Listening pleasure

Today I am home from work with my cold. I am trying be quiet and meditative so that I can improve the health of my whole self, body and soul. It occurs to me, as Lent approaches, that perhaps in Lent I could try to read the Sermon on the Mount daily, although that is a long passage, three chapters. Today I was thinking mainly of the admonition not to worry about providing for ourselves but to seek God's kingdom first. What does that mean for me, in specific actions? I simply have to keep asking the question and wait for an answer.

I came to my computer and went to Bible Gateway to look up the passage, Matthew 6:25-34. I discovered something I had not really noticed before, which is that you can listen to the Bible a chapter at a time on Bible Gateway as well. I listened to Matthew 6 first in the King James Version, then in the New International Version. (There have been several issuances of the NIV; the one I listened to varied slightly from the one I was viewing, mainly in that the one I was viewing had been tweaked to be gender-neutral, so that the voice said "men" while the print said "others.") Listening like that could help me slow down and focus more, plus it's always a pleasure to hear good reading. It would be computer-aided lectio divina.

So, for your listening pleasure and edification, here is a link to Psalm 23 (KJV) read aloud, and you can follow along:

1. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.