WEBVTT

00:00:00.919 --> 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's reading is from the Book of

00:00:08.699 --> 00:00:16.600
Psalms, Psalm 104, 107, 111 -113. Psalm 104 Bless

00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.920
the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very

00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:22.719
great. You are clothed with honor and majesty,

00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:25.600
who cover yourself with light as with a garment,

00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:28.890
who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. He

00:00:28.890 --> 00:00:31.449
lays the beams of his upper chambers in the waters,

00:00:31.629 --> 00:00:35.109
who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks on

00:00:35.109 --> 00:00:38.070
the wings of the wind, who makes his angels spirits,

00:00:38.250 --> 00:00:41.969
his ministers a flame of fire. You who laid the

00:00:41.969 --> 00:00:44.289
foundations of the earth so that it should not

00:00:44.289 --> 00:00:47.070
be moved forever, you covered it with the deep

00:00:47.070 --> 00:00:49.909
as with a garment. The waters stood above the

00:00:49.909 --> 00:00:53.409
mountains. At your rebuke they fled. At the voice

00:00:53.409 --> 00:00:56.390
of your thunder they hastened away. They went

00:00:56.390 --> 00:00:59.210
up over the mountains. They went down into the

00:00:59.210 --> 00:01:02.090
valleys, to the place which you founded for them.

00:01:02.289 --> 00:01:04.590
You have set a boundary that they may not pass

00:01:04.590 --> 00:01:07.349
over, that they may not return to cover the earth.

00:01:07.670 --> 00:01:10.709
He sends the springs into the valleys. They flow

00:01:10.709 --> 00:01:13.430
among the hills. They give drink to every beast

00:01:13.430 --> 00:01:16.510
of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

00:01:17.049 --> 00:01:19.609
By them the birds of the heavens have their home.

00:01:19.849 --> 00:01:23.049
They sing among the branches. He waters the hills

00:01:23.049 --> 00:01:26.030
from his upper chambers. the earth is satisfied

00:01:26.030 --> 00:01:29.170
with the fruit of your works he causes the grass

00:01:29.170 --> 00:01:32.030
to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the

00:01:32.030 --> 00:01:35.670
service of man that he may bring forth food from

00:01:35.670 --> 00:01:38.370
the earth and wine that makes glad the heart

00:01:38.370 --> 00:01:42.750
of man oil to make his face shine and bread which

00:01:42.750 --> 00:01:45.590
strengthens man's heart the trees of the lord

00:01:45.590 --> 00:01:48.629
are full of sap the cedars of lebanon which he

00:01:48.629 --> 00:01:51.930
planted where the birds make their nests the

00:01:51.930 --> 00:01:55.099
stork has her home in the fir trees The high

00:01:55.099 --> 00:01:57.959
hills are for the wild goats. The cliffs are

00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:01.060
a refuge for the rock badgers. He appointed the

00:02:01.060 --> 00:02:04.099
moon for seasons. The sun knows it's going down.

00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:08.159
You make darkness, and it is night, in which

00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:11.439
all the beasts of the forest creep about. The

00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:14.379
young lions roar after their prey and seek their

00:02:14.379 --> 00:02:17.340
food from God. When the sun rises, they gather

00:02:17.340 --> 00:02:20.439
together and lie down in their dens. Man goes

00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:23.479
out to his work and to his labor until the evening.

00:02:23.949 --> 00:02:27.349
o lord how manifold are your works in wisdom

00:02:27.349 --> 00:02:30.409
you have made them all the earth is full of your

00:02:30.409 --> 00:02:33.650
possessions this great and wide sea in which

00:02:33.650 --> 00:02:36.810
are innumerable teeming things living things

00:02:36.810 --> 00:02:40.090
both small and great there the ships sail about

00:02:40.090 --> 00:02:43.889
there is that leviathan which you have made to

00:02:43.889 --> 00:02:47.289
play there these all wait for you that you may

00:02:47.289 --> 00:02:50.409
give them their food in due season what you give

00:02:50.409 --> 00:02:53.560
them they gather in You open your hand, they

00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:56.639
are filled with good. You hide your face, they

00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:59.259
are troubled. You take away their breath, they

00:02:59.259 --> 00:03:02.120
die and return to their dust. You send forth

00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:04.699
your spirit, they are created. And you renew

00:03:04.699 --> 00:03:07.360
the face of the earth. May the glory of the Lord

00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:10.479
endure forever. May the Lord rejoice in his works.

00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:13.620
He looks on the earth and he trembles. He touches

00:03:13.620 --> 00:03:16.300
the hills and they smoke. I will sing to the

00:03:16.300 --> 00:03:18.740
Lord as long as I live. I will sing praise to

00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:22.280
my God while I have my being. May my meditation

00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:25.039
be sweet to him, I will be glad in the Lord.

00:03:25.379 --> 00:03:28.800
May sinners be consumed from the earth, and the

00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:31.900
wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul,

00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:37.860
praise the Lord. Psalm 107 O give thanks to the

00:03:37.860 --> 00:03:40.659
Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.

00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:44.120
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he

00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:46.979
has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, and

00:03:46.979 --> 00:03:49.419
gathered out of the lands, from the east and

00:03:49.419 --> 00:03:51.740
from the west. from the north and from the south.

00:03:52.039 --> 00:03:54.400
They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate

00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:58.000
way. They found no city to dwell in. Hungry and

00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.979
thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they

00:04:00.979 --> 00:04:03.379
cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He

00:04:03.379 --> 00:04:06.180
delivered them out of their distresses. And He

00:04:06.180 --> 00:04:09.300
led them forth by the right way, that they might

00:04:09.300 --> 00:04:12.520
go to a city for a dwelling place. Oh, that men

00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:14.659
would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:17.759
and for His wonderful works to the children of

00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:21.300
men. For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills

00:04:21.300 --> 00:04:24.100
the hungry soul with goodness. Those who sat

00:04:24.100 --> 00:04:26.879
in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound

00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:29.620
in affliction and irons, because they rebelled

00:04:29.620 --> 00:04:32.480
against the words of God, and despised the counsel

00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:35.720
of the Most High. Therefore he brought down their

00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.779
heart with labor. They fell down, and there was

00:04:38.779 --> 00:04:41.300
none to help. Then they cried out to the Lord

00:04:41.300 --> 00:04:44.180
in their trouble, and he saved them out of their

00:04:44.180 --> 00:04:47.079
distresses. He brought them out of darkness and

00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.959
the shadow of death, and broke their chains in

00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:52.660
pieces. O that men would give thanks to the Lord

00:04:52.660 --> 00:04:55.220
for his goodness and for his wonderful works

00:04:55.220 --> 00:04:58.100
to the children of men! For he has broken the

00:04:58.100 --> 00:05:01.019
gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron in two.

00:05:01.740 --> 00:05:04.540
Fools, because of their transgression and because

00:05:04.540 --> 00:05:07.399
of their iniquities, were afflicted. Their soul

00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:10.079
abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near

00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:12.639
to the gates of death. Then they cried out to

00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:14.879
the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them

00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:17.959
out of their distresses. He sent his word and

00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:21.040
healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

00:05:21.139 --> 00:05:23.579
O that men would give thanks to the Lord for

00:05:23.579 --> 00:05:26.180
his goodness, and for his wonderful works to

00:05:26.180 --> 00:05:29.120
the children of men. Let them sacrifice the sacrifices

00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:32.660
of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:36.220
Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do

00:05:36.220 --> 00:05:38.839
business on great waters, they see the works

00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:41.970
of the Lord and his wonders in the deep. For

00:05:41.970 --> 00:05:44.629
he commands and raises the stormy wind, which

00:05:44.629 --> 00:05:47.910
lifts up the waves of the sea. They mount up

00:05:47.910 --> 00:05:50.589
to the heavens, they go down again to the depth.

00:05:51.009 --> 00:05:54.110
Their soul melts because of trouble. They reel

00:05:54.110 --> 00:05:57.550
to and fro and stagger like a drunken man, and

00:05:57.550 --> 00:06:00.430
are at their wits' end. Then they cry out to

00:06:00.430 --> 00:06:02.730
the Lord in their trouble, and he brings them

00:06:02.730 --> 00:06:06.009
out of their distresses. He calms the storm so

00:06:06.009 --> 00:06:09.029
that its waves are still. Then they are glad

00:06:09.029 --> 00:06:11.949
because they are quiet. So he guides them to

00:06:11.949 --> 00:06:14.470
their desired haven. Oh, that men would give

00:06:14.470 --> 00:06:16.870
thanks to the Lord for his goodness and for his

00:06:16.870 --> 00:06:20.089
wonderful works to the children of men. Let them

00:06:20.089 --> 00:06:22.529
exalt him also in the assembly of the people

00:06:22.529 --> 00:06:24.930
and praise him in the company of the elders.

00:06:25.230 --> 00:06:28.310
He turns rivers into a wilderness and the water

00:06:28.310 --> 00:06:31.509
springs into dry ground, a fruitful land into

00:06:31.509 --> 00:06:34.129
barrenness for the wickedness of those who dwell

00:06:34.129 --> 00:06:37.449
in it. He turns a wilderness into pools of water.

00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:41.399
and dry land into water springs. There he makes

00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:44.139
the hungry dwell, that they may establish a city

00:06:44.139 --> 00:06:46.740
for a dwelling place, and sow fields and plant

00:06:46.740 --> 00:06:50.199
vineyards, that they may yield a fruitful harvest.

00:06:50.459 --> 00:06:53.199
He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly,

00:06:53.420 --> 00:06:56.920
and he does not let their cattle decrease. When

00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.220
they are diminished and brought low, through

00:06:59.220 --> 00:07:02.019
oppression, affliction, and sorrow, he pours

00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:04.759
contempt on princes, and causes them to wander

00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:07.709
in the wilderness where there is no way. Yet

00:07:07.709 --> 00:07:10.629
he sets the poor on high, far from affliction,

00:07:10.730 --> 00:07:14.149
and makes their families like a flock. The righteous

00:07:14.149 --> 00:07:17.250
see it and rejoice, and all their iniquity stops

00:07:17.250 --> 00:07:20.709
its mouth. Whoever is wise will observe these

00:07:20.709 --> 00:07:23.509
things, and they will understand the lovingkindness

00:07:23.509 --> 00:07:29.389
of the Lord. Psalm 111 Praise the Lord. I will

00:07:29.389 --> 00:07:31.769
praise the Lord with my whole heart in the assembly

00:07:31.769 --> 00:07:34.870
of the upright and in the congregation. The works

00:07:34.870 --> 00:07:37.509
of the Lord are great, studied by all who have

00:07:37.509 --> 00:07:40.490
pleasure in them. His work is honorable and glorious,

00:07:40.730 --> 00:07:43.769
and His righteousness endures forever. He has

00:07:43.769 --> 00:07:46.790
made His wonderful works to be remembered. The

00:07:46.790 --> 00:07:49.209
Lord is gracious and full of compassion. He has

00:07:49.209 --> 00:07:51.790
given food to those who fear Him. He will ever

00:07:51.790 --> 00:07:54.550
be mindful of His covenant. He has declared to

00:07:54.550 --> 00:07:57.089
His people the power of His works, in giving

00:07:57.089 --> 00:07:59.589
them the heritage of the nations. The works of

00:07:59.589 --> 00:08:03.509
His hands are verity and justice. All His precepts

00:08:03.509 --> 00:08:06.829
are sure. They stand fast forever and ever, and

00:08:06.829 --> 00:08:09.670
are done in truth and uprightness. He has sent

00:08:09.670 --> 00:08:12.170
redemption to his people. He has commanded his

00:08:12.170 --> 00:08:15.329
covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name.

00:08:15.550 --> 00:08:18.009
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

00:08:18.230 --> 00:08:21.290
A good understanding have all those who do his

00:08:21.290 --> 00:08:26.529
commandments. His praise endures forever. Psalm

00:08:26.529 --> 00:08:30.350
112 Praise the Lord. Blessed is the man who fears

00:08:30.350 --> 00:08:32.730
the Lord. who delights greatly in his commandments.

00:08:33.009 --> 00:08:36.350
His descendants will be mighty on earth. The

00:08:36.350 --> 00:08:39.330
generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth

00:08:39.330 --> 00:08:42.149
and riches will be in his house, and his righteousness

00:08:42.149 --> 00:08:45.629
endures forever. Unto the upright there arises

00:08:45.629 --> 00:08:48.289
light in the darkness. He is gracious and full

00:08:48.289 --> 00:08:50.990
of compassion and righteous. A good man deals

00:08:50.990 --> 00:08:54.009
graciously and lends. He will guide his affairs

00:08:54.009 --> 00:08:57.070
with discretion. Surely he will never be shaken.

00:08:57.559 --> 00:08:59.840
the righteous will be in everlasting remembrance

00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:03.440
he will not be afraid of evil things his heart

00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:06.860
is steadfast trusting in the lord his heart is

00:09:06.860 --> 00:09:10.139
established he will not be afraid until he sees

00:09:10.139 --> 00:09:13.860
his desire upon his enemies he has dispersed

00:09:13.860 --> 00:09:17.000
abroad he has given to the poor his righteousness

00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:19.980
endures forever his horn will be exalted with

00:09:19.980 --> 00:09:23.240
honor the wicked will see it and be grieved he

00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:26.169
will gnash his teeth and melt away The desire

00:09:26.169 --> 00:09:52.960
of the wicked shall perish. Psalm 113 who humbles

00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:55.559
himself to behold the things that are in the

00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:58.279
heavens and in the earth. He raises the poor

00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:01.340
out of the dust and lifts the needy out of the

00:10:01.340 --> 00:10:04.200
ash heap, that he may seat him with princes,

00:10:04.379 --> 00:10:07.100
with the princes of his people. He grants the

00:10:07.100 --> 00:10:09.899
barren woman a home, like a joyful mother of

00:10:09.899 --> 00:10:17.639
children. Praise the Lord. I hope you enjoyed

00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:19.960
today's reading as much as I did. And I look

00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:21.919
forward to seeing you again tomorrow to continue

00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:24.100
on our journey. God bless you and have a great

00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:24.360
day.