Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're
taking this journey together to read the Bible
in a year. Today we're continuing with the Psalms
of the Sons of Korah, and today's readings are
Psalms 47 through 49, along with 84, 85, and
87. Psalm 47, inscription, to the chief musician,
a psalm of the Sons of Korah. O clap your hands,
all you peoples, shout to God with the voice
of triumph, for the Lord Most High is awesome.
He is a great king over all the earth. He will
subdue the peoples under us and the nations under
our feet. He will choose our inheritance for
us. The excellence of Jacob, whom he loves. Salah.
God has gone up with a shout. The Lord with the
sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God. Sing
praises. Sing praises to our king. Sing praises.
For God is the king of all the earth. Sing praises
with understanding. God reigns over the nations.
God sits on his holy throne. The princes of the
people have gathered together. The people of
the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth
belong to God. He is greatly exalted. Great is
the Lord, and greatly to be praised, in the city
of our God, in His holy mountain, beautiful in
elevation. The joy of the whole earth is Mount
Zion on the sides of the north, the city of the
great King. God is in her palaces. He is known
as her refuge. For behold, the kings assembled.
They passed by together. They saw it, and so
they marveled. They were troubled, they hastened
away. Fear took hold of them there, and pain
as of a woman in birth pangs, as when you break
the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. As we
have heard, so we have seen. In the city of the
Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, God will
establish it forever. Salah. We have thought,
O God, on your lovingkindness in the midst of
your temple. According to your name, O God, so
is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your
right hand is full of righteousness. Let Mount
Zion rejoice. Let the daughters of Judah be glad
because of your judgments. Walk about Zion and
go all around her. Count her towers. Mark well
her bulwarks. Consider her palaces that you may
tell it to the generation following. For this
is God, our God forever and ever. He will be
our guide, even to death. Chapter 49 Inscription
To the chief musician, a psalm of the sons of
Korah. nor give to God a ransom for him. For
the redemption of their souls is costly, and
it shall cease forever, that he should continue
to live eternally and not see the pit. For he
sees wise men die, likewise the fool and the
senseless person perish, and leave their wealth
to others. Their inner thought is that their
houses will last forever, their dwelling places
to all generations. They call their lands after
their own names. Nevertheless, man, though in
honor does not remain, he is like the beasts
that perish. This is the way of those who are
foolish, and of their posterity who approve their
sayings. Salah. Like sheep they are laid in the
grave, death shall feed on them, the upright
shall have dominion over them in the morning,
and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave
far from their dwelling. But God will redeem
my soul from the power of the grave, for he shall
receive me. Salah. Do not be afraid when one
becomes rich, when the glory of his house is
increased, for when he dies he shall carry nothing
away, his glory shall not descend after him.
Though while he lives he blesses himself, for
men will praise you when you do well for yourself.
He shall go to the generation of his fathers,
they shall never see light. A man who is in honor,
yet does not understand, is like the beasts that
perish. Psalm 84, Inscription To the chief musician,
on an instrument of Gath, a psalm of the sons
of Korah. How lovely is your tabernacle, O Lord
of hosts! My soul longs, yes, even faints, for
the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh
cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow
has found a home, and the swallow a nest for
herself, where she may lay her young. Even your
altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They
will still be praising you. Salah. Blessed is
the man whose strength is in you, whose heart
is set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the
valley of Baka, they make it a spring. The rains
also cover it with pools. They go from strength
to strength. Each one appears before God in Zion.
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer. Give ear,
O God of Jacob. Salah. O God, behold our shield
and look upon the face of your anointed. For
a day in your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of
my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield. The Lord
will give grace and glory. No good thing will
he withhold from those who walk uprightly. O
Lord of hosts. Blessed is the man who trusts
in you. Psalm 85, Inscription To the chief musician,
a psalm of the sons of Korah. Lord, you have
been favorable to your land. You have brought
back the captivity of Jacob. You have forgiven
the iniquity of your people. You have covered
all their sin, Salah. You have taken away all
your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness
of your anger. Restore us, O God of our salvation,
and cause your anger toward us to cease. Will
you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong
your anger to all generations? Will you not revive
us again that your people may rejoice in you?
Show us your mercy, Lord, and grant us your salvation.
I will hear what God the Lord will speak, for
he will speak peace to his people and to his
saints. But let them not turn back to folly.
Surely his salvation is near to those who fear
him, that glory may dwell in our land. Mercy
and truth have met together. Righteousness and
peace have kissed. Truth shall spring out of
the earth, and righteousness shall look down
from heaven. Yes, the Lord will give what is
good, and our land will yield its increase. Righteousness
will go before him and shall make his footsteps
our pathway. Psalm 87 Inscription A Psalm of
the Sons of Korah A Song His foundation is in
the holy mountains. The Lord loves the gates
of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of
God. Salah I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon
to those who know me. Behold of Philistia and
Tyre with Ethiopia. This one was born there.
And of Zion it will be said, This one and that
one were born in her, and the Most High himself
shall establish her. The Lord will record when
he registers the peoples. This one was born there.
Salah. Both the singers and the players on instruments
say, All my springs are in you. 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.