WEBVTT 00:00:00.920 --> 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 --> 00:00:08.939 in a year. Today's reading is from the book of 00:00:08.939 --> 00:00:15.080 Psalms, chapters 145 through 150. Psalm 145 A 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:18.539 Praise of David I will extol you, my God, O King, 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:20.859 and I will bless your name forever and ever. 00:00:21.179 --> 00:00:23.699 Every day I will bless you, and I will praise 00:00:23.699 --> 00:00:26.500 your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:28.980 and greatly to be praised, and His greatness 00:00:28.980 --> 00:00:31.879 is unsearchable. One generation shall praise 00:00:31.879 --> 00:00:34.420 your works to another, and shall declare your 00:00:34.420 --> 00:00:37.200 mighty acts. I will meditate on the glorious 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:40.100 splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous 00:00:40.100 --> 00:00:43.420 works. Men shall speak of the might of your awesome 00:00:43.420 --> 00:00:46.359 acts, and I will declare your greatness. They 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:48.399 shall utter the memory of your great goodness, 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:51.340 and shall sing of your righteousness. The Lord 00:00:51.340 --> 00:00:54.079 is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:57.020 and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all, 00:00:57.140 --> 00:01:00.159 and His tender mercies are over all his works. 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:03.479 All your works shall praise you, O Lord, and 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:05.959 your saints shall bless you. They shall speak 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:08.739 of the glory of your kingdom and talk of your 00:01:08.739 --> 00:01:11.819 power, to make known to the sons of men his mighty 00:01:11.819 --> 00:01:14.659 acts and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:17.680 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:19.719 dominion endures throughout all generations. 00:01:20.260 --> 00:01:24.099 The Lord upholds all who fall and raises up all 00:01:24.099 --> 00:01:27.909 who are bowed down. The eyes of all look expectantly 00:01:27.909 --> 00:01:30.790 to you, and you give them their food in due season. 00:01:31.090 --> 00:01:34.010 You open your hand and satisfy the desire of 00:01:34.010 --> 00:01:36.890 every living thing. The Lord is righteous in 00:01:36.890 --> 00:01:40.150 all his ways, gracious in all his works. The 00:01:40.150 --> 00:01:43.310 Lord is near to all who call upon him. To all 00:01:43.310 --> 00:01:46.310 who call upon him in truth, he will fulfill the 00:01:46.310 --> 00:01:49.590 desire of those who fear him. He also will hear 00:01:49.590 --> 00:01:52.950 their cry and save them. The Lord preserves all 00:01:52.950 --> 00:01:56.019 who love him. but all the wicked he will destroy. 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:59.219 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, 00:01:59.379 --> 00:02:02.400 and all flesh shall bless his holy name forever 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:09.280 and ever. Psalm 146 Praise the Lord, praise the 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.120 Lord, O my soul. While I live I will praise the 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:15.259 Lord. I will sing praises to my God while I have 00:02:15.259 --> 00:02:18.719 my being. Do not put your trust in princes, nor 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:21.919 in a son of man in whom there is no help. His 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:25.439 spirit departs, he returns to his earth. In that 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:29.539 very day his plans perish. Happy is he who has 00:02:29.539 --> 00:02:32.719 the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.520 in the Lord his God, who made heaven and earth, 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.939 the sea and all that is in them, who keeps truth 00:02:38.939 --> 00:02:42.379 forever, who executes justice for the oppressed, 00:02:42.659 --> 00:02:45.400 who gives food to the hungry. The Lord gives 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:48.360 freedom to the prisoners. The Lord opens the 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:51.330 eyes of the blind. The Lord raises those who 00:02:51.330 --> 00:02:53.909 are bowed down. The Lord loves the righteous. 00:02:54.189 --> 00:02:57.650 The Lord watches over the strangers. He relieves 00:02:57.650 --> 00:03:00.189 the fatherless and widow. But the way of the 00:03:00.189 --> 00:03:03.430 wicked he turns upside down. The Lord shall reign 00:03:03.430 --> 00:03:06.469 forever. Your God O Zion to all generations. 00:03:06.729 --> 00:03:12.789 Praise the Lord. Psalm 147 Praise the Lord for 00:03:12.789 --> 00:03:15.289 it is good to sing praises to our God. For it 00:03:15.289 --> 00:03:17.990 is pleasant and praise is beautiful. The Lord 00:03:17.990 --> 00:03:20.669 builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the 00:03:20.669 --> 00:03:23.949 outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted 00:03:23.949 --> 00:03:27.229 and binds up the wounds. He counts the number 00:03:27.229 --> 00:03:30.770 of the stars. He calls them all by name. Great 00:03:30.770 --> 00:03:34.129 is our Lord and mighty in power. His understanding 00:03:34.129 --> 00:03:37.729 is infinite. The Lord lifts up the humble. He 00:03:37.729 --> 00:03:40.849 casts the wicked down to the ground. Sing to 00:03:40.849 --> 00:03:43.639 the Lord with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:46.659 harp to our God, who covers the heavens with 00:03:46.659 --> 00:03:49.740 clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who 00:03:49.740 --> 00:03:52.539 makes grass to grow on the mountains. He gives 00:03:52.539 --> 00:03:55.400 to the beast its food and to the young ravens 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:58.099 that cry. He does not delight in the strength 00:03:58.099 --> 00:04:00.599 of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.340 of a man. The Lord takes pleasure in those who 00:04:03.340 --> 00:04:06.819 fear him, in those who hope in his mercy. Praise 00:04:06.819 --> 00:04:09.840 the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion, 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:12.740 for he has strengthened the bars of your gates. 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:15.780 He has blessed your children within you. He makes 00:04:15.780 --> 00:04:18.360 peace in your borders and fills you with the 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:21.279 finest wheat. He sends out his command to the 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:24.819 earth. His word runs very swiftly. He gives snow 00:04:24.819 --> 00:04:27.620 like wool. He scatters the frost like ashes. 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:32.199 He casts out his hail like morsels. Who can stand 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:35.300 before his cold? He sends out his word and melts 00:04:35.300 --> 00:04:38.139 them. He causes his wind to blow and the waters 00:04:38.139 --> 00:04:42.040 flow. He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:44.899 and his judgments to Israel. He has not dealt 00:04:44.899 --> 00:04:47.699 thus with any nation. And as for his judgments, 00:04:47.899 --> 00:04:52.779 they have not known them. Praise the Lord. Psalm 00:04:52.779 --> 00:04:56.680 148 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the 00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:59.500 heavens. Praise him in the heights. Praise him 00:04:59.500 --> 00:05:03.019 all his angels. Praise him all his hosts. Praise 00:05:03.019 --> 00:05:05.660 Him, sun and moon. Praise Him, all you stars 00:05:05.660 --> 00:05:08.480 of light. Praise Him, you heavens of heavens 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:11.500 and you waters above the heavens. Let them praise 00:05:11.500 --> 00:05:13.899 the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they 00:05:13.899 --> 00:05:16.579 were created. He also established them forever 00:05:16.579 --> 00:05:19.839 and ever. He made a decree which shall not pass 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:23.259 away. Praise the Lord from the earth, you great 00:05:23.259 --> 00:05:26.680 sea creatures and all the depth. Fire and hail, 00:05:26.860 --> 00:05:30.079 snow and clouds, stormy wind fulfilling His word. 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:34.240 mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:37.660 cedars, beasts and all cattle, creeping things 00:05:37.660 --> 00:05:40.920 and flying fowl, kings of the earth and all peoples, 00:05:41.220 --> 00:05:44.240 princes and all judges of the earth, both young 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:47.879 men and maidens, old men and children. Let them 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:50.519 praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:54.240 is exalted. His glory is above the earth and 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:57.079 heaven, and he has exalted the horn of his people. 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:00.100 The praise of all his saints, of the children 00:06:00.100 --> 00:06:03.899 of Israel, a people near to him. Praise the Lord. 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:10.819 Psalm 149 Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a 00:06:10.819 --> 00:06:13.300 new song and his praise in the assembly of saints. 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:16.879 Let Israel rejoice in their maker. Let the children 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:19.819 of Zion be joyful in their king. Let them praise 00:06:19.819 --> 00:06:22.500 his name with the dance. Let them sing praises 00:06:22.500 --> 00:06:25.579 to him with the timbrel and harp. For the Lord 00:06:25.579 --> 00:06:28.350 takes pleasure in his people. He will beautify 00:06:28.350 --> 00:06:31.689 the humble with salvation. Let the saints be 00:06:31.689 --> 00:06:34.589 joyful in glory. Let them sing aloud on their 00:06:34.589 --> 00:06:37.329 beds. Let the high praises of God be in their 00:06:37.329 --> 00:06:40.910 mouth and a two -edged sword in their hand. To 00:06:40.910 --> 00:06:43.889 execute vengeance on the nations and punishments 00:06:43.889 --> 00:06:46.670 on the peoples. To bind their kings with chains 00:06:46.670 --> 00:06:50.329 and their nobles with fetters of iron. To execute 00:06:50.329 --> 00:06:53.350 on them the written judgment. This honor have 00:06:53.350 --> 00:07:00.699 all his saints. Praise the Lord. Psalm 150 Praise 00:07:00.699 --> 00:07:04.220 the Lord. Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise 00:07:04.220 --> 00:07:07.040 Him in His mighty firmament. Praise Him for His 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:10.019 mighty acts. Praise Him according to His excellent 00:07:10.019 --> 00:07:12.699 greatness. Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet. 00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:16.000 Praise Him with the lute and harp. Praise Him 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:18.959 with the timbrel and dance. Praise Him with stringed 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:21.540 instruments and flutes. Praise Him with loud 00:07:21.540 --> 00:07:24.819 cymbals. Praise Him with clashing cymbals. Let 00:07:24.819 --> 00:07:28.170 everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise 00:07:28.170 --> 00:07:35.350 the Lord. I hope you enjoyed today's reading 00:07:35.350 --> 00:07:37.670 as much as I did and I look forward to seeing 00:07:37.670 --> 00:07:39.730 you again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 00:07:39.889 --> 00:07:41.529 God bless you and have a great day.