WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.870 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.980 --> 00:00:04.380 Day two hundred and ninety nine. 00:00:04.786 --> 00:00:11.236 Psalm 84 for the choir director, a Psalm of the descendants of Cora to be 00:00:11.236 --> 00:00:13.276 accompanied by a strained instrument. 00:00:15.736 --> 00:00:17.866 How lovely is your dwelling place? 00:00:18.016 --> 00:00:19.726 Oh Lord of heaven's armies. 00:00:20.386 --> 00:00:25.666 I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord. 00:00:26.401 --> 00:00:32.311 With my whole being body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God. 00:00:33.211 --> 00:00:37.921 Even the sparrow finds a home and the swallow builds her nest and raises 00:00:37.926 --> 00:00:40.591 her young at a place near your altar. 00:00:41.041 --> 00:00:44.251 Oh Lord of heaven's armies, my king and my God. 00:00:45.241 --> 00:00:48.841 What joy for those who can live in your house, always 00:00:48.841 --> 00:00:51.931 singing your praises interlude. 00:00:53.176 --> 00:00:57.856 What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord who have set their minds 00:00:57.856 --> 00:01:02.926 on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, when they walk through the valley of weeping, it 00:01:02.926 --> 00:01:05.326 will become a place of refreshing springs. 00:01:05.956 --> 00:01:08.476 The autumn reigns will clothe it with blessings. 00:01:09.106 --> 00:01:11.986 They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will 00:01:11.986 --> 00:01:14.086 appear before God in Jerusalem. 00:01:15.046 --> 00:01:17.206 Oh Lord God of heaven's armies. 00:01:17.476 --> 00:01:18.646 Hear my prayer. 00:01:19.216 --> 00:01:20.926 Listen, oh God of Jacob. 00:01:22.396 --> 00:01:23.086 Interlude. 00:01:24.826 --> 00:01:25.426 Oh God. 00:01:25.816 --> 00:01:28.516 Look, with favor upon the king, our shield. 00:01:29.056 --> 00:01:34.366 Show favor to the one you have Anointed a single day in your courts is 00:01:34.366 --> 00:01:36.706 better than a thousand anywhere else. 00:01:37.156 --> 00:01:41.236 I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the 00:01:41.236 --> 00:01:43.096 good life in the homes of the wicked. 00:01:44.026 --> 00:01:47.596 For the Lord, God is our son and our shield. 00:01:48.226 --> 00:01:50.356 He gives us grace and glory. 00:01:51.046 --> 00:01:55.456 The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right. 00:01:56.506 --> 00:02:01.576 Oh Lord of heaven's armies, what joy for those who trust in you? 00:02:03.916 --> 00:02:10.006 Psalm 85 for the choir director, a Psalm of the descendants of Quora. 00:02:11.026 --> 00:02:13.786 Lord, you poured out blessings on your land. 00:02:14.296 --> 00:02:16.486 You restored the fortunes of Israel. 00:02:17.116 --> 00:02:19.096 You forgave the guilt of your people. 00:02:19.696 --> 00:02:22.276 Yes, you covered all their sins. 00:02:23.386 --> 00:02:24.076 Interlude. 00:02:25.186 --> 00:02:26.776 You held back your fury. 00:02:27.256 --> 00:02:29.296 You kept back your blazing anger. 00:02:30.016 --> 00:02:31.456 Now, restore us again. 00:02:31.486 --> 00:02:33.046 Oh God, of our salvation. 00:02:33.616 --> 00:02:36.256 Put aside your anger against us once more. 00:02:36.566 --> 00:02:38.476 Will you be angry with us? 00:02:38.476 --> 00:02:39.196 Always? 00:02:39.826 --> 00:02:42.616 Will you prolong your wrath to all generations? 00:02:43.486 --> 00:02:47.086 Won't you revive us again so your people can rejoice in you? 00:02:48.226 --> 00:02:52.426 Show us your unfailing love, oh Lord, and grant us your salvation. 00:02:53.806 --> 00:02:58.576 I listen carefully to what God, the Lord is saying, for he speaks peace 00:02:58.576 --> 00:03:03.016 to his faithful people, but let them not return to their foolish ways. 00:03:03.526 --> 00:03:07.396 Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, so our land 00:03:07.396 --> 00:03:09.076 will be filled with his glory. 00:03:10.336 --> 00:03:13.306 Unfailing love and truth have met together. 00:03:13.876 --> 00:03:16.066 Righteousness and peace have kissed. 00:03:16.741 --> 00:03:21.661 Truth springs up from the earth and righteousness smiles down from heaven. 00:03:22.531 --> 00:03:25.471 Yes, the Lord pours down his blessings. 00:03:25.861 --> 00:03:28.561 Our land will yield its bountiful harvest. 00:03:29.191 --> 00:03:34.041 Righteousness goes as a herald Before him preparing the way for his steps, 00:03:37.051 --> 00:03:44.401 Psalm 86, a prayer of David, bend down oh Lord, and hear my prayer. 00:03:45.031 --> 00:03:47.131 Answer me for I need your help. 00:03:47.821 --> 00:03:50.221 Protect me for I am devoted to you. 00:03:50.911 --> 00:03:54.271 Save me for I serve you and trust you. 00:03:55.081 --> 00:03:56.761 You are my God. 00:03:57.841 --> 00:04:01.111 Be merciful to me, oh Lord, for I am calling on you constantly. 00:04:01.801 --> 00:04:05.641 Give me happiness, oh Lord, for I give myself to you. 00:04:06.811 --> 00:04:09.931 Oh Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive. 00:04:10.351 --> 00:04:14.521 So full of unfailing love for all who Ask for your help. 00:04:15.571 --> 00:04:17.161 Listen closely to my prayer. 00:04:17.161 --> 00:04:17.731 Oh Lord. 00:04:18.151 --> 00:04:19.951 Hear my urgent cry. 00:04:20.641 --> 00:04:24.541 I will call to you whenever I'm in trouble and you will answer me. 00:04:25.681 --> 00:04:25.951 No. 00:04:25.951 --> 00:04:27.481 Pagan God is like you. 00:04:27.481 --> 00:04:28.171 Oh Lord. 00:04:28.441 --> 00:04:30.001 None can do what you do. 00:04:30.631 --> 00:04:34.621 All the nations you made will come and bow before you Lord, they will 00:04:34.621 --> 00:04:40.411 praise your holy name for you are great, and perform wonderful deeds. 00:04:40.921 --> 00:04:42.631 You alone are God. 00:04:43.621 --> 00:04:49.231 Teach me your ways, oh Lord, that I may live according to your true grant me 00:04:49.231 --> 00:04:52.381 purity of heart so that I may honor you. 00:04:53.341 --> 00:04:54.481 With all my heart. 00:04:54.486 --> 00:04:55.501 I will praise you. 00:04:55.506 --> 00:04:59.431 Oh Lord, my God, I will give glory to your name forever. 00:04:59.731 --> 00:05:02.101 For your love for me is very great. 00:05:02.581 --> 00:05:05.131 You have rescued me from the depths of death. 00:05:06.061 --> 00:05:06.871 Oh God. 00:05:07.141 --> 00:05:09.451 Insulin people rise up against me. 00:05:09.931 --> 00:05:12.391 A violent gang is trying to kill me. 00:05:13.081 --> 00:05:15.691 You mean nothing to them but you. 00:05:15.691 --> 00:05:19.171 Oh Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy. 00:05:19.756 --> 00:05:24.406 Slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness. 00:05:25.336 --> 00:05:27.166 Look down and have mercy on me. 00:05:27.886 --> 00:05:29.716 Give your strength to your servant. 00:05:30.106 --> 00:05:32.356 Save me the son of your servant. 00:05:33.196 --> 00:05:35.356 Send me a sign of your favor. 00:05:36.136 --> 00:05:39.736 Then those who hate me will be put to shame for you. 00:05:39.736 --> 00:05:42.436 Oh Lord, help and comfort me. 00:05:44.866 --> 00:05:47.716 Psalm 87 a song. 00:05:48.391 --> 00:05:53.791 A Psalm of the descendants of Quora on the Holy Mountain stands 00:05:53.791 --> 00:05:55.711 the city founded by the Lord. 00:05:56.401 --> 00:06:00.181 He loves the city of Jerusalem more than any other city in Israel. 00:06:01.141 --> 00:06:02.251 Oh, city of God. 00:06:02.791 --> 00:06:06.841 What glorious things are said of you interlude. 00:06:07.261 --> 00:06:13.351 I will count Egypt and Babylon among those who know me also, Felicia and 00:06:13.351 --> 00:06:16.231 Tyre, and even distant Ethiopia. 00:06:16.816 --> 00:06:19.036 They have all become citizens of Jerusalem. 00:06:19.936 --> 00:06:21.076 Regarding Jerusalem. 00:06:21.076 --> 00:06:26.776 It will be said everyone enjoys the rights of citizenship there and the most 00:06:26.776 --> 00:06:29.056 high will personally bless this city. 00:06:29.926 --> 00:06:33.256 When the Lord registers the nations, he will say they have 00:06:33.286 --> 00:06:35.416 all become citizens of Jerusalem. 00:06:36.736 --> 00:06:37.366 Interlude. 00:06:39.106 --> 00:06:45.436 The people will play flutes and sing The source of my life Springs from Jerusalem. 00:06:48.001 --> 00:06:51.061 Psalm 88 for the choir director. 00:06:51.631 --> 00:06:55.741 A Psalm of the Descendants of Cora, a song to be sung to the 00:06:55.741 --> 00:06:58.081 tune, the suffering of affliction. 00:06:58.861 --> 00:07:01.231 A Psalm of Heman, the Ezra Height. 00:07:03.361 --> 00:07:05.761 Oh Lord God of my salvation. 00:07:06.421 --> 00:07:08.221 I cry out to you by day. 00:07:08.731 --> 00:07:12.241 I come to you at night now, hear my prayer. 00:07:12.421 --> 00:07:13.681 Listen to my cry. 00:07:14.431 --> 00:07:18.691 For my life is full of troubles and death draws near. 00:07:19.591 --> 00:07:20.881 I am as good as dead. 00:07:21.151 --> 00:07:23.611 Like a strong man with no strength left. 00:07:24.391 --> 00:07:28.141 They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse 00:07:28.231 --> 00:07:30.841 in a grave I am forgotten. 00:07:31.051 --> 00:07:32.491 Cut off from your care. 00:07:33.121 --> 00:07:37.141 You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths. 00:07:37.621 --> 00:07:39.421 Your anger weighs me down. 00:07:39.931 --> 00:07:42.511 With wave after wave you have engulfed me. 00:07:43.591 --> 00:07:44.221 Interlude. 00:07:45.271 --> 00:07:48.751 You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. 00:07:49.501 --> 00:07:52.051 I am in a trap with no way of escape. 00:07:52.681 --> 00:07:56.521 My eyes are blinded by my tears each day. 00:07:56.521 --> 00:07:57.901 I beg for your help. 00:07:57.901 --> 00:08:02.941 Oh Lord, I lift my hands to you for mercy Are your wonderful 00:08:02.941 --> 00:08:04.891 deeds of any use to the dead? 00:08:05.401 --> 00:08:09.391 Do the dead rise up and praise you interlude. 00:08:10.501 --> 00:08:14.041 Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? 00:08:14.551 --> 00:08:17.941 Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction? 00:08:18.751 --> 00:08:21.571 Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? 00:08:22.051 --> 00:08:26.641 Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness? 00:08:27.571 --> 00:08:29.821 Oh Lord, I cry out to you. 00:08:30.301 --> 00:08:32.911 I will keep on pleading day by day. 00:08:33.811 --> 00:08:34.471 Oh Lord. 00:08:35.101 --> 00:08:36.481 Why do you reject me? 00:08:37.201 --> 00:08:39.211 Why do you turn your face from me? 00:08:40.621 --> 00:08:44.011 I have been sick and close to death since my youth. 00:08:44.701 --> 00:08:46.831 I stand helpless and desperate. 00:08:46.831 --> 00:08:47.971 Before your terrors. 00:08:48.721 --> 00:08:51.121 Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. 00:08:51.421 --> 00:08:53.911 Your terrors have paralyzed me. 00:08:54.721 --> 00:08:58.051 They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. 00:08:58.681 --> 00:09:00.571 They have engulfed me completely. 00:09:01.681 --> 00:09:05.041 You have taken away my companions and loved ones. 00:09:06.151 --> 00:09:08.521 Darkness is my closest friend. 00:09:11.071 --> 00:09:14.941 Psalm 89, a Psalm of Ethan, the Ezra Height. 00:09:16.111 --> 00:09:18.601 I will sing of the Lord's unfailing love. 00:09:18.631 --> 00:09:22.411 Forever, young and old will hear of your faithfulness. 00:09:23.041 --> 00:09:25.801 Your unfailing love will last forever. 00:09:26.401 --> 00:09:29.371 Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens. 00:09:30.241 --> 00:09:31.081 The Lord said. 00:09:31.501 --> 00:09:34.471 I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. 00:09:35.071 --> 00:09:36.871 I have sworn this oath to him. 00:09:37.621 --> 00:09:40.651 I will establish your descendants as kings forever. 00:09:41.191 --> 00:09:42.391 They will sit on your throne. 00:09:42.391 --> 00:09:47.821 From now until eternity interlude all heaven will 00:09:47.821 --> 00:09:49.741 praise your great wonders Lord. 00:09:50.251 --> 00:09:53.281 Myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness. 00:09:54.061 --> 00:09:59.491 For who in all of heaven can compare with the Lord what mightiest angel is 00:09:59.491 --> 00:10:05.201 anything like the Lord, the highest angelic powers stand in awe of God. 00:10:05.986 --> 00:10:09.286 He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne. 00:10:10.216 --> 00:10:12.466 Oh Lord God of heaven's armies. 00:10:12.616 --> 00:10:14.686 Where is there anyone as mighty as you? 00:10:14.691 --> 00:10:17.656 Oh Lord, you are entirely faithful. 00:10:18.526 --> 00:10:22.666 You rule the oceans, you subdue their storm tossed waves. 00:10:23.356 --> 00:10:25.456 You crushed the great sea monster. 00:10:25.846 --> 00:10:28.306 You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. 00:10:29.086 --> 00:10:32.296 The heavens are yours and the earth is yours. 00:10:32.896 --> 00:10:34.696 Everything in the world is yours. 00:10:35.011 --> 00:10:36.481 You created it all. 00:10:37.171 --> 00:10:41.971 You created North and South Mount Tabor and Mount Herman. 00:10:42.061 --> 00:10:43.141 Praise your name. 00:10:43.921 --> 00:10:45.331 Powerful is your arm. 00:10:45.331 --> 00:10:46.711 Strong is your hand. 00:10:46.921 --> 00:10:50.041 Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength. 00:10:50.911 --> 00:10:54.481 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne, 00:10:55.111 --> 00:10:56.761 unfailing love and truth. 00:10:56.761 --> 00:10:58.831 Walk before you as attendance. 00:10:59.641 --> 00:11:03.001 Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship. 00:11:03.556 --> 00:11:05.836 For they will walk in the light of your presence. 00:11:05.836 --> 00:11:10.066 Lord, they rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation. 00:11:10.456 --> 00:11:12.286 They exalt in your righteousness. 00:11:12.886 --> 00:11:14.926 You are their glorious strength. 00:11:15.406 --> 00:11:17.836 It pleases you to make us strong. 00:11:18.586 --> 00:11:23.116 Yes, our protection comes from the Lord and he the holy one of 00:11:23.116 --> 00:11:25.456 Israel has given us our king. 00:11:26.626 --> 00:11:29.746 Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people. 00:11:30.196 --> 00:11:32.836 You said, I have raised up a warrior. 00:11:33.256 --> 00:11:36.196 I have selected him from the common people to be king. 00:11:36.766 --> 00:11:38.806 I have found my servant David. 00:11:39.376 --> 00:11:41.626 I have anointed him with my holy oil. 00:11:42.286 --> 00:11:45.796 I will steady him with my hand, with my powerful arm. 00:11:45.796 --> 00:11:47.176 I will make him strong. 00:11:47.896 --> 00:11:49.786 His enemies will not defeat him. 00:11:50.416 --> 00:11:52.426 Norra will the wicked overpower him. 00:11:53.176 --> 00:11:58.126 I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him. 00:11:58.966 --> 00:12:03.946 My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him and by my authority. 00:12:04.006 --> 00:12:05.386 He will grow in power. 00:12:06.316 --> 00:12:10.426 I will extend his rule over the sea, his dominion over the rivers, 00:12:10.906 --> 00:12:12.316 and he will call out to me. 00:12:12.526 --> 00:12:17.386 You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 00:12:18.616 --> 00:12:22.936 I will make him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on earth. 00:12:23.581 --> 00:12:26.401 I will love him and be kind to him forever. 00:12:26.971 --> 00:12:29.281 My covenant with him will never end. 00:12:30.301 --> 00:12:32.311 I will preserve and air for him. 00:12:32.701 --> 00:12:35.851 His throne will be as endless as the days of heaven. 00:12:36.691 --> 00:12:41.311 But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my 00:12:41.311 --> 00:12:46.951 regulations, if they do not obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands, 00:12:47.581 --> 00:12:51.991 then I will punish their sin with the rod and their disobedience with beating. 00:12:53.086 --> 00:12:57.826 But I will never stop loving him, nor fail to keep my promise to him. 00:12:58.606 --> 00:13:01.216 No, I will not break my covenant. 00:13:01.546 --> 00:13:04.126 I will not take back a single word. 00:13:04.131 --> 00:13:04.906 I said. 00:13:05.536 --> 00:13:11.176 I have sworn an oath to David and in my holiness, I cannot lie. 00:13:11.896 --> 00:13:14.536 His dynasty will go on forever. 00:13:14.956 --> 00:13:17.746 His kingdom will endure as the sun. 00:13:18.256 --> 00:13:20.596 It will be as eternal as the moon. 00:13:20.986 --> 00:13:24.976 My faithful witness in the sky interlude. 00:13:25.876 --> 00:13:29.806 But now you have rejected him and cast him off. 00:13:30.586 --> 00:13:33.016 You are angry with your anointed king. 00:13:33.676 --> 00:13:35.776 You have renounced your covenant with him. 00:13:36.226 --> 00:13:38.476 You have thrown his crown in the dust. 00:13:39.286 --> 00:13:43.666 You have broken down the walls, protecting him and ruined every fort. 00:13:43.696 --> 00:13:44.566 Defending him. 00:13:45.466 --> 00:13:50.176 Everyone who comes along has robbed him and he has become a joke to his neighbors. 00:13:51.001 --> 00:13:54.841 You have strengthened his enemies and made them all rejoice. 00:13:55.441 --> 00:13:59.941 You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle. 00:14:00.691 --> 00:14:03.931 You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne. 00:14:04.111 --> 00:14:08.671 You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. 00:14:09.631 --> 00:14:11.971 Interlude, oh Lord. 00:14:12.421 --> 00:14:14.011 How long will this go on? 00:14:14.701 --> 00:14:16.531 Will you hide yourself forever? 00:14:17.251 --> 00:14:20.191 How long will your anger burn like fire? 00:14:20.971 --> 00:14:26.881 Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence. 00:14:27.511 --> 00:14:29.011 No one can live forever. 00:14:29.461 --> 00:14:30.511 All will die. 00:14:31.171 --> 00:14:36.991 No one can escape the power of the grave interlude Lord. 00:14:37.651 --> 00:14:39.721 Where is your unfailing love? 00:14:40.381 --> 00:14:43.291 You promised it to David with a faithful pledge. 00:14:43.921 --> 00:14:46.711 Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced. 00:14:47.641 --> 00:14:51.661 I carry in my heart the insults of so many people. 00:14:52.441 --> 00:14:53.941 Your enemies have mocked me. 00:14:53.941 --> 00:14:54.541 Oh Lord. 00:14:55.051 --> 00:14:58.231 They mock your anointed king wherever he goes. 00:14:59.521 --> 00:15:01.621 Praise the Lord forever. 00:15:02.221 --> 00:15:04.441 Amen and amen. 00:15:09.301 --> 00:15:12.211 This concludes today's immer reading experience. 00:15:12.361 --> 00:15:13.561 Thank you for joining us.