WEBVTT 00:00:00.840 --> 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 --> 00:00:08.699 in a year. Today we're continuing with the Psalms 00:00:08.699 --> 00:00:12.160 of Lament, and today's readings are from Psalms 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:18.199 35, 36, 38, 40, and 41. Psalm 35, inscription, 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:22.019 a Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O Lord, with 00:00:22.019 --> 00:00:24.339 those who strive with me. Fight against those 00:00:24.339 --> 00:00:27.000 who fight against me. Take hold of shield and 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.820 buckler, and stand up for my help. Also draw 00:00:29.820 --> 00:00:32.759 out the spear and stop those who pursue me. Say 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:35.539 to my soul, I am your salvation. Let those be 00:00:35.539 --> 00:00:37.979 put to shame and brought to dishonor, who seek 00:00:37.979 --> 00:00:40.799 after my life. Let those be turned back and brought 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:43.820 to confusion, who plot my hurt. Let them be like 00:00:43.820 --> 00:00:46.179 chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the 00:00:46.179 --> 00:00:48.859 Lord chase them. Let their way be dark and slippery, 00:00:49.079 --> 00:01:18.980 and let the angel of the Lord pursue them. Fierce 00:01:18.980 --> 00:01:21.299 witnesses rise up. They asked me things that 00:01:21.299 --> 00:01:23.900 I do not know. They reward me evil for good, 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:26.980 to the sorrow of my soul. But as for me, when 00:01:26.980 --> 00:01:29.579 they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I 00:01:29.579 --> 00:01:32.159 humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer would 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.840 return to my own heart. I paced about as though 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.379 he were my friend or brother. I bowed down heavily, 00:01:37.540 --> 00:01:40.620 as one who mourns for his mother. But in my adversity, 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:43.819 they rejoiced. And gathered together, attackers 00:01:43.819 --> 00:01:46.540 gathered against me, and I did not know it. They 00:01:46.540 --> 00:01:49.680 tore at me and did not cease. With ungodly mockers 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:52.000 at feasts, they gnashed at me with their teeth. 00:01:52.340 --> 00:01:55.200 Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue me from 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:57.840 their destructions. My precious life from the 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:00.359 lions. I will give you thanks in the great assembly. 00:02:00.540 --> 00:02:03.060 I will praise you among many people. Let them 00:02:03.060 --> 00:02:05.420 not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies, 00:02:05.659 --> 00:02:08.639 nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:11.360 a cause. For they do not speak peace, but they 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:14.199 devise deceitful matters against the quiet ones 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:16.719 in the land. They also opened their mouth wide 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:19.740 against me and said, Aha, aha, our eyes have 00:02:19.740 --> 00:02:22.560 seen it. This you have seen, O Lord, do not keep 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:25.319 silence. O Lord, do not be far from me. Stir 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:27.969 up yourself and awake to my vindication. To my 00:02:27.969 --> 00:02:30.949 cause, my God and my Lord. Vindicate me, O Lord 00:02:30.949 --> 00:02:33.370 my God, according to your righteousness, and 00:02:33.370 --> 00:02:35.810 let them not rejoice over me. Let them not say 00:02:35.810 --> 00:02:38.590 in their hearts, Ah, so you would have it. Let 00:02:38.590 --> 00:02:41.370 them not say, We have swallowed him up. Let them 00:02:41.370 --> 00:02:43.729 be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion, who 00:02:43.729 --> 00:02:46.069 rejoice at my hurt. Let them be clothed with 00:02:46.069 --> 00:02:48.469 shame and dishonor, who exalt themselves against 00:02:48.469 --> 00:02:51.430 me. Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor 00:02:51.430 --> 00:02:54.030 my righteous cause. And let them say continually, 00:02:54.310 --> 00:02:56.830 Let the Lord be magnified. who has pleasure in 00:02:56.830 --> 00:02:58.870 the prosperity of his servant, and my tongue 00:02:58.870 --> 00:03:00.969 shall speak of your righteousness and of your 00:03:00.969 --> 00:03:05.509 praise all the day long. Psalm 36, Inscription 00:03:05.509 --> 00:03:08.669 To the Chief Musician A Psalm of David, the Servant 00:03:08.669 --> 00:03:11.569 of the Lord An oracle within my heart concerning 00:03:11.569 --> 00:03:13.909 the transgression of the wicked. There is no 00:03:13.909 --> 00:03:16.409 fear of God before his eyes, for he flatters 00:03:16.409 --> 00:03:19.430 himself in his own eyes when he finds out his 00:03:19.430 --> 00:03:22.090 iniquity and when he hates. The words of his 00:03:22.090 --> 00:03:24.479 mouth are wickedness and deceit. He has ceased 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:27.599 to be wise and to do good. He devises wickedness 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:30.199 on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:33.280 not good. He does not abhor evil. Your mercy, 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:35.680 O Lord, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.259 reaches to the clouds. Your righteousness is 00:03:38.259 --> 00:03:40.780 like the great mountains. Your judgments are 00:03:40.780 --> 00:03:43.520 a great deep. O Lord, you preserve man and beast. 00:03:43.819 --> 00:03:46.740 How precious is your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore 00:03:46.740 --> 00:03:48.719 the children of men put their trust under the 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:51.259 shadow of your wings. They are abundantly satisfied 00:03:51.259 --> 00:03:53.479 with the fullness of your house, and you give 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:55.659 them drink from the river of your pleasure. For 00:03:55.659 --> 00:03:57.919 with you is the fountain of life. In your light 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:00.699 we see light. O continue your lovingkindness 00:04:00.699 --> 00:04:02.340 to those who know you, and your righteousness 00:04:02.340 --> 00:04:04.860 to the upright in heart. Let not the foot of 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:07.180 pride come against me, and let not the hand of 00:04:07.180 --> 00:04:10.080 the wicked drive me away. There the workers of 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.300 iniquity have fallen. They have been cast down 00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:16.639 and are not able to rise. Psalm 38 inscription 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:20.300 a psalm of david to bring to remembrance oh lord 00:04:20.300 --> 00:04:22.579 do not rebuke me in your wrath nor chasing me 00:04:22.579 --> 00:04:24.839 in your hot displeasure for your arrows pierce 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:27.540 me deeply and your hand presses me down there 00:04:27.540 --> 00:04:30.040 is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:32.519 nor any health in my bones because of my sin 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:35.920 for my iniquities have gone over my head like 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:38.779 a heavy burden they are too heavy for me my wounds 00:04:38.779 --> 00:04:41.379 are foul and festering because of my foolishness 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:44.560 I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly. I go 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:47.379 mourning all the day long, for my loins are full 00:04:47.379 --> 00:04:49.759 of inflammation, and there is no soundness in 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:52.759 my flesh. I am feeble and severely broken. I 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:55.220 groan because of the turmoil of my heart. Lord, 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:58.019 all my desire is before you, and my sighing is 00:04:58.019 --> 00:05:00.699 not hidden from you. My heart pants, my strength 00:05:00.699 --> 00:05:03.519 fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it also 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:06.060 has gone from me. My loved ones and my friends 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:08.730 stand aloof from my plague. and my relatives 00:05:08.730 --> 00:05:12.550 stand afar off. Those also who seek my life lay 00:05:12.550 --> 00:05:15.550 snares for me. Those who seek my hurt speak of 00:05:15.550 --> 00:05:18.170 destruction, and plan deception all the day long. 00:05:18.389 --> 00:05:21.769 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear, and I am 00:05:21.769 --> 00:05:24.250 like a mute who does not open his mouth. Thus 00:05:24.250 --> 00:05:26.930 I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose 00:05:26.930 --> 00:05:29.990 mouth is no response. For in you, O Lord, I hope, 00:05:30.089 --> 00:05:33.300 you will hear, O Lord my God. For I said, Hear 00:05:33.300 --> 00:05:36.319 me, lest they rejoice over me, lest when my foot 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:38.860 slips they exalt themselves against me. For I 00:05:38.860 --> 00:05:40.899 am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually 00:05:40.899 --> 00:05:43.399 before me. For I will declare my iniquity, I 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:45.920 will be in anguish over my sin. But my enemies 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:48.360 are vigorous and they are strong, and those who 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:51.319 hate me wrongfully have multiplied. Those also 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:54.379 who render evil for good, they are my adversaries, 00:05:54.459 --> 00:05:57.120 because I follow what is good. Do not forsake 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:00.310 me, O Lord, O my God, be not far from me. Make 00:06:00.310 --> 00:06:04.550 haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. Psalm 00:06:04.550 --> 00:06:07.750 40, Inscription To the Chief Musician, A Psalm 00:06:07.750 --> 00:06:10.730 of David I waited patiently for the Lord, and 00:06:10.730 --> 00:06:13.370 He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He also 00:06:13.370 --> 00:06:16.009 brought me up out of the horrible pit, out of 00:06:16.009 --> 00:06:18.589 the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and 00:06:18.589 --> 00:06:21.209 established my steps. He has put a new song in 00:06:21.209 --> 00:06:23.910 my mouth. Praise to our God, many will see it 00:06:23.910 --> 00:06:26.509 and fear, and will trust in the Lord. Blessed 00:06:26.509 --> 00:06:28.870 is that man who makes the Lord his trust. and 00:06:28.870 --> 00:06:31.290 does not respect the proud, nor such as turn 00:06:31.290 --> 00:06:34.310 aside to lies. Many, O Lord my God, are your 00:06:34.310 --> 00:06:37.189 wonderful works, which you have done, and your 00:06:37.189 --> 00:06:39.569 thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to you 00:06:39.569 --> 00:06:42.170 in order. If I would declare and speak of them, 00:06:42.310 --> 00:06:44.829 they are more than can be numbered. Sacrifice 00:06:44.829 --> 00:06:47.569 and offering you did not desire. My ears you 00:06:47.569 --> 00:06:49.709 have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering 00:06:49.709 --> 00:06:52.660 you did not require. Then I said, Behold, I come. 00:06:52.819 --> 00:06:55.079 In the scroll of the book it is written of me. 00:06:55.180 --> 00:06:57.800 I delight to do your will, O my God, and your 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.279 law is within my heart. I have proclaimed the 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:02.259 good news of righteousness in the great assembly. 00:07:02.540 --> 00:07:05.420 Indeed, I do not restrain my lips. O Lord, you 00:07:05.420 --> 00:07:07.879 yourself know. I have not hidden your righteousness 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:10.480 within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:12.759 and your salvation. I have not concealed your 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:14.980 lovingkindness and your truth from the great 00:07:14.980 --> 00:07:17.550 assembly. Do not withhold your tender mercies 00:07:17.550 --> 00:07:19.730 from me, O Lord. Let your loving kindness and 00:07:19.730 --> 00:07:22.910 your truth continually preserve me. For innumerable 00:07:22.910 --> 00:07:25.529 evils have surrounded me, my iniquities have 00:07:25.529 --> 00:07:28.050 overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. 00:07:28.250 --> 00:07:30.350 They are more than the hairs of my head, therefore 00:07:30.350 --> 00:07:32.870 my heart fails me. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver 00:07:32.870 --> 00:07:35.610 me. O Lord, make haste to help me. Let them be 00:07:35.610 --> 00:07:38.009 ashamed and brought to mutual confusion who seek 00:07:38.009 --> 00:07:40.689 to destroy my life. Let them be driven backward 00:07:40.689 --> 00:07:43.759 and brought to dishonor who wish me evil. Let 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:46.079 them be confounded because of their shame, who 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:49.300 say to me, Aha, aha. Let all those who seek you 00:07:49.300 --> 00:07:51.959 rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:55.100 your salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified. 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:57.500 But I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinks 00:07:57.500 --> 00:08:00.480 upon me. You are my help and my deliverer. Do 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:05.800 not delay, O my God. Psalm 41, Inscription To 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:08.800 the Chief Musician, A Psalm of David Blessed 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:11.480 is he who considers the poor. The Lord will deliver 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:13.850 him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve 00:08:13.850 --> 00:08:16.269 him and keep him alive, and he will be blessed 00:08:16.269 --> 00:08:18.829 on the earth. You will not deliver him to the 00:08:18.829 --> 00:08:20.930 will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen 00:08:20.930 --> 00:08:23.730 him on his bed of illness. You will sustain him 00:08:23.730 --> 00:08:26.810 on his sickbed. I said, Lord, be merciful to 00:08:26.810 --> 00:08:29.730 me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against you. 00:08:29.889 --> 00:08:32.809 My enemies speak evil of me. When will he die 00:08:32.809 --> 00:08:35.870 and his name perish? And if he comes to see me, 00:08:35.889 --> 00:08:38.990 he speaks lies. His heart gathers iniquity to 00:08:38.990 --> 00:08:41.950 itself. When he goes out, he tells it. All who 00:08:41.950 --> 00:08:44.409 hate me whisper together against me. Against 00:08:44.409 --> 00:08:47.070 me they devise my hurt. An evil disease, they 00:08:47.070 --> 00:08:49.789 say, clings to him, and now that he lies down, 00:08:49.889 --> 00:08:52.509 he will rise up no more. Even my own familiar 00:08:52.509 --> 00:08:55.149 friend, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, 00:08:55.350 --> 00:08:58.309 has lifted up his heel against me. But you, O 00:08:58.309 --> 00:09:00.629 Lord, be merciful to me and raise me up, that 00:09:00.629 --> 00:09:03.730 I may repay them. By this I know that you are 00:09:03.730 --> 00:09:06.110 well pleased with me, because my enemy does not 00:09:06.110 --> 00:09:08.899 triumph over me. As for me, you uphold me in 00:09:08.899 --> 00:09:11.419 my integrity and set me before your face forever. 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:14.519 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:23.379 to everlasting. Ameen and Ameen. I hope you enjoyed 00:09:23.379 --> 00:09:25.940 today's reading as much as I did and I look forward 00:09:25.940 --> 00:09:28.000 to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:30.100 journey. God bless you and have a great day.