WEBVTT 00:00:00.999 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:08.800 in a year. Continuing with the Psalms of Lament, 00:00:09.019 --> 00:00:12.220 today's readings are from Psalms 25 through 28, 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.780 as well as Psalm 31. Psalm 25, inscription, A 00:00:16.780 --> 00:00:19.640 Psalm of David. To you, O Lord, I lift up my 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:22.699 soul. O my God, I trust in you. Let me not be 00:00:22.699 --> 00:00:25.480 ashamed. Let not my enemies triumph over me. 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:28.199 Indeed, let no one who waits on you be ashamed. 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:31.100 Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without 00:00:31.100 --> 00:00:34.020 cause. Show me your ways, O Lord. Teach me your 00:00:34.020 --> 00:00:36.979 path. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for 00:00:36.979 --> 00:00:39.399 you are the God of my salvation. On you I wait 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:42.299 all the day. Remember, O Lord, your tender mercies 00:00:42.299 --> 00:00:44.979 and your lovingkindness, for they are from of 00:00:44.979 --> 00:00:47.579 old. Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor 00:00:47.579 --> 00:00:50.219 my transgressions. According to your mercy, remember 00:00:50.219 --> 00:00:53.420 me. For your goodness' sake, O Lord. Good and 00:00:53.420 --> 00:00:55.899 upright is the Lord. Therefore he teaches sinners 00:00:55.899 --> 00:00:58.310 in the way. The humble he guides in justice, 00:00:58.530 --> 00:01:01.170 and the humble he teaches his way. All the paths 00:01:01.170 --> 00:01:04.109 of the Lord are mercy and truth, to such as keep 00:01:04.109 --> 00:01:06.489 his covenant and his testimonies. For your name's 00:01:06.489 --> 00:01:09.510 sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity, for it is great. 00:01:09.909 --> 00:01:12.769 Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him shall 00:01:12.769 --> 00:01:15.590 he teach in the way he chooses. He himself shall 00:01:15.590 --> 00:01:17.969 dwell in prosperity, and his descendants shall 00:01:17.969 --> 00:01:20.310 inherit the earth. The secret of the Lord is 00:01:20.310 --> 00:01:22.469 with those who fear him, and he will show them 00:01:22.469 --> 00:01:25.250 his covenant. My eyes are ever toward the Lord. 00:01:25.739 --> 00:01:28.420 For he shall pluck my feet out of the net. Turn 00:01:28.420 --> 00:01:30.760 yourself to me and have mercy on me, for I am 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:33.239 desolate and afflicted. The troubles of my heart 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:36.060 have enlarged. Bring me out of my distresses. 00:01:36.060 --> 00:01:38.519 Look on my affliction and my pain, and forgive 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:41.280 all my sins. Consider my enemies, for they are 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:43.980 many, and they hate me with cruel hatred. Keep 00:01:43.980 --> 00:01:46.299 my soul and deliver me. Let me not be ashamed, 00:01:46.620 --> 00:01:49.099 for I put my trust in you. Let integrity and 00:01:49.099 --> 00:01:51.420 uprightness preserve me, for I await for you. 00:01:51.819 --> 00:01:54.239 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all their troubles. 00:01:55.180 --> 00:01:59.180 Psalm 26, inscription, a Psalm of David. Vindicate 00:01:59.180 --> 00:02:01.400 me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity. 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.079 I have also trusted in the Lord, I shall not 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:07.239 slip. Examine me, O Lord, and prove me. Try my 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:09.699 mind and my heart, for your loving kindness is 00:02:09.699 --> 00:02:11.960 before my eyes, and I have walked in your truth. 00:02:12.430 --> 00:02:15.169 I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, nor will 00:02:15.169 --> 00:02:17.729 I go in with hypocrites. I have hated the assembly 00:02:17.729 --> 00:02:20.129 of evildoers and will not sit with the wicked. 00:02:20.289 --> 00:02:23.189 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will 00:02:23.189 --> 00:02:25.990 go about your altar, O Lord, that I may proclaim 00:02:25.990 --> 00:02:28.110 with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all 00:02:28.110 --> 00:02:30.870 your wondrous works. Lord, I have loved the habitation 00:02:30.870 --> 00:02:33.349 of your house and the place where your glory 00:02:33.349 --> 00:02:36.210 dwells. Do not gather my soul with sinners, nor 00:02:36.210 --> 00:02:38.750 my life with bloodthirsty men, in whose hands 00:02:38.750 --> 00:02:54.139 is a sinister scheme. Psalm 27, inscription, 00:02:54.520 --> 00:03:10.710 A Psalm of David. Though an army may encamp against 00:03:10.710 --> 00:03:13.729 me, my heart shall not fear. Though war may rise 00:03:13.729 --> 00:03:16.530 against me, in this I will be confident. One 00:03:16.530 --> 00:03:19.150 thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I 00:03:19.150 --> 00:03:21.509 seek, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord 00:03:21.509 --> 00:03:23.969 all the days of my life, to behold the beauty 00:03:23.969 --> 00:03:26.870 of the Lord and to inquire in His temple. For 00:03:26.870 --> 00:03:29.110 in a time of trouble He shall hide me in His 00:03:29.110 --> 00:03:31.469 pavilion, in the secret place of His tabernacle. 00:03:31.550 --> 00:03:34.250 He shall hide me, He shall set me high upon a 00:03:34.250 --> 00:03:36.870 rock, and now my head shall be lifted up above 00:03:36.870 --> 00:03:39.449 my enemies all around me. Therefore I will offer 00:03:39.449 --> 00:03:42.289 sacrifices of joy in his tabernacle. I will sing, 00:03:42.330 --> 00:03:44.969 yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. Hear, O 00:03:44.969 --> 00:03:47.750 Lord, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also 00:03:47.750 --> 00:03:50.449 upon me and answer me. When you said, Seek my 00:03:50.449 --> 00:03:52.870 face, my heart said to you, Your face, Lord, 00:03:53.050 --> 00:03:55.330 I will see. Do not hide your face from me. Do 00:03:55.330 --> 00:03:57.689 not turn your servant away in anger. You have 00:03:57.689 --> 00:04:00.310 been my help. Do not leave me nor forsake me, 00:04:00.409 --> 00:04:02.849 O God of my salvation. When my father and my 00:04:02.849 --> 00:04:05.129 mother forsake me, then the Lord will take care 00:04:05.129 --> 00:04:07.710 of me. Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me 00:04:07.710 --> 00:04:10.409 in a smooth path because of my enemies. Do not 00:04:10.409 --> 00:04:12.650 deliver me to the will of my adversaries, for 00:04:12.650 --> 00:04:15.370 false witnesses have risen against me, and such 00:04:15.370 --> 00:04:17.970 as breathe out violence. I would have lost heart 00:04:17.970 --> 00:04:20.529 unless I had believed that I would see the goodness 00:04:20.529 --> 00:04:23.149 of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on 00:04:23.149 --> 00:04:25.490 the Lord, be of good courage, and He shall strengthen 00:04:25.490 --> 00:04:29.569 your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord. Psalm 28, 00:04:29.870 --> 00:04:33.129 Inscription, A Psalm of David To you I will cry, 00:04:33.250 --> 00:04:36.110 O Lord, my rock. Do not be silent to me. Lest, 00:04:36.110 --> 00:04:38.529 if you are silent to me, I become like those 00:04:38.529 --> 00:04:40.790 who go down to the pit. Hear the voice of my 00:04:40.790 --> 00:04:42.970 supplications when I cry to you, when I lift 00:04:42.970 --> 00:04:45.589 up my hands toward your holy sanctuary. Do not 00:04:45.589 --> 00:04:47.810 take me away with the wicked and with the workers 00:04:47.810 --> 00:04:50.209 of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, 00:04:50.350 --> 00:04:52.970 but evil is in their hearts. Give them according 00:04:52.970 --> 00:04:55.170 to their deeds and according to the wickedness 00:04:55.170 --> 00:04:57.470 of their endeavors. Give them according to the 00:04:57.470 --> 00:04:59.730 work of their hands. Render to them what they 00:04:59.730 --> 00:05:01.769 deserve, because they do not regard the works 00:05:01.769 --> 00:05:04.060 of the Lord. nor the operation of his hands. 00:05:04.180 --> 00:05:06.720 He shall destroy them and not build them up. 00:05:07.019 --> 00:05:09.279 Blessed be the Lord, because he has heard the 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:11.839 voice of my supplications. The Lord is my strength 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:14.240 and my shield. My heart trusted in him, and I 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:16.939 am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, 00:05:17.060 --> 00:05:19.500 and with my song I will praise him. The Lord 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:21.899 is their strength, and he is the saving refuge 00:05:21.899 --> 00:05:24.860 of his anointed. Save your people and bless your 00:05:24.860 --> 00:05:27.500 inheritance. Shepherd them also and bear them 00:05:27.500 --> 00:05:31.920 up forever. Psalm 31, Inscription to the chief 00:05:31.920 --> 00:06:01.930 musician, a psalm of David. I have hated those 00:06:01.930 --> 00:06:04.769 who regard useless idols, but I trust in the 00:06:04.769 --> 00:06:07.290 Lord. I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy, 00:06:07.430 --> 00:06:09.850 for you have considered my trouble. You have 00:06:09.850 --> 00:06:12.329 known my soul in adversities, and have not shut 00:06:12.329 --> 00:06:14.990 me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set 00:06:14.990 --> 00:06:17.970 my feet in a wide place. Have mercy on me, O 00:06:17.970 --> 00:06:20.589 Lord, for I am in trouble. My eye wastes away 00:06:20.589 --> 00:06:23.689 with grief. Yes, my soul and my body. For my 00:06:23.689 --> 00:06:26.550 life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing. 00:06:26.709 --> 00:06:29.389 My strength fails because of my iniquity, and 00:06:29.389 --> 00:06:32.300 my bones waste away. I am a reproach among all 00:06:32.300 --> 00:06:34.439 my enemies, and especially among my neighbors, 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:37.100 and I am repulsive to my acquaintances. Those 00:06:37.100 --> 00:06:39.959 who see me outside flee from me. I am forgotten, 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:42.920 like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.860 vessel, for I hear the slander of many. Fear 00:06:45.860 --> 00:06:48.259 is on every side. While they take counsel together 00:06:48.259 --> 00:06:50.500 against me, they scheme to take away my life. 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:53.600 But as for me, I trust in you, O Lord. I say, 00:06:53.740 --> 00:06:57.259 you are my God. My times are in your hand. Deliver 00:06:57.259 --> 00:06:59.699 me from the hand of my enemies, and from those 00:06:59.699 --> 00:07:02.230 who persecute me. Make your face shine upon your 00:07:02.230 --> 00:07:05.050 servant. Save me for your mercy's sake. Do not 00:07:05.050 --> 00:07:06.870 let me be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called 00:07:06.870 --> 00:07:09.410 upon you. Let the wicked be ashamed. Let them 00:07:09.410 --> 00:07:11.930 be silent in the grave. Let the lying lips be 00:07:11.930 --> 00:07:14.910 put to silence, which speak insolent things proudly 00:07:14.910 --> 00:07:17.970 and contemptuously against the righteous. O how 00:07:17.970 --> 00:07:20.290 great is your goodness, which you have laid up 00:07:20.290 --> 00:07:22.470 for those who fear you, which you have prepared 00:07:22.470 --> 00:07:24.769 for those who trust in you, in the presence of 00:07:24.769 --> 00:07:27.069 the sons of men! You shall hide them in the secret 00:07:27.069 --> 00:07:29.610 place of your presence. From the plots of men 00:07:29.610 --> 00:07:32.290 you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion, from 00:07:32.290 --> 00:07:35.230 the strife of tongues. Blessed be the Lord, for 00:07:35.230 --> 00:07:37.810 he has shown me his marvelous kindness in a strong 00:07:37.810 --> 00:07:41.230 city. For I said in my haste, I am cut off from 00:07:41.230 --> 00:07:43.610 before your eyes. Nevertheless, you heard the 00:07:43.610 --> 00:07:45.870 voice of my supplications when I cried out to 00:07:45.870 --> 00:07:49.050 you. O love the Lord, O you his saints! For the 00:07:49.050 --> 00:07:51.529 Lord preserves the faithful, and fully repays 00:07:51.529 --> 00:07:54.220 the proud person. Be of good courage, and he 00:07:54.220 --> 00:07:56.540 shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope 00:07:56.540 --> 00:08:04.040 in the Lord. I hope you enjoyed today's reading 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:06.360 as much as I did, and I look forward to seeing 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:08.399 you again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:10.199 God bless you and have a great day.