for it is good. Then 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:04.740 they told David, saying, Look, the Philistines 00:08:04.740 --> 00:08:07.300 are fighting against Calah, and they are robbing 00:08:07.300 --> 00:08:09.600 the threshing floors. Therefore David inquired 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:11.759 of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and attack these 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:14.399 Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.180 attack the Philistines and save Calah. But David's 00:08:17.180 --> 00:08:19.779 men said to him, Look, we are afraid here in 00:08:19.779 --> 00:08:22.839 Judah. How much more then if we go to Calah against 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:25.579 the armies of the Philistines? Then David inquired 00:08:25.579 --> 00:08:27.839 of the Lord once again. And the Lord answered 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:30.980 him and said, Arise, go down to Calah, for I 00:08:30.980 --> 00:08:33.419 will deliver the Philistines in your hand. And 00:08:33.419 --> 00:08:35.799 David and his men went to Calah and fought with 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.000 the Philistines, struck them with a mighty blow, 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:40.720 and took away their livestock. So David saved 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:43.320 the inhabitants of Calah. Now it happened when 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:45.759 Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:48.460 Calah, that he went down with an ephod in his 00:08:48.460 --> 00:08:51.220 hand. And Saul was told that David had gone to 00:08:51.220 --> 00:08:54.440 Calah. So Saul said, God has delivered him into 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:57.200 my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:00.120 a town that has gates and bars. Then Saul called 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:02.659 all the people together for war, to go down to 00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:05.840 Calah to besiege David and his men. When David 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:08.519 knew that Saul plotted evil against him, he said 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:10.820 to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod here. 00:09:11.179 --> 00:09:14.080 Then David said, O Lord God of Israel, your servant 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:16.679 has certainly heard that Saul seeks to come to 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:19.259 Calah to destroy the city for my sake. Will the 00:09:19.259 --> 00:09:22.059 men of Calah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul 00:09:22.059 --> 00:09:25.179 come down, as your servant has heard? O Lord 00:09:25.179 --> 00:09:28.100 God of Israel, I pray, tell your servant. And 00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:30.539 the Lord said, He will come down. Then David 00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:32.720 said, Will the men of Calah deliver me and my 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:34.960 men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.519 They will deliver you. So David and his men, 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:40.340 about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:43.000 and went wherever they could go. Then it was 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:45.460 told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, 00:09:45.539 --> 00:09:48.279 so he halted the expedition. And David stayed 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:50.379 in strongholds in the wilderness, and remained 00:09:50.379 --> 00:09:53.299 in the mountains in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul 00:09:53.299 --> 00:09:55.519 sought him every day, but God did not deliver 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:58.440 him into his hand. So David saw that Saul had 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:00.720 come out to seek his life, and David was in the 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:02.960 wilderness of Ziph in a forest. Then Jonathan, 00:10:03.259 --> 00:10:05.879 Saul's son, arose and went to David in the woods 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:08.600 and strengthened his hand in God. And he said 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:11.059 to him, Do not fear, for the hand of Saul, my 00:10:11.059 --> 00:10:13.299 father, shall not find you. You shall be king 00:10:13.299 --> 00:10:15.659 over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Even 00:10:15.659 --> 00:10:18.240 my father Saul knows that. So the two of them 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:20.279 made a covenant before the Lord. And David stayed 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:22.679 in the woods, and Jonathan went to his own house. 00:10:22.940 --> 00:10:25.460 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:28.159 saying, Is David not hiding with us in strongholds 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:30.759 in the woods, in the hill of Hakila, which is 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:33.320 on the south of Jeshimon? Now therefore, O king, 00:10:33.500 --> 00:10:35.659 come down according to all the desire of your 00:10:35.659 --> 00:10:38.620 soul to come down and our part shall be to deliver 00:10:38.620 --> 00:10:41.759 him into the king's hand. And Saul said, Blessed 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:43.740 are you of the Lord, for you have compassion 00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:46.779 on me. Please go and find out for sure and see 00:10:46.779 --> 00:10:49.480 the place where his hideout is and who has seen 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:52.559 him there. For I am told he is very crafty. See 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:54.799 therefore and take knowledge of all the lurking 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:57.419 places where he hides and come back to me with 00:10:57.419 --> 00:10:59.580 certainty and I will go with you. And it shall 00:10:59.580 --> 00:11:02.360 be, if he is in the land, that I will search 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:04.860 for him throughout all the clans of Judah. So 00:11:04.860 --> 00:11:07.340 they arose and went as if before Saul. But David 00:11:07.340 --> 00:11:09.820 and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in 00:11:09.820 --> 00:11:12.559 a plain on the south of Jeshimon. When Saul and 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:15.399 his men went to seek him, they told David. Therefore 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:17.559 he went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:20.320 of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:22.980 David in the wilderness of Maon. Then Saul went 00:11:22.980 --> 00:11:25.080 on one side of the mountain, and David and his 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:27.639 men on the other side of the mountain. So David 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:30.379 made haste to get away from Saul, for Saul and 00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:33.159 his men were encircling David and his men to 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:35.500 take them. But a messenger came to Saul, saying, 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:38.179 Hurry and come, for the Philistines have invaded 00:11:38.179 --> 00:11:40.700 the land. Therefore Saul returned from pursuing 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:43.519 David and went against the Philistines. So they 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:46.279 called that place the Rock of Escape. Then David 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:48.620 went up from there and dwelt in strongholds at 00:11:48.620 --> 00:11:53.139 Ein Gedi. Psalm 63 A Psalm of David when he was 00:11:53.139 --> 00:11:55.960 in the wilderness of Judah O God, you are my 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:59.090 God. Early will I seek you. My soul thirsts for 00:11:59.090 --> 00:12:02.049 you. My flesh longs for you. In a dry and thirsty 00:12:02.049 --> 00:12:04.929 land where there is no water. So I have looked 00:12:04.929 --> 00:12:07.230 for you in the sanctuary to see your power and 00:12:07.230 --> 00:12:09.809 your glory. Because your loving kindness is better 00:12:09.809 --> 00:12:12.870 than life. My lips shall praise you. Thus I will 00:12:12.870 --> 00:12:15.450 bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands 00:12:15.450 --> 00:12:18.149 in your name. My soul shall be satisfied as with 00:12:18.149 --> 00:12:20.649 marrow and fatness. And my mouth shall praise 00:12:20.649 --> 00:12:23.210 you with joyful lips. When I remember you on 00:12:23.210 --> 00:12:25.590 my bed, I meditate on you in the night watches, 00:12:25.750 --> 00:12:28.070 because you have been my help. Therefore, in 00:12:28.070 --> 00:12:30.649 the shadow of your wings I will rejoice. My soul 00:12:30.649 --> 00:12:33.389 follows close behind you. Your right hand upholds 00:12:33.389 --> 00:12:35.970 me, but those who seek my life to destroy it 00:12:35.970 --> 00:12:38.470 shall go into the lower parts of the earth. They 00:12:38.470 --> 00:12:40.730 shall fall by the sword. They shall be a portion 00:12:40.730 --> 00:12:43.389 for jackals, but the king shall rejoice in God. 00:12:43.669 --> 00:12:46.490 Everyone who swears by him shall glory, but the 00:12:46.490 --> 00:12:48.870 mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped. 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:56.179 I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as 00:12:56.179 --> 00:12:58.299 I did and I look forward to seeing you again 00:12:58.299 --> 00:13:00.740 tomorrow to continue on our journey. God bless 00:13:00.740 --> 00:13:01.799 you and have a great day.