Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're
taking this journey together to read the Bible
in a year. For the next four days, we're going
to be hearing psalms of song of praise of thanksgiving,
speaking of God's deliverance and salvation.
Today's reading is Psalm 96, 105, and 106. Psalm
96. O sing to the Lord a new song. Sing to the
Lord all the earth. Sing to the Lord, bless His
name. Proclaim the good news of his salvation
from day to day. Declare his glory among the
nations, his wonders among all peoples. For the
Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is
to be feared above all gods. For all the gods
of the peoples are idols, but the Lord made the
heavens. Honor and majesty are before him. Strength
and beauty are in his sanctuary. Give to the
Lord, O families of the peoples. Give to the
Lord glory and strength. Give to the Lord the
glory due his name. Bring an offering and come
into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty
of holiness. Tremble before him all the earth.
Say among the nations, The Lord reigns. The world
also is firmly established. It shall not be moved.
He shall judge the peoples righteously. Let the
heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad. Let
the sea roar and all its fullness. Let the field
be joyful and all that is in it. Then all the
trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord.
For he is coming, for he is coming to judge the
earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness
and all the peoples with his truth. Psalm 105
O give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name.
Make known his deeds among the peoples. Sing
to him, sing psalms to him. Talk of all his wondrous
works. Glory in his holy name. Let the hearts
of those rejoice who seek the Lord. Seek the
Lord and his strength. Seek his face evermore.
Remember his marvelous works which he has done.
His wonders and the judgments of His mouth. O
seed of Abraham, His servant. You children of
Jacob, His chosen ones. He is the Lord our God.
His judgments are in all the earth. He remembers
His covenant forever. The word which He commanded
for a thousand generations. The covenant which
He made with Abraham and His oath to Isaac. and
confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel
as an everlasting covenant, saying, To you I
will give the land of Canaan, as the allotment
of your inheritance, when they were few in number,
indeed very few, and strangers in it. When they
went from one nation to another, from one kingdom
to another people, he permitted no one to do
them wrong. Yes, he rebuked kings for their sakes,
saying, Do not touch my anointed ones, and do
my prophets no harm. Moreover, he called for
a famine in the land. He destroyed all the provision
of bread. He sent a man before them, Joseph,
who was sold as a slave. They hurt his feet with
fetters. He was laid in irons until the time
that his word came to pass. The word of the Lord
tested him. The king sent and released him. The
ruler of the people let him go free. He made
him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
to bind his princes at his pleasure and teach
his elders wisdom. Israel also came into Egypt,
and Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham. He increased
his people greatly and made them stronger than
their enemies. He turned their heart to hate
his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
He sent Moses his servant and Aaron whom he had
chosen. They performed his signs among them and
wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness
and made it dark, and they did not rebel against
his word. He turned their waters into blood and
killed their fish. Their land abounded with frogs,
even in the chambers of their kings. He spoke,
and there came swarms of flies and lice in all
their territory. He gave them hail for rain and
flaming fire in their land. He struck their vines
also and their fig trees and splintered the trees
of their territory. He spoke, and locusts came,
young locusts without number, and ate up all
the vegetation in their land and devoured the
fruit of their ground. He also destroyed all
the firstborn in their land, the firstborn of
all their strength. He also brought them out
with silver and gold, and there was none feeble
among his tribes. Egypt was glad when they departed,
for the fear of them had fallen upon them. He
spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give
light in the night. The people asked, and he
brought quail, and satisfied them with the bread
of heaven. He opened the rock, and water gushed
out. It ran in the dry places like a river. For
he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his
servant. He brought out his people with joy,
his chosen ones with gladness. He gave them the
lands of the Gentiles, and they inherited the
labor of the nations, that they might observe
his statutes and keep his laws. Praise the Lord.
Psalm 106 Praise the Lord. O give thanks to the
Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.
Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who
can declare all his praise? Blessed are those
who keep justice, and he who does righteousness
at all times. Remember me, O Lord, with the favor
you have toward your people. O visit me with
your salvation, that I may see the benefit of
your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness
of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed
iniquity. We have done wickedly. Our fathers
in Egypt did not understand your wonders. They
did not remember the multitude of your mercies,
but rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea. Nevertheless,
he saved them for his name's sake, that he might
make his mighty power known. He rebuked the Red
Sea also, and it dried up. So he led them through
the depth, as through the wilderness. He saved
them from the hand of him who hated them, and
redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. The
waters covered their enemies. There was not one
of them left. Then they believed his words. They
sang his praise. They soon forgot his works,
they did not wait for his counsel, but lusted
exceedingly in the wilderness, and tested God
in the desert. And he gave them their request,
but sent leanness into their soul. When they
envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the saint
of the Lord, the earth opened up and swallowed
Dathan, and covered the faction of Abiram. A
fire was kindled in their company, and a flame
burnt up the wicked. They made a calf in Horeb,
and worshipped the molded image. Thus they changed
their glory into the glory of an ox that eats
grass. They forgot God their Savior, who had
done great things in Egypt, wondrous works in
the land of Ham, awesome things by the Red Sea.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
had not Moses his chosen one stood before him
in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he
destroy them. Then they despised the pleasant
land. They did not believe his word, but complained
in their tents, and did not heed the voice of
the Lord. Therefore he raised his hand in an
oath against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness,
to overthrow their descendants among the nations,
and to scatter them in the lands. They joined
themselves also to Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices
made to the dead. Thus they provoked him to anger
with their deeds, and a plague broke out among
them. Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stopped, and that was accounted
to him for righteousness to all generations forevermore.
They angered him also at the waters of strife,
so that it went ill with Moses on account of
them, because they rebelled against his spirit,
so that he spoke rashly with his lips. They did
not destroy the peoples concerning whom the Lord
had commanded them, but they mingled with the
Gentiles and learned their works. They served
their idols, which became a snare to them. They
even sacrificed their sons and their daughters
to demons, and shed innocent blood, the blood
of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed
to the idols of Canaan. and the land was polluted
with blood. Thus they were defiled by their own
works, and played the harlot by their own deeds.
Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against
his people, so that he abhorred his own inheritance.
And he gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
and those who hated them ruled over them. Their
enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought
into subjection under their hand. Many times
he delivered them, but they rebelled in their
counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Nevertheless, he regarded their affliction when
he heard their cry, and for their sake he remembered
his covenant and relented according to the multitude
of his mercies. He also made them to be pitied
by all those who carried them away captive. Save
us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among
the Gentiles, to give thanks to your holy name,
to triumph in your praise. Blessed be the Lord
God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
And let all the people say, Amen. Praise the
Lord. I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much
as I did and I look forward to seeing you again
tomorrow to continue on our journey. God bless
you and have a great day.