WEBVTT 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:09.339 in a year. Today's reading is the longest chapter 00:00:09.339 --> 00:00:14.320 in the Bible, Psalm 119. Blessed are the undefiled 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:16.800 in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:20.059 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who 00:00:20.059 --> 00:00:23.280 seek him with the whole heart. They also do no 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:26.500 iniquity, they walk in his ways. You have commanded 00:00:26.500 --> 00:00:30.190 us to keep your precepts diligently. O that my 00:00:30.190 --> 00:00:33.429 ways were directed to keep your statutes! Then 00:00:33.429 --> 00:00:36.049 I would not be ashamed when I look into all your 00:00:36.049 --> 00:00:38.890 commandments. I will praise you with uprightness 00:00:38.890 --> 00:00:41.289 of heart when I learn your righteous judgments. 00:00:41.409 --> 00:00:44.549 I will keep your statutes. O do not forsake me 00:00:44.549 --> 00:00:48.229 utterly. How can a young man cleanse his way? 00:00:48.409 --> 00:00:51.509 By taking heed according to your word. With my 00:00:51.509 --> 00:00:54.689 whole heart I have sought you. O let me not wander 00:00:54.689 --> 00:00:57.549 from your commandments. Your word I have hidden 00:00:57.549 --> 00:01:00.509 in my heart, that I might not sin against you. 00:01:00.689 --> 00:01:03.530 Blessed are you, O Lord, teach me your statutes. 00:01:03.590 --> 00:01:06.370 With my lips I have declared all the judgments 00:01:06.370 --> 00:01:09.129 of your mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of 00:01:09.129 --> 00:01:12.329 your testimonies, as much as in all riches. I 00:01:12.329 --> 00:01:15.310 will meditate on your precepts and contemplate 00:01:15.310 --> 00:01:18.170 your ways. I will delight myself in your statutes. 00:01:18.170 --> 00:01:22.700 I will not forget your word. Deal bountifully 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:25.359 with your servant, that I may live and keep your 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:29.000 word. Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:31.620 from your law. I am a stranger in the earth. 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.579 Do not hide your commandments from me. My soul 00:01:34.579 --> 00:01:36.680 breaks with longing for your judgments at all 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:39.840 times. You rebuke the proud, the cursed, who 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:42.260 stray from your commandments. Remove from me 00:01:42.260 --> 00:01:45.280 reproach and contempt. for I have kept your testimonies. 00:01:45.420 --> 00:01:48.459 Princes also sit and speak against me, but your 00:01:48.459 --> 00:01:51.500 servant meditates on your statutes. Your testimonies 00:01:51.500 --> 00:01:55.840 also are my delight and my counselors. My soul 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:58.599 clings to the dust. Revive me according to your 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:01.500 word. I have declared my ways, and you answered 00:02:01.500 --> 00:02:04.420 me. Teach me your statutes. Make me understand 00:02:04.420 --> 00:02:07.079 the way of your precepts. So shall I meditate 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:10.879 on your wonderful works. My soul melts from heaviness. 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:13.780 Strengthen me according to your word. Remove 00:02:13.780 --> 00:02:16.180 from me the way of lying, and grant me your law 00:02:16.180 --> 00:02:19.180 graciously. I have chosen the way of truth. Your 00:02:19.180 --> 00:02:21.800 judgments I have laid before me. I cling to your 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:24.180 testimonies. O Lord, do not put me to shame. 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.180 I will run the course of your commandments, for 00:02:27.180 --> 00:02:31.139 you shall enlarge my heart. Teach me, O Lord, 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:33.719 the way of your statutes, and I shall keep it 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:36.180 to the end. Give me understanding, and I shall 00:02:36.180 --> 00:02:38.960 keep your law. Indeed, I shall observe it with 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:41.780 my whole heart. Make me walk in the path of your 00:02:41.780 --> 00:02:44.800 commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:47.639 heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness. 00:02:47.860 --> 00:02:51.000 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, 00:02:51.219 --> 00:02:54.240 and revive me in your way. Establish your word 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:57.020 to your servant, who is devoted to fearing you. 00:02:57.180 --> 00:03:00.319 Turn away my reproach, which I dread, for your 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:04.199 judgments are good. Behold, I long for your precepts. 00:03:04.259 --> 00:03:08.479 Revive me in your righteousness. Let your mercies 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:11.180 come also to me, O Lord, your salvation according 00:03:11.180 --> 00:03:14.379 to your word. So shall I have an answer for him 00:03:14.379 --> 00:03:16.800 who reproaches me, for I trust in your word, 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:19.919 and take not the word of truth utterly out of 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:22.620 my mouth. For I have hoped in your ordinances, 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:25.560 so shall I keep your law continually, forever 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:28.780 and ever. And I will walk at liberty, for I seek 00:03:28.780 --> 00:03:31.560 your precepts. I will speak of your testimonies. 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:34.819 also before kings, and will not be ashamed, and 00:03:34.819 --> 00:03:37.139 I will delight myself in your commandments, which 00:03:37.139 --> 00:03:40.520 I love. My hands also I will lift up to your 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:43.199 commandments, which I love, and I will meditate 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:47.819 on your statutes. Remember the word to your servant, 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:50.819 upon which you have caused me to hope. This is 00:03:50.819 --> 00:03:53.479 my comfort in my affliction, for your word has 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:56.840 given me life. The proud have me in great derision, 00:03:56.960 --> 00:04:00.150 yet I do not turn aside from your law. I remembered 00:04:00.150 --> 00:04:03.210 your judgments of old, O Lord, and have comforted 00:04:03.210 --> 00:04:06.590 myself. Indignation has taken hold of me because 00:04:06.590 --> 00:04:10.110 of the wicked who forsake your law. Your statutes 00:04:10.110 --> 00:04:12.930 have been my songs. In the house of my pilgrimage, 00:04:13.129 --> 00:04:15.789 I remember your name in the night, O Lord, and 00:04:15.789 --> 00:04:19.029 I keep your law. This has become mine because 00:04:19.029 --> 00:04:23.629 I kept your precepts. You are my portion, O Lord. 00:04:23.730 --> 00:04:26.870 I have said that I would keep your words. I entreated 00:04:26.870 --> 00:04:29.649 your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to 00:04:29.649 --> 00:04:32.250 me according to your word. I thought about my 00:04:32.250 --> 00:04:34.689 ways and turned my feet to your testimonies. 00:04:34.709 --> 00:04:37.689 I made haste and did not delay. To keep your 00:04:37.689 --> 00:04:40.389 commandments, the cords of the wicked have bound 00:04:40.389 --> 00:04:43.449 me, but I have not forgotten your law. At midnight 00:04:43.449 --> 00:04:46.149 I will rise to give thanks to you because of 00:04:46.149 --> 00:04:48.910 your righteous judgments. I am a companion of 00:04:48.910 --> 00:04:51.949 all who fear you and of those who keep your precepts. 00:04:51.949 --> 00:04:54.750 The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy. Teach 00:04:54.750 --> 00:04:59.120 me your statutes. You have dealt well with your 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:02.100 servant, O Lord, according to your word. Teach 00:05:02.100 --> 00:05:04.800 me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:07.360 your commandments. Before I was afflicted, I 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:10.920 went astray, but now I keep your word. You are 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:14.300 good and do good. Teach me your statutes. The 00:05:14.300 --> 00:05:17.920 proud have forged a lie against me, but I will 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:20.699 keep your precepts with my whole heart. Their 00:05:20.699 --> 00:05:24.439 heart is as fat as grease, but I delight in your 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:27.699 law. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, 00:05:27.699 --> 00:05:30.420 that I may learn your statutes. The law of your 00:05:30.420 --> 00:05:33.279 mouth is better to me than thousands of coins 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:37.040 of gold and silver. Your hands have made me and 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:39.839 fashioned me. Give me understanding that I may 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:42.399 learn your commandments. Those who fear you will 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:44.980 be glad when they see me, because I have hoped 00:05:44.980 --> 00:05:47.639 in your word. I know, O Lord, that your judgments 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:50.560 are right, and that in faithfulness you have 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:53.680 afflicted me. Let, I pray, your merciful kindness 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:56.740 be for my comfort, according to your word to 00:05:56.740 --> 00:05:59.420 your servant. Let your tender mercies come to 00:05:59.420 --> 00:06:02.139 me that I may live, for your law is my delight. 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:05.300 Let the proud be ashamed, for they treated me 00:06:05.300 --> 00:06:08.139 wrongfully with falsehood, but I will meditate 00:06:08.139 --> 00:06:11.060 on your precepts. Let those who fear you turn 00:06:11.060 --> 00:06:14.220 to me, those who know your testimonies. Let my 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:16.740 heart be blameless regarding your statutes, that 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:21.000 I may not be ashamed. My soul faints for your 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:24.519 salvation, but I hope in your word. My eyes fail 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:27.399 from searching your word, saying, When will you 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:30.240 comfort me? For I have become like a wineskin 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:32.959 in smoke, yet I do not forget your statutes. 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:36.160 How many are the days of your servant? When will 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:38.600 you execute judgment on those who persecute me? 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:41.680 The proud have dug pits for me, which is not 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:44.100 according to your law. All your commandments 00:06:44.100 --> 00:06:47.420 are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help 00:06:47.420 --> 00:06:51.480 me. They almost made an end of me on earth, but 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:54.540 I did not forsake your precepts. Revive me according 00:06:54.540 --> 00:06:57.319 to your lovingkindness, so that I may keep the 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:01.600 testimony of your mouth. Forever, O Lord, your 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:04.060 word is settled in heaven. Your faithfulness 00:07:04.060 --> 00:07:06.779 endures to all generations. You establish the 00:07:06.779 --> 00:07:09.420 earth, and it abides. They continue this day 00:07:09.420 --> 00:07:12.120 according to your ordinances, for all are your 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:15.139 servants. Unless your law had been my delight, 00:07:15.379 --> 00:07:17.480 I would then have perished in my affliction. 00:07:17.949 --> 00:07:20.589 I will never forget your precepts, for by them 00:07:20.589 --> 00:07:23.769 you have given me life. I am yours, save me, 00:07:23.850 --> 00:07:26.550 for I have sought your precepts. The wicked wait 00:07:26.550 --> 00:07:28.949 for me to destroy me, but I will consider your 00:07:28.949 --> 00:07:31.550 testimonies. I have seen the consummation of 00:07:31.550 --> 00:07:34.329 all perfection, but your commandment is exceedingly 00:07:34.329 --> 00:07:39.050 broad. O how I love your law! It is my meditation 00:07:39.050 --> 00:07:41.810 all the day. You, through your commandments, 00:07:42.089 --> 00:07:45.910 make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever 00:07:45.910 --> 00:07:49.079 with me. I have more understanding than all my 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:51.600 teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:54.699 I understand more than the ancients because I 00:07:54.699 --> 00:07:57.480 keep your precepts. I have restrained my feet 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:00.399 from every evil way that I may keep your word. 00:08:00.540 --> 00:08:03.060 I have not departed from your judgments, for 00:08:03.060 --> 00:08:05.740 you yourself have taught me. How sweet are your 00:08:05.740 --> 00:08:08.720 words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth. 00:08:09.060 --> 00:08:12.180 Through your precepts I get understanding, therefore 00:08:12.180 --> 00:08:16.730 I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to 00:08:16.730 --> 00:08:19.470 my feet and a light to my path. I have sworn 00:08:19.470 --> 00:08:21.769 and confirmed that I will keep your righteous 00:08:21.769 --> 00:08:25.670 judgments. I am afflicted very much. Revive me, 00:08:25.709 --> 00:08:28.389 O Lord, according to your word. Accept, I pray, 00:08:28.529 --> 00:08:31.129 the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and 00:08:31.129 --> 00:08:33.769 teach me your judgments. My life is continually 00:08:33.769 --> 00:08:37.169 in my hand, yet I do not forget your law. The 00:08:37.169 --> 00:08:39.889 wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not 00:08:39.889 --> 00:08:42.909 strayed from your precepts. Your testimonies 00:08:42.909 --> 00:08:45.850 I have taken as a heritage forever, for they 00:08:45.850 --> 00:08:48.529 are the rejoicing of my heart. I have inclined 00:08:48.529 --> 00:08:51.409 my heart to perform your statutes forever to 00:08:51.409 --> 00:08:55.250 the very end. I hate the double -minded, but 00:08:55.250 --> 00:08:57.990 I love your law. You are my hiding place and 00:08:57.990 --> 00:09:01.350 my shield. I hope in your word. Depart from me, 00:09:01.370 --> 00:09:03.549 you evildoers, for I will keep the commandments 00:09:03.549 --> 00:09:06.610 of my God. Uphold me according to your word, 00:09:06.730 --> 00:09:09.570 that I may live, and do not let me be ashamed 00:09:09.570 --> 00:09:13.539 of my hope. hold me up and i shall be safe and 00:09:13.539 --> 00:09:16.419 i shall observe your statutes continually you 00:09:16.419 --> 00:09:18.899 reject all those who stray from your statutes 00:09:18.899 --> 00:09:21.960 for their deceit is falsehood you put away all 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:24.720 the wicked of the earth like dross therefore 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:28.139 i love your testimonies my flesh trembles for 00:09:28.139 --> 00:09:31.039 fear of you and i am afraid of your judgments 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:35.000 i have done justice and righteousness do not 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:37.929 leave me to my oppressors be surety for your 00:09:37.929 --> 00:09:40.470 servant for good do not let the proud oppress 00:09:40.470 --> 00:09:44.110 me my eyes fail from seeking your salvation and 00:09:44.110 --> 00:09:46.990 your righteous word deal with your servant according 00:09:46.990 --> 00:09:50.049 to your mercy and teach me your statutes i am 00:09:50.049 --> 00:09:52.710 your servant give me understanding that i may 00:09:52.710 --> 00:09:55.409 know your testimonies it is time for you to act 00:09:55.409 --> 00:09:58.450 o lord for they have regarded your law as void 00:09:58.450 --> 00:10:01.429 therefore i love your commandments more than 00:10:01.429 --> 00:10:05.720 gold yes than fine gold Therefore, all your precepts 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:08.080 concerning all things I consider to be right. 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:12.620 I hate every false way. Your testimonies are 00:10:12.620 --> 00:10:15.480 wonderful. Therefore, my soul keeps them. The 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:18.159 entrance of your words gives light. It gives 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.899 understanding to the simple. I open my mouth 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:23.360 and pant it, for I long for your commandments. 00:10:23.659 --> 00:10:26.779 Look upon me and be merciful to me, as your custom 00:10:26.779 --> 00:10:30.000 is toward those who love your name. Direct my 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:32.820 steps by your word, and let no iniquity have 00:10:32.820 --> 00:10:35.440 dominion over me. Redeem me from the oppression 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:38.919 of man, that I may keep your precepts. Make your 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:41.419 face shine upon your servant, and teach me your 00:10:41.419 --> 00:10:45.039 statutes. Rivers of water run down from my eyes, 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:49.759 because men do not keep your law. Righteous are 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:51.980 you, O Lord, and upright are your judgments. 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:54.879 Your testimonies, which you have commanded, are 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:58.009 righteous and very faithful. My zeal has consumed 00:10:58.009 --> 00:11:01.049 me, because my enemies have forgotten your words. 00:11:01.269 --> 00:11:04.350 Your word is very pure, therefore your servant 00:11:04.350 --> 00:11:07.990 loves it. I am small and despised, yet I do not 00:11:07.990 --> 00:11:10.789 forget your precepts. Your righteousness is an 00:11:10.789 --> 00:11:13.730 everlasting righteousness, and your law is truth. 00:11:14.129 --> 00:11:16.970 Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, yet your 00:11:16.970 --> 00:11:19.490 commandments are my delights. The righteousness 00:11:19.490 --> 00:11:22.909 of your testimonies is everlasting. Give me understanding, 00:11:23.250 --> 00:11:26.960 and I shall live. I cry out with my whole heart, 00:11:27.139 --> 00:11:30.340 hear me, O Lord. I will keep your statutes. I 00:11:30.340 --> 00:11:32.980 cry out to you. Save me and I will keep your 00:11:32.980 --> 00:11:35.559 testimonies. I rise before the dawning of the 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:38.519 morning and cry for help. I hope in your word. 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:41.820 My eyes are awake through the night watches, 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:45.220 that I may meditate on your word. Hear my voice 00:11:45.220 --> 00:11:47.600 according to your loving kindness. O Lord, revive 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:50.059 me according to your justice. They draw near 00:11:50.059 --> 00:11:53.179 who follow after wickedness. They are far from 00:11:53.179 --> 00:11:56.070 your law. You are near, O Lord, and all your 00:11:56.070 --> 00:11:59.230 commandments are truth. Concerning your testimonies, 00:11:59.269 --> 00:12:02.149 I have known of old that you have founded them 00:12:02.149 --> 00:12:06.029 forever. Consider my affliction and deliver me, 00:12:06.110 --> 00:12:08.809 for I do not forget your law. Plead my cause 00:12:08.809 --> 00:12:11.450 and redeem me. Revive me according to your word. 00:12:11.929 --> 00:12:14.210 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do 00:12:14.210 --> 00:12:16.690 not seek your statutes. Great are your tender 00:12:16.690 --> 00:12:19.309 mercies, O Lord. Revive me according to your 00:12:19.309 --> 00:12:22.490 judgments. Many are my persecutors and my enemies, 00:12:22.690 --> 00:12:26.029 yet I do not turn from your testimonies. I see 00:12:26.029 --> 00:12:28.649 the treacherous, and I am disgusted, because 00:12:28.649 --> 00:12:31.509 they do not keep your word. Consider how I love 00:12:31.509 --> 00:12:34.289 your precepts. Revive me, O Lord, according to 00:12:34.289 --> 00:12:37.029 your lovingkindness. The entirety of your word 00:12:37.029 --> 00:12:39.610 is truth, and every one of your righteous judgments 00:12:39.610 --> 00:12:44.450 endures forever. Princes persecute me without 00:12:44.450 --> 00:12:47.289 a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your word. 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:50.659 I rejoice at your word as one who finds great 00:12:50.659 --> 00:12:53.960 treasure. I hate and abhor lying, but I love 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:57.360 your law. Seven times a day I praise you because 00:12:57.360 --> 00:13:00.399 of your righteous judgments. Great peace have 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.019 those who love your law, and nothing causes them 00:13:03.019 --> 00:13:06.139 to stumble. Lord, I hope for your salvation, 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:09.320 and I do your commandments. My soul keeps your 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:12.200 testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. I keep 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:14.960 your precepts and your testimonies, for all my 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:19.169 ways are before you. Let my cry come before you, 00:13:19.210 --> 00:13:21.649 O Lord. Give me understanding according to your 00:13:21.649 --> 00:13:24.850 word. Let my supplication come before you. Deliver 00:13:24.850 --> 00:13:27.610 me according to your word. My lips shall utter 00:13:27.610 --> 00:13:30.450 praise, for you teach me your statutes. My tongue 00:13:30.450 --> 00:13:32.889 shall speak of your word, for all your commandments 00:13:32.889 --> 00:13:35.950 are righteousness. Let your hand become my help, 00:13:36.129 --> 00:13:38.850 for I have chosen your precepts. I long for your 00:13:38.850 --> 00:13:41.370 salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight. 00:13:41.690 --> 00:13:44.629 Let my soul live, and it shall praise you, and 00:13:44.629 --> 00:13:47.309 let your judgments help me. I have gone astray 00:13:47.309 --> 00:13:50.490 like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I do 00:13:50.490 --> 00:13:58.169 not forget your commandments. I hope you enjoyed 00:13:58.169 --> 00:14:00.769 today's reading as much as I did and I look forward 00:14:00.769 --> 00:14:02.830 to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our 00:14:02.830 --> 00:14:04.929 journey. God bless you and have a great day.