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. 00:00:02.990 --> 00:00:04.280 Day three hundred and 14. 00:00:04.536 --> 00:00:10.536 Psalm 120, a song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 00:00:12.186 --> 00:00:13.956 I took my troubles to the Lord. 00:00:14.526 --> 00:00:17.166 I cried out to him and he answered my prayer. 00:00:18.246 --> 00:00:22.836 Rescue me, oh Lord, from liars and from all deceitful people. 00:00:23.706 --> 00:00:25.386 Oh, deceptive tongue. 00:00:25.566 --> 00:00:27.246 What will God do to you? 00:00:27.891 --> 00:00:30.231 How will he increase your punishment? 00:00:31.041 --> 00:00:35.151 You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals. 00:00:36.141 --> 00:00:42.021 How I suffer in far off miche, it pains me to live in distant Keter. 00:00:42.711 --> 00:00:46.521 I am tired of living among people who hate peace. 00:00:47.301 --> 00:00:52.671 I search for peace, but when I speak of peace, they want war. 00:00:55.191 --> 00:01:01.581 Psalm 121, a song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 00:01:02.751 --> 00:01:04.341 I look up to the mountains. 00:01:04.761 --> 00:01:06.351 Does my help come from there? 00:01:07.221 --> 00:01:10.641 My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth. 00:01:11.541 --> 00:01:13.101 He will not let you stumble. 00:01:13.461 --> 00:01:16.431 The one who watches over you will not slumber. 00:01:17.091 --> 00:01:22.131 Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps. 00:01:23.166 --> 00:01:25.506 The Lord himself watches over you. 00:01:26.136 --> 00:01:29.466 The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade. 00:01:29.916 --> 00:01:34.296 The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon at night. 00:01:35.226 --> 00:01:39.246 The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. 00:01:39.846 --> 00:01:45.996 The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go both now and forever. 00:01:48.486 --> 00:01:50.796 Psalm 122. 00:01:52.446 --> 00:01:55.296 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 00:01:55.716 --> 00:01:57.306 A Psalm of David. 00:01:58.356 --> 00:02:03.336 I was glad when they said to me, let us go to the house of the Lord. 00:02:04.206 --> 00:02:08.046 And now here we are, standing inside your gates. 00:02:08.136 --> 00:02:09.036 Oh Jerusalem. 00:02:09.876 --> 00:02:12.336 Jerusalem is a well-built city. 00:02:12.906 --> 00:02:15.576 Its seamless walls cannot be breached. 00:02:16.551 --> 00:02:21.591 All the tribes of Israel, the Lord's people make their pilgrimage here. 00:02:22.761 --> 00:02:28.071 They come to give thanks to the name of the Lord as the law requires of Israel. 00:02:28.851 --> 00:02:34.461 Here's Stand the Thrones where judgment is given the thrones of the dynasty of David. 00:02:35.481 --> 00:02:37.221 Pray for peace in Jerusalem. 00:02:37.671 --> 00:02:40.191 May all who love this city prosper. 00:02:41.016 --> 00:02:42.246 Oh Jerusalem. 00:02:42.246 --> 00:02:46.836 May there be peace within your walls and prosperity in your palaces. 00:02:47.616 --> 00:02:52.896 For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, may you have peace. 00:02:53.616 --> 00:02:59.466 For the sake of the house, of the Lord our God, I will seek What is best for you? 00:02:59.526 --> 00:03:00.546 Oh Jerusalem, 00:03:03.156 --> 00:03:09.816 Psalm 123, A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 00:03:10.911 --> 00:03:12.651 I lift my eyes to you. 00:03:12.651 --> 00:03:13.431 Oh God. 00:03:13.431 --> 00:03:14.811 Enthroned in heaven. 00:03:15.711 --> 00:03:18.771 We keep looking to the Lord our God for his mercy. 00:03:19.251 --> 00:03:22.461 Just as servants keep their eyes on their master. 00:03:22.821 --> 00:03:26.541 As a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal. 00:03:27.621 --> 00:03:29.121 Have mercy on us. 00:03:29.121 --> 00:03:30.831 Lord have mercy. 00:03:31.221 --> 00:03:33.801 For we have had our fill of contempt. 00:03:34.626 --> 00:03:39.126 We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud and 00:03:39.126 --> 00:03:40.956 the contempt of the arrogant. 00:03:43.536 --> 00:03:50.226 Psalm 124, A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 00:03:50.796 --> 00:03:52.326 A Psalm of David. 00:03:53.436 --> 00:03:56.256 What if the Lord had not been on our side? 00:03:57.156 --> 00:03:58.986 Let all Israel repeat. 00:03:59.466 --> 00:04:02.526 What if the Lord had not been on our side? 00:04:02.526 --> 00:04:08.016 When people attacked us, they would've swallowed us alive in their burning anger. 00:04:08.616 --> 00:04:10.686 The waters would have engulfed us. 00:04:11.016 --> 00:04:13.086 A torrent would have overwhelmed us. 00:04:13.536 --> 00:04:19.026 Yes, the raging waters of their fury would have overwhelmed our very lives. 00:04:19.926 --> 00:04:23.916 Praise the Lord, who did not let their teeth tear us apart. 00:04:24.606 --> 00:04:27.456 We escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap. 00:04:27.996 --> 00:04:30.696 The trap is broken and we are free. 00:04:31.326 --> 00:04:36.126 Our help is from the Lord who made Heaven and earth. 00:04:38.766 --> 00:04:45.606 Psalm 125, a song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 00:04:46.776 --> 00:04:50.316 Those who trust in the Lord are as secure as Mount Zion. 00:04:50.856 --> 00:04:55.926 They will not be defeated but will endure forever just as the 00:04:55.926 --> 00:04:57.666 mountains surround Jerusalem. 00:04:58.056 --> 00:05:01.656 So the Lord surrounds his people both now and forever. 00:05:02.496 --> 00:05:06.696 The wicked will not rule the land of the Godly for then the Godly 00:05:06.696 --> 00:05:08.736 might be tempted to do wrong. 00:05:09.816 --> 00:05:15.006 Oh Lord, do good to those who are good, whose hearts are in tune with you. 00:05:15.861 --> 00:05:19.011 But banish those who turn to crooked ways. 00:05:19.011 --> 00:05:22.761 Oh Lord, take them away with those who do evil. 00:05:23.361 --> 00:05:25.611 May Israel have peace. 00:05:28.371 --> 00:05:35.421 Psalm 126, a song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 00:05:36.621 --> 00:05:41.091 When the Lord brought back his exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream. 00:05:41.706 --> 00:05:48.336 We were filled with laughter and we sang for joy and the other nations said what 00:05:48.336 --> 00:05:51.156 amazing things the Lord has done for them. 00:05:51.876 --> 00:05:55.746 Yes, the Lord has done amazing things for us. 00:05:56.076 --> 00:06:03.876 What joy restore our fortunes Lord, as streams renew the desert, those who plant 00:06:03.876 --> 00:06:07.026 in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. 00:06:07.971 --> 00:06:12.831 They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as 00:06:12.831 --> 00:06:14.751 they return with the harvest. 00:06:17.331 --> 00:06:26.481 Psalm 127, a song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem, a Psalm of Psalm. 00:06:27.801 --> 00:06:32.211 Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. 00:06:33.096 --> 00:06:38.196 Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with centuries will do no good. 00:06:39.126 --> 00:06:44.136 It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night. 00:06:44.466 --> 00:06:50.496 Anxiously working for food to eat for God gives rest to his loved ones. 00:06:51.486 --> 00:06:53.556 Children are a gift from the Lord. 00:06:54.036 --> 00:06:55.626 They are a reward from him. 00:06:56.496 --> 00:07:01.086 Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior's hands. 00:07:01.746 --> 00:07:05.496 How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them? 00:07:06.036 --> 00:07:11.346 He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates. 00:07:13.866 --> 00:07:20.916 Psalm 128, a song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 00:07:21.906 --> 00:07:27.126 How joyful are those who fear the Lord all who follow his ways? 00:07:27.936 --> 00:07:30.126 You'll enjoy the fruit of your labor. 00:07:30.501 --> 00:07:33.201 How joyful and prosperous you will be. 00:07:34.221 --> 00:07:38.781 Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine flourishing within your home. 00:07:39.411 --> 00:07:44.751 Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table. 00:07:45.591 --> 00:07:49.071 That is the Lord's blessing for those who fear him. 00:07:50.121 --> 00:07:53.571 May the Lord continually bless you from Zion. 00:07:54.081 --> 00:07:58.131 May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live. 00:07:58.701 --> 00:08:00.861 May you live to enjoy your grandchildren. 00:08:01.461 --> 00:08:03.801 May Israel have peace? 00:08:06.351 --> 00:08:16.401 Psalm 129, A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem from my earliest youth. 00:08:16.406 --> 00:08:18.411 My enemies have persecuted me. 00:08:19.011 --> 00:08:21.381 Let all Israel repeat this. 00:08:22.056 --> 00:08:26.556 From my earliest youth, my enemies have persecuted me, but 00:08:26.556 --> 00:08:28.386 they have never defeated me. 00:08:29.166 --> 00:08:34.266 My back is covered with cuts as if a farmer had plowed long furrows. 00:08:34.896 --> 00:08:36.546 But the Lord is good. 00:08:36.966 --> 00:08:40.356 He has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly. 00:08:41.376 --> 00:08:45.696 May all who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shameful defeat. 00:08:46.806 --> 00:08:51.516 May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop turning yellow when 00:08:51.516 --> 00:08:56.466 only half grown, ignored by the harvester, despised by the binder. 00:08:57.306 --> 00:09:01.386 And may those who pass by refuse to give them this blessing. 00:09:02.346 --> 00:09:04.146 The Lord bless you. 00:09:04.716 --> 00:09:07.356 We bless you in the Lord's name, 00:09:09.876 --> 00:09:12.126 Psalm 130. 00:09:13.461 --> 00:09:19.251 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem from the depths of despair. 00:09:19.251 --> 00:09:21.681 Oh Lord, I call for your help. 00:09:22.401 --> 00:09:23.451 Hear my cry. 00:09:23.451 --> 00:09:24.201 Oh Lord. 00:09:24.591 --> 00:09:26.361 Pay attention to my prayer. 00:09:27.561 --> 00:09:32.451 Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who oh Lord could ever 00:09:32.451 --> 00:09:37.251 survive, but you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you. 00:09:38.301 --> 00:09:40.161 I am counting on the Lord. 00:09:40.371 --> 00:09:42.711 Yes, I am counting on him. 00:09:43.191 --> 00:09:45.261 I have put my hope in his word. 00:09:45.531 --> 00:09:49.191 I long for the Lord more than centuries long for the dawn. 00:09:49.521 --> 00:09:50.151 Yes. 00:09:50.421 --> 00:09:52.941 More than centuries long for the dawn. 00:09:53.541 --> 00:09:54.801 Oh Israel. 00:09:55.161 --> 00:09:56.361 Hope in the Lord. 00:09:56.901 --> 00:10:02.871 For with the Lord there is unfailing love his redemption overflows. 00:10:03.366 --> 00:10:08.226 He himself will redeem Israel from every kind of sin. 00:10:10.776 --> 00:10:21.846 Psalm 131, A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem, a Psalm of David, A Lord. 00:10:21.846 --> 00:10:23.376 My heart is not proud. 00:10:23.976 --> 00:10:25.446 My eyes are not haughty. 00:10:26.286 --> 00:10:31.086 I don't concern myself with matters, too great or too awesome for me to grasp. 00:10:32.001 --> 00:10:37.611 Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself like a weaned child who no 00:10:37.611 --> 00:10:39.681 longer cries for its mother's milk. 00:10:40.401 --> 00:10:44.571 Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me. 00:10:45.591 --> 00:10:51.291 Oh, Israel, put your hope in the Lord now and always. 00:10:53.811 --> 00:11:00.351 Psalm 132, a song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 00:11:01.416 --> 00:11:01.956 Lord. 00:11:02.286 --> 00:11:04.506 Remember David and all that he suffered. 00:11:05.106 --> 00:11:07.476 He made a solemn promise to the Lord. 00:11:07.986 --> 00:11:10.896 He vowed to the mighty one of Israel. 00:11:11.376 --> 00:11:13.056 I will not go home. 00:11:13.386 --> 00:11:15.186 I will not let myself rest. 00:11:15.486 --> 00:11:21.666 I will not let my eyes sleep nor close my eyelids and slumber until I find a 00:11:21.666 --> 00:11:24.096 place to build a house for the Lord. 00:11:24.456 --> 00:11:27.516 A sanctuary for the mighty one of Israel. 00:11:28.566 --> 00:11:33.066 We heard that the ark was in Ritha, then we found it in 00:11:33.066 --> 00:11:35.256 the distant countryside of jr. 00:11:36.336 --> 00:11:38.916 Let us go to the sanctuary of the Lord. 00:11:39.426 --> 00:11:42.216 Let us worship at the footstool of his throne. 00:11:42.996 --> 00:11:47.436 Arise oh Lord, and enter your resting place along with the 00:11:47.436 --> 00:11:49.656 ark, the symbol of your power. 00:11:50.136 --> 00:11:53.406 May your priests be clothed in godliness. 00:11:53.796 --> 00:11:56.286 May your loyal servants sing for joy. 00:11:57.081 --> 00:12:00.741 For the sake of your servant, David, do not reject the king. 00:12:00.741 --> 00:12:01.731 You have anointed. 00:12:02.301 --> 00:12:06.531 The Lord swore an oath to David with a promise he will never take back. 00:12:07.491 --> 00:12:10.851 I will place one of your descendants on your throne. 00:12:11.301 --> 00:12:15.651 If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant and the laws that 00:12:15.651 --> 00:12:21.081 I teach them, then your royal line will continue forever and ever. 00:12:22.371 --> 00:12:24.591 For the Lord has chosen Jerusalem. 00:12:25.011 --> 00:12:27.201 He has desired it for his home. 00:12:28.131 --> 00:12:30.501 This is my resting place forever. 00:12:30.861 --> 00:12:36.111 He said, I will live here for this is the home I desired. 00:12:36.831 --> 00:12:39.741 I will bless this city and make it prosperous. 00:12:40.131 --> 00:12:42.681 I will satisfy its pour with food. 00:12:43.311 --> 00:12:46.281 I will clothe its priests with godliness. 00:12:46.641 --> 00:12:49.281 Its faithful servants will sing for joy. 00:12:50.106 --> 00:12:53.106 Here I will increase the power of David. 00:12:53.376 --> 00:12:56.376 My anointed one will be a light for my people. 00:12:57.036 --> 00:13:02.646 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but he will be a glorious king. 00:13:05.166 --> 00:13:11.976 Psalm 133, A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 00:13:12.576 --> 00:13:14.076 A Psalm of David. 00:13:15.261 --> 00:13:20.061 How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony. 00:13:20.961 --> 00:13:25.401 For harmony is as precious as the anointing oil that was poured over 00:13:25.401 --> 00:13:30.411 Aaron's head that ran down his beard and onto the border of his robe. 00:13:31.161 --> 00:13:35.721 Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Herman that 00:13:35.721 --> 00:13:37.611 falls on the mountains of Zion. 00:13:38.271 --> 00:13:43.581 And there the Lord has pronounced his blessing, even life everlasting. 00:13:46.086 --> 00:13:53.166 Psalm 134, a song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 00:13:54.216 --> 00:13:55.746 Oh, praise the Lord. 00:13:56.046 --> 00:14:02.256 All you servants of the Lord, you who serve at night in the house of the Lord. 00:14:03.066 --> 00:14:06.546 Lift your hands toward the sanctuary and praise the Lord. 00:14:07.326 --> 00:14:11.886 May the Lord who made heaven and earth bless you from Jerusalem. 00:14:13.941 --> 00:14:16.791 This concludes today's Immer Reading experience. 00:14:16.941 --> 00:14:18.171 Thank you for joining us.