Why read the hymnal? Reading the psalter on various occasions
Lord of strength! Blessed is the man who trusts in You!
Psalm 83, verse 13
Foreword
Let the psalm be unceasingly in your mouth.
Venerable Ephraim the Syrian
The Psalter is a sacred book containing a collection of sacred songs of the Old Testament Church. The content of the Psalter is diverse - it contains the teaching of faith, and the teaching of morality, and prophecies about Christ and the Church of the New Testament, and stories about the miracles of the Old Testament, and images of the power of God, full of sacred delight, appearing in the creation of the world, in providing for it, and especially in providence for those who know and honor God. David himself, the creator of the psalms, notes that "the psalms of Israel are magnificent," and explains the reasons for this magnificence: The Spirit of the Lord has spoken in me, and his word is on my tongue(2 Kings 23:2). This inner lofty dignity of the psalms was the reason why, from the beginning of Christianity, the Psalter came into use among the faithful. The holy fathers, and especially the hermits, spent almost all their time singing psalms, without interrupting it even during their bodily activities. Thus, the Psalter came into widespread use in the Christian Church and, while remaining a book inspired by God, became at the same time a liturgical book.
For home or private use, the Psalter is published divided into kathismas, with touching troparia and prayers after each kathisma. The reading of the Psalter is considered by the Fathers of the Church to be an extremely soul-beneficial and charitable occupation.
The king and prophet David pronounces prophecies, exhortations and legal provisions in the psalms and offers either moral or dogmatic teaching, sometimes mourns the disasters of the Jews, and sometimes prophetically sings of the salvation of the Gentiles, in many places predicts the suffering and resurrection of the Lord Christ. There are several interpretations of the psalms of the Psalms by the holy fathers of the Church, as well as advice and instructions from the holy fathers regarding the reading of the psalms of the Psalms. This book introduces readers to some of them.
About reading the Psalter for every need
Compiled according to the writings of St. Athanasius the Great
Everyone, reciting psalms, let him be trustworthy that God will soon hear those who ask with a psalm word.
For if anyone endures temptations and persecutions, singing psalms, he will appear virtuous and will be patronized by the Lord, who patronized the one who spoke the psalm, or he will put the devil to flight and repel his demons.
If anyone has sinned, reading the psalms, he will come to his senses and stop sinning.
And if someone has not sinned, he will see himself rejoicing that he competes with those who precede, and singing psalms, he prevails in the struggle, and he will never waver in the truth, but will convict those who deceive and intend to lead astray ...
I heard from wise men that in ancient times, among the Israelites, only by reading the Scriptures they drove out demons and exposed the intrigues they perpetrated to people.
So, in various circumstances, read the psalms:
1. If you want to be established in hope in God and fearlessness:
Ps.
2. If you wish to move to the house of God and the eternal villages of God:
Ps. 83
3. If you ask for bounty from God:
Ps. 66
4. Under difficult circumstances of life, with despondency in spirit:
Ps. 101
5. If captivated by alien thoughts:
Ps. 136
6. When you see the pride and the increasing malice of many, you see that people already have nothing sacred:
Ps. eleven
7. When you hear that others blaspheme Providence, then do not partake of their wickedness, but, turning to the Lord, say:
Ps. 13
8. If you want to know what a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven should be like:
Ps. fourteen
9. Seeing the oppressed, console them by praying for them and saying to them these words:
Ps. 19
10. If you see the stubbornness of the lawless in evil, do not think that malice is in them by nature, as they say, but you will see that they themselves are the reason that they sin:
Ps. 35
11. If anyone wants to confuse you and lead you into fear, have hope in the Lord and read:
Ps. ten
12. When persecuting and reviling enemies, in a multitude of those who rise up against you:
Ps. 3, 24, 26, 41, 139
13. If you wish to fortify yourself against an attacking enemy:
Ps. 38
14 . When you see the deceivers who prepare nets for you:
Ps. 5, 7
15 . If the evil intentions of the enemies continue, do not lose heart, as if you were forgotten by the Lord, but call on the Lord, singing:
Ps. 12, 25, 34, 42
16. If you endure sorrows from attackers and want to know the benefits of patience:
Ps. 39
17. If you repent of your sin and pray for mercy:
Ps. fifty
18. If you want to learn how to give thanks to the Lord:
Ps. 28, 104, 106, 134, 145–150
19. Wishing to remember what blessings of God were shown to the fathers, how good God is, and how ungrateful people are:
Ps. 43, 77, 88, 104, 105, 106, 113
20. Thank the Lord when He heard you in sorrow:
Ps. 4, 45, 74, 114
21. When you are saved from your enemies, delivered from your persecutors:
Ps. 9, 17
22. Seeing that the Lord shepherds you and makes your way well:
Ps. 22
23. Having fallen into the hands of enemies, and having wisely avoided them, and evaded their evil intentions:
Prayer book. Fifth edition. - Moscow. Synodal printing house, 1897.
Psalms expressing the feelings of the believer
1. Glorification of God for the deeds of creation and providence, and especially for the good deeds poured out on a person:
Ps. 102
2. Praise God for the special care of the believer:
Ps. 22
3. Without the blessing of God it is impossible to be successful in your affairs:
Ps.126
4. Providence of God for the believer and his election for eternal life:
Ps. 138
5. Contrition for sins, a petition to God for mercy at the Judgment:
Ps. 37
6. The desire of the believer to unite with God and hope in Him in misfortune:
Ps. 41
7. The blessedness of the righteous and the destruction of the wicked:
8. Properties of a true righteous man and heir of eternal life:
Ps. fourteen
9. God forgives sins to those who humbly confess them before Him:
Ps. 31
10. One should not envy the happiness of sinners, but it is fitting to look at the end of the lawless and righteous:
Ps. 36
11. The special mercy of God to the merciful:
Ps. 40
12. The blessedness of those who are in the temple of the Lord:
Ps. 83.
13. Glorification of the goodness of the Lord to those who trust in Him:
Ps. 90
14. The firmness of the believer in persecution and the consolation of the protection of God:
Ps. 26
15. The consolation of the righteous by the everlasting protection of God:
Ps. 120
16. Sigh to the Heavenly Fatherland:
Ps. 136
17. Sample prayer for the king:
Ps. 19.20
Prayer book. Fifth edition. Moscow. Synodal printing house, 1897.
Psalms expressing the main idea
In each psalm, you can highlight the main idea. Therefore, the sign of all psalms can be divided into groups:
1. Glorification of the attributes of God:
8, 17, 18, 23, 28, 33, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 65, 75, 76, 92, 94, 95, 96, 98, 103, 110, 112, 113, 133, 138, 141, 144, 148, 150.
2. Thanksgiving to God for the blessings of God's chosen people:
45, 47, 64, 65, 67, 75, 80, 84, 97, 104, 123, 125, 128, 134, 135, 149.
3. Thanksgiving to God for the good deeds of the good:
22, 33, 35, 90, 99, 102, 111, 117, 120, 144, 145.
4. Glorification of the goodness of God in relation to individuals:
9, 17, 21, 29, 39, 74, 102, 107, 115, 117, 137, 143.
5. Asking God for forgiveness of sins:
6, 24, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, 142.
6. Hope in God in the confusion of the spirit:
3, 12, 15, 21, 26, 30, 53, 55, 56, 60, 61, 68, 70, 76, 85, 87.
7. Turning to God in deep sorrow:
4, 5, 10, 27, 40, 54, 58, 63, 69, 108, 119, 136, 139, 140, 142.
8. Petition for God's help:
7, 16, 19, 25, 34, 43, 59, 66, 73, 78, 79, 82, 88, 93, 101, 121, 131, 143.
9. Desire to visit the temple:
41, 42, 83.
10. Psalms instructive about good and evil:
1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 23, 24, 31, 33, 35, 36, 49, 51, 52, 57, 72, 83, 90, 91, 93, 111, 120, 124, 126, 127, 132.
11. About the law of God:
18, 118.
12. About the vanity of life:
38, 48, 89.
13. About the duties of rulers:
81, 100.
14. Prophetic psalms:
2, 15, 21, 39, 44, 67, 71, 96, 109, 117.
15. Psalms in honor of Jerusalem and the temple of Jerusalem:
14, 23, 67, 86, 131, 133, 134.
16. History of the people of God:
77, 105.
17. Psalms about the future Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ:
2, 15, 21, 44, 68, 71, 109.
18. About the persons and events of the Old Testament, foreshadowing New Testament Lord Jesus Christ and His Church:
8, 18, 34, 39, 40, 67, 77, 96, 101, 108, 116, 117.
19. Psalms of praise:
112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117.
Psalter. Reprint edition of the Moscow Patriarchate, 1873
Psalms for various purposes
According to the advice and instructions of St. Ephraim the Syrian, St. Athanasius the Great, St. Ambrose of Optina and St. Philaret of Moscow
According to the advice and instructions of the holy fathers of the Church: St. Ephraim the Syrian, St. Athanasius the Great, St. Ambrose of Optina, St. Philaret of Moscow - in the Psalter, psalms can be distinguished for various needs:
1. To protect yourself from serious sins:
Ps. eighteen
2. Against demonic attacks:
Ps. 45, 67
3. When accusations and slander are raised against you:
Ps. 4, 7, 36, 51
4. When you see the pride and anger of many, when people have nothing sacred:
Ps. eleven
5. For humility of spirit:
Ps. 5, 27, 43, 54, 78, 79, 138
6. When enemies continue to seek your doom:
Ps. 34, 25, 42
7. In gratitude for the victory over the enemy:
Ps. 17
8. In times of sorrow and misfortune:
Ps. 3, 12, 21, 68, 76, 82, 142
9. When despondent and in unaccountable grief:
Ps. 26, 90, 101
10. In protection from enemies, in misfortunes, in the intrigues of human and enemy:
Ps. 3, 37, 2, 49, 53, 58, 90, 139
11. In times of standing, so that the Lord hears your prayer:
Ps. 16, 85, 87, 140
12. When you ask for mercy and bounty from God:
13. If you want to learn how to give thanks to the Lord:
Ps. 28
14. In order not to be stingy and give alms:
Ps. 40
15. Praising the Lord:
Ps. 23, 88,92,95, 110, 112, 113, 114, 133, 138
16. In diseases:
Ps. 29, 46, 69
17. In mental confusion:
Ps. thirty
18. In emotional wounding:
Ps. 36, 39, 53, 69
19. To comfort the oppressed:
Ps. 19
20. From damage and sorcerers:
Ps. 49, 53, 58, 63, 139
21. When you have a need to confess the true God:
Ps. 9, 74, 104, 105, 106, 107,117, 135, 137
22. Forgiveness of sins and repentance:
Ps. 6, 24,50,56, 129
23. In spiritual joy:
Ps. 102, 103
24. When you hear that they blaspheme the Providence of God:
Ps. 13.52
25. When you see that the wicked are prospering, and the righteous endure sorrows so as not to be offended:
Ps. 72
26. In gratitude for every good deed of God:
Ps. 33, 45, 47, 64, 65, 80, 84, 97, 115, 116, 123, 125, 134, 145, 148, 149
27. Before leaving home:
Ps. 31,
28. On the road:
Ps. 41.42, 62, 42
29. Before sowing:
Ps. 64
30. From theft:
Ps. 51
31. From drowning:
Ps. 68
32. From frost:
Ps. 147
33. In persecution:
Ps. 53, 55.56, 141
34. About granting a peaceful death:
Ps. 38
35. About the desire to move to eternal villages:
Ps. 83
36. For the dead:
Ps. 118
37. If the evil one prevails:
Ps. 67, 142
38. About the extraordinary change of affairs:
Ps. 67
39. Penitential psalms:
Ps. 6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, 142
40. When sadness overcomes:
Ps. 101
41. Pray that God hears your prayer:
Ps. 140
Psalms for various purposes
According to the instructions of St. Demetrius of Rostov
1. About the victory over evil and the triumph of truth:
Ps. 14, 33, 51, 53, 55, 56, 58
2. About consolation and help:
Ps. 58
3. About education in the spirit of faith and piety:
Ps. 1, 11, 13, 14, 18, 23, 28, 35, 63, 103, 104, 121, 144
4. About education in the spirit of courage:
Ps. 9, 19, 20, 32
5. About education in the spirit of love for the fatherland:
Ps. 132
6 . On education for justice:
Ps. 14, 36
7. About repentance:
Ps. fifty
8 . Trust in God's Mercy:
Ps. 6, 31, 37, 38, 142
9. Messianic Psalms:
Ps. 51, 56, 58.
Psalms read if you want to correct a person from shortcomings
According to the instructions of the holy righteous John of Kronstadt
If you want to correct someone from shortcomings, then cast sorrow on the Lord ( psalm 54: "Inspire, O God, my prayer"; psalm 23: "The land of the Lord, and the fulfillment of it") and pray to Him, testing our hearts and wombs ( psalm 7: "Lord my God, I put my trust in you"; psalm 10: “I trust in the Lord”) from the bottom of my heart, so that He Himself enlightens the mind and heart of man; if He sees that your prayer breathes love and comes from the whole heart, then he will certainly fulfill the desire of your heart, and you will soon say, seeing a change in the one for whom you pray: “This is a betrayal of the right hand of the Most High” (psalm 76: “With my voice cry to the Lord"; psalm 11: "Save me, Lord").
Selected psalms read in various life situations
About family life
1. About the longevity of the owner of the family and those family members that others cannot do without:
Ps. 86
2. So that the Lord bless the property of people, so that they do not fall into despondency, but glorify God:
Ps. 103
3. May love be preserved in the family and may God be glorified:
Ps.116
4. When there is no mutual understanding between parents and children, may the Lord enlighten them so that children obey their parents and parents love children:
Ps. 76
5. May the Lord bring peace to the family if there is a quarrel:
Ps.126
6. So that the younger ones respect the elders:
Ps. 109
7. On the pacification of disobedient children so that they do not upset their parents:
Ps. 22
8. About a mother who is afraid during childbirth, may the Lord strengthen and protect her:
Ps. 75
9. May the Lord protect the pregnant woman so that she does not lose the fetus:
Ps. 142
10. Young, when suffering from unrequited love:
Ps. 41
11. Barren spouses, so that the Lord heals them and they do not get divorced:
Ps. 19
About assistance in financial and other material difficulties, about strengthening welfare and justice
1. May the abandoned and discouraged find work so that they no longer grieve:
Ps. 38
2. May the Lord enlighten lenders so that they are compassionate and do not extort debts from debtors:
Ps. 77
3. So that people buy the products of farmers (peasants, gardeners), so that they do not get upset:
Ps. 81
4. God bless the poor widow so that she pays her debts and escapes from prison:
On strengthening in the spiritual life
1. May the Lord give prudence to people so that they grow in spirit:
Ps. 91
2. When someone asks for something from God, so that He will give what is asked without harm to the one who asks:
Ps. 25
3. May those who have strayed from God repent and turn to be saved by them:
Ps. 49
4. May people repent and confess their sins:
Ps. 104
About healing from diseases
1. May the Lord help a woman suffering from female weakness:
Ps. 102
2. May the Lord heal those suffering from mental and nervous diseases:
Ps. 27
3. May the Lord heal those suffering from headaches:
Ps. 125
4. May the Lord heal the blind and suffering from eye diseases:
Ps. 122
5. May the Lord heal the eyes wounded by the villain:
6. The mute, may the Lord give them the gift of speech:
Ps. 58
7. Suffering from diseases of the heart or kidneys:
Ps. 44
8 . For those suffering from liver disease:
9. For toothache:
Ps. 37
10. May the miscarriage sufferer be cured:
Ps. 67
11. About the healing of those beaten by evil people and injured in a fight:
Ps. 146
12. About people seriously injured by criminals:
Ps. 36
13. About the cessation of bleeding:
Ps. 145
14. May the Lord protect people from snakes so that they do not sting:
Ps. 123
15. When a person is bitten by a rabid dog or other animals:
Ps. 63
About help in various everyday needs
1. So that God enlightens the leaders, may people find understanding in their requests:
Ps. 137
2. May the Lord enlighten those who come to meetings and councils:
3. For the Lord to bless fair trade:
Ps. 64
4. To reconcile the worker and the owner when the worker leaves offended by the owner, and yes to find him a job:
Ps. 46
5. About people left to find shelter:
Ps. 70
6. May the Lord not leave the poor in need and grief, who have fallen into despair from poverty:
Ps. 80
7. Those whose work is fraught with dangers:
Ps. 48
8. For those who find it difficult to work out of laziness or fear:
Ps. 60
9. For God to preserve property, animals and products of production:
Ps. 83
10. For God to give an abundance of crops and fruits when the weather is unfavorable:
Ps. thirty
11. About Finding Lost Keys:
Ps. fifteen
12. To open the door when the keys are lost:
Ps. 23
In protection from adversity and human enmity
1. Standing on the verge of death, the code is tormented by demons. Or when the enemy invades with sinister intentions:
Ps. 33
2. From mentally ill people, tormented by malice and attacking their neighbors:
Ps. eleven
3. May the Lord forbid the villains who planned the murder:
Ps. 82
4. For God to subdue the cruel boss who mocks his neighbors:
Ps. 140
5. Hard-hearted spouses who bicker and divorce (when a hard-hearted husband or wife torments a spouse):
Ps. ten
9. On the release of prisoners:
Ps. 42
10. With serious unfair accusations - read three times a day, three days:
Ps. 16
Psalms recited for protection from demons
1. From the devil, when he appears to a person or frightens him:
Ps. 90
2. Let demonic insurances in a dream or temptations in the daytime cease:
3. May circumstances favor those who work with good intentions, and may the Lord forbid demons and evil people from doing evil:
Ps. 57
4. So that the evil one does not bring temptation to homes and sorrows to families:
Ps. 65
5. Let the spouses not fall under the influence of the spell that makes them quarrel and bicker:
Ps. 94
6. Let the spell break:
Ps. 96
7. May the Lord heal those suffering from superstition:
Ps. 121
Protection from natural disasters and disasters
1. About preservation from any danger:
Ps.133
2. May the Lord protect the soldiers going to war:
Ps. 111
3. May the lost and confused travelers find their way:
Ps. 31
4. About stopping the fire:
Ps. 21
5. Those who suffer from seasickness and fear the stormy sea:
Ps. 28
6. On the preservation of the ship during a big storm (at the same time sprinkle four sides of the ship with consecrated water):
Ps. 92
7. During the flood:
Ps. 68
8. In case of earthquakes, lightning and natural disasters:
Ps. 17
9. About saving people during epidemics:
Ps. 85
10. When gangs of robbers rob people and severe disasters occur, read for 40 days:
Ps. 47
11. Thanksgiving to God for the great kindnesses and for the much love that has no limits, which He pours out on us:
Ps. 149
12. May the Lord send contentment and comfort to our brothers and sisters who exist in distant lands, and to our dead brothers and sisters, which is even further from us:
Ps. 150
Hieromonk Christodoulos. "O Heron Paisios"
On the Daily Reading of the Six Psalms
Six Psalmie (Eksapsalmy)
Six Psalms - These are six psalms that are read at the beginning of Matins. The Six Psalms begins with a doxology: Gloria, and prayer: Lord, open my mouth. In the midst of the Six Psalms and at the end of it, the Holy Trinity is glorified three times hallelujah.
The psalms that make up the sixth psalm are so touching, their content is so close to us (they depict, on the one hand, the greatness of God and the abundance of His good deeds to man, on the other, the insignificance and sinfulness of man) that the Holy Church pays special attention to our for this reading. The statute says that during this reading “not to have anyone in the power to create whispers, below spit or snort (spit); but rather listen to what is said from the psalmist, the hands of the possessions are bent to the Persians, the heads are bowed, and the eyes of the possessions are down (lowered to the ground), the eyes of the heart are sighted to the east, praying for our sins, remembering death, and future torment, and eternal life. To arouse more attention in the worshipers, when reading the six-salmia, the charter commands to extinguish the candles and remain by the light of the lamps.
Psalm 3
This psalm, the first of the so-called Six Psalms, which is part of Matins, has the purpose of giving thanks to God for saving life on the past night with a prayer for sending down prosperity on the coming day, with which this psalm is in agreement. (I lie down, sleep, get up ... Arise, Lord! Save me…)
Psalm 37
This psalm occupies the second place in the Six Psalms. With the words of this psalm, every believer repents before God for his sinfulness with the confession of complete submission in devotion to His will (v. 16). The person here expresses a desire in the coming day to make amends for the bad deeds he has done (v. 19).
Psalm 62
Psalm 62 occupies the third place in the Six Psalms, composing a prayer to God when the day comes, that it (prayer) be pleasing to God (v. 6 ) and that the Lord accept the one who prays under the “shadow of His wings” (v. 8 ) for the next day.
Psalm 87
This is the fourth psalm in the Six Psalms. The darkness of the night resembles hell, sleep is death. The purpose of this psalm in morning worship: before the day comes, the Church reminds a person of the need for efforts on his part in order to avoid rejection from God, which is possible only with the help of God and prayer to Him (v. 5, 14), so as not to be subjected to eternal night, eternal death.
Psalm 102
The fifth psalm in the Six Psalms shows the image of the merciful attitude of God towards man and is distinguished by unusual touching.
Psalm 142
This psalm is the last in the sixth psalm. Having strengthened a person in the hope of receiving salvation (ps. 102), the Church, on behalf of the believers, prays to God to show him the path of activity (v. 8 ), teach him to do His will and honor him land of truth(art. 10 ).
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For various everyday needs, they read special ones, the power of which helps to cope with serious illnesses, get out of the current situation, which is difficult to resolve in traditional ways, protect themselves from trouble, evil people, defeat the enemy and much more. Orthodox person in order for the Lord to hear his petitions and prayers, it is necessary to read the psalms day and night.
Priests Orthodox Church teach and bless their spiritual children to know by heart the main psalms, in what cases to read them, and also at what time this prayer is valuable. It is believed that from midnight to three o'clock the sky is open, and therefore the prayer that is read at this hour is very strong. In addition, it is recommended to know the prayers as a keepsake - Our Father, the Symbol of Faith, read Psalm 90, pronounce the prayer rule from Seraphim of Sarov and Psalm 50.
There are important tips on which psalm to read when for every need.
- So, psalm 90 is considered the most strong prayer, it is read when children are sick, when a person is in danger.
- If thoughts are unclean or longing and despondency gnaw, you should read the prayer “Mother of God, Virgin, rejoice.” For the sake of the prayers of the Mother of God, the Lord will certainly give peace to the lost soul.
- Every day you need to read kathisma 17, which, as the priests say, will be in protection for the believer during ordeals.
- To protect yourself from serious sins, you need to resort to reading Psalm 18.
- With unfair accusations of slander, it is worth reading 45 and 67 psalms.
- Psalms 5.27, 43, 54, 78, 79 and 138 are used to humble the spirit.
- When enemies continue to pursue a person in order to kill him or cause him physical harm, it is worth contacting reading psalms 34, 25 and 42.
- Psalm 17 is recognized as thanksgiving, it is read by those who, with God's help, defeated their enemies.
- In adversity, in defense against the machinations of ill-wishers, a strong psalm 90 is read, as well as psalms 3, 37, 2, 49, 53.58 and 139.
The meaning of reading the psalms
The Word of God is food for soul and body. If the Divine Power does not penetrate into a person while reading psalms, then the empty space is filled with something else. If a person does not have the desire to pray, then the spirit of worries, anguish or fear takes possession of him. Reading Orthodox psalms for every person is a real help that has great importance. She is the source of strength and vital energy. God's power strengthens people who give meaning to their lives.
Text in Russian psalm 39
I firmly trusted in the Lord, and He bowed down to me and heard my cry; he drew me out of the terrible ditch, out of the muddy swamp, and set my feet on a stone and established my steps; and put into my mouth a new song, praise to our God. Many will see and fear and trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man who puts his hope in the Lord and does not turn to the proud and to those who turn to falsehood. You have done a lot, O Lord, my God: about your miracles and your thoughts about us - who will be like you! I wish I could preach and speak, but they outnumber them. Sacrifices and offerings You did not desire; You opened my ears; You did not require burnt offerings and sin offerings. Then I said: here I go; in a book scroll it is written about me: I desire to do Thy will, my God, and Thy law is in my heart. I proclaimed in the great congregation; I did not rebuke my mouth: You, Lord, know. I did not hide Your truth in my heart, I proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation, I did not hide Your mercy and Your truth before the great assembly. Do not withhold, O Lord, Thy bounties from me; Thy mercy and Thy truth guard me unceasingly, for incalculable troubles have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I cannot see: they are more than the hairs on my head; my heart has left me. Delight, Lord, to deliver me; God! hasten to help me. May all who seek the destruction of my soul be ashamed and put to shame! May those who wish me harm be turned back and ridiculed! Let those who say to me, “Well done! Good!" May all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You, and let those who love Your salvation say without ceasing: “Great is the Lord!” I am poor and needy, but the Lord cares for me. You are my help and my deliverer, my God! don't slow down.
Russian Orthodox text Psalm 46
Clap your hands, all nations, shout to God with a voice of joy; for the Lord Most High is terrible, the great King over all the earth; he brought nations and nations under our feet to us; chose for us our heritage, the beauty of Jacob, whom he loved. God ascended with shouts, the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. Sing to our God, sing; sing to our King, sing, for God is the King of all the earth; sing wisely. God reigned over the nations, God sat on his holy throne; the princes of the nations gathered to the people of the God of Abraham, for the shields of the earth are God's; He is exalted above them.
Christian text psalm 47
Great is the Lord and all-praised in the city of our God, on His holy mountain. Beautiful high place, the joy of the whole earth, Mount Zion; on the north side is the city of the great King. God is known in his dwellings as an intercessor: for, behold, the kings came together and passed all by; they saw and were astonished, they were confused and fled; fear seized them there and torment, like that of women in childbirth; with the east wind You crushed the ships of Tharsh. As we heard, so we saw in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish him forever. We meditated, O God, on Your goodness in the midst. As your name, O God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. May Mount Zion rejoice, and may the daughters of Judah rejoice for the sake of Thy judgments, O Lord. Go around Zion and go around it, count its towers; turn your heart to its strongholds, consider its houses, to tell the coming generation, for this God is our God forever and ever: He will be our leader until death.
Blessed Pelagia of Ryazan gave parting words to her descendants to go to confession and communion more often, read the psalter and prayers. She said which psalms should be read before the coming of the Antichrist. And about the three miracles before the coming of the Antichrist. Prophecies about three resurrections.
First miracle
In Jerusalem - the resurrection from the dead of the holy patriarch Enoch and the holy prophet Elijah on the third day after their crucifixion by the Antichrist!
Second miracle
In the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra, after the advent and reign of the Antichrist, St. Sergius of Radonezh will resurrect. He will rise from the shrine, reach the Assumption Cathedral in front of everyone, and then ascend to heaven! And there will be a sea of tears! Then there will be nothing to do in the monastery, there will be no grace!
Third miracle
Happens in Sarov. The Lord will resurrect Father Seraphim of Sarov, who will be alive for a long time. Whoever wants to see him alive! And how many miracles will be then! - said Blessed Pelagia of Ryazan.
Blessed Pelagia of Ryazan said that the relics of the Reverend Father Seraphim are in Moscow with a pious old woman. The Angel of the Lord, when necessary, tells her to turn to the first hierarch and say that she has the relics of Father Seraphim. These Holy relics will be carried on their shoulders through Kashira along the Volgograd road through Mikhailov to Tambov, and from there to Sarov. In Sarov, Father Seraphim will rise from the dead!
At the time when the relics of Father Seraphim will be carried, there will be a lot of people, and many sick people will be healed! His resurrection in Sarov will be announced on radio and television, and the people will be countless! At this time, many foreigners, priests, and just curious people will come to Sarov from all over the world. Everyone will be convinced of the resurrection of St. Seraphim. Yes, truly, this is the elder who consecrated himself to God on this earth, in this area! This is going to be a worldwide miracle!
From Sarov, Father Seraphim will go to the Diveevo monastery on foot. He will be accompanied by the last Sovereign with the royal priesthood and a lot of people ... On the way to Diveevo, the Monk Seraphim will work many miracles, and in Diveevo too! He will expose the clergy of betrayal and treason, he will preach repentance to the whole world, - said the saint of God Pelagia of Ryazan, - Seraphim of Sarov will explain the whole story, tell everything and will denounce the shepherds as babies, show them how to be baptized, and much more. .. Even the Jews will believe in Father Seraphim, and through this - in the Lord Jesus Christ!
If you went to magicians, psychics, etc. ... read Psalm 26 40 times a day / 40 days in a row. Further, at least three times a day.
Psalm 15 - in order to always see the Lord
Psalm 19 - to prepare for the coming of the Antichrist
Psalm 20 - to reason with the evil person
Psalm 21 - to receive forgiveness of grave sins (18 - 20 ordeals)
18 ordeal of Sodomic sins Incest, masturbation, likening cattle, unnatural sins
19 ordeal of heresies Unrighteous wisdom about faith, apostasy from the Orthodox confession
20 ordeal of mercilessness and hardness of heart Denial of alms, hardness of heart towards the needy
26 psalm - to stand both in spiritual warfare and in war; from sorcery and under any temptations. (Whoever reads it three times a day, the Lord will guide him through the water as through dry land!!!)
Psalm 29 - for fear of suffering for the Lord
Psalm 33 - to avoid thirst in food and drink
Psalm 39 - to fulfill the will of God and be ready for self-sacrifice
Psalm 43 - so that the grace of God abides in the house
44 psalm - in order to always see the Mother of God
Psalm 45 - to be invincible. This is the anthem of victory over the enemy
Psalm 49 - so as not to hesitate and not betray the Lord (more often read to the clergy - from arrogance)
Psalm 63 - not to accept the seal of the Antichrist. Also read the prayer at the end of the first kathisma of the Psalter: “Lord, the Almighty, the Incomprehensible, the Beginning of Light and the Power that exceeds knowledge ...”
Psalm 69 - to adequately repel the attacks of enemies
Psalm 78 - to deliver Christians from torment and death
Psalm 83 - to inherit the kingdom of heaven
Psalm 90 - to have from the Savior the power to overcome evil
Psalm 139 - in order to have prayer and work (or pension)
Psalm 141 - to be ready for persecution
Everyone, reciting psalms, let him be trustworthy that God will soon hear those who ask with a psalm word.
For if anyone endures temptations and persecutions, singing psalms, he will appear virtuous and will be patronized by the Lord, who patronized the one who spoke the psalm, or he will put the devil to flight and repel his demons.
If anyone has sinned, reading the psalms, he will come to his senses and stop sinning.
And if someone has not sinned, he will see himself rejoicing that he competes with those who precede, and singing psalms, he prevails in the struggle, and he will never waver in the truth, but will convict those who deceive and intend to lead astray ...
I heard from wise men that in ancient times, among the Israelites, only by reading the Scriptures they drove out demons and exposed the intrigues they perpetrated to people.
So, in various circumstances, read the psalms:
1. If you want to be established in hope in God and fearlessness:
Ps. 90
2. If you wish to move to the house of God and the eternal villages of God:
Ps. 83
3. If you ask for bounty from God:
Ps. 66
4. Under difficult circumstances of life, with despondency in spirit:
Ps. 101
5. If captivated by alien thoughts:
Ps. 136
6. When you see the pride and the increasing malice of many, you see that people already have nothing sacred:
Ps. eleven
7. When you hear that others blaspheme Providence, then do not partake of their wickedness, but, turning to the Lord, say:
Ps. 13
8. If you want to know what a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven should be like:
Ps. fourteen
9. Seeing the oppressed, console them by praying for them and saying to them these words:
Ps. 19
10. If you see the stubbornness of the lawless in evil, do not think that malice is in them by nature, as they say, but you will see that they themselves are the reason that they sin:
Ps. 35
11.
If anyone wants to confuse you and lead you into fear, have hope in the Lord and read:
Ps. ten
12.
When persecuting and reviling enemies, in a multitude of those who rise up against you:
Ps. 3, 24, 26, 41, 139
13.
If you wish to fortify yourself against an attacking enemy:
Ps. 38
14
. When you see the deceivers who prepare nets for you:
Ps. 5, 7
15
. If the evil intentions of the enemies continue, do not lose heart, as if you were forgotten by the Lord, but call on the Lord, singing:
Ps. 12, 25, 34, 42
16. If you endure sorrows from attackers and want to know the benefits of patience:
Ps. 39
17. If you repent of your sin and pray for mercy:
Ps. fifty
18. If you want to learn how to give thanks to the Lord:
Ps. 28, 104, 106, 134, 145–150
19. Wishing to remember what blessings of God were shown to the fathers, how good God is, and how ungrateful people are:
Ps. 43, 77, 88, 104, 105, 106, 113
20. Thank the Lord when He heard you in sorrow:
Ps. 4, 45, 74, 114
21. When you are saved from your enemies, delivered from your persecutors:
Ps. 9, 17
22. Seeing that the Lord shepherds you and makes your way well:
Ps. 22
23. Having fallen into the hands of enemies, and having wisely avoided them, and evaded their evil intentions:
P 33
Prayer book. Fifth edition. - Moscow. Synodal printing house, 1897.
--> Psalter as a breviary
Psalter as a trebnik.
According to St. Arseny of Cappadocia Athos elder Paisios
The Monk Arseny used psalms for blessing, suitable for various occasions; especially in cases where there was no church order for a special need. The Greek original can be found in the publication "0 Heron Paisios" by Hieromonk Christodoulos, Holy Mount Athos, 1994.
Subject index of psalms
Agriculture: 1, 26, 30, 50, 52, 62, 66, 71, 83, 124, 147, 148.
Animals hostile: 63, 123, 147.
Children: 22, 76, 109, 113, 114.
Death and the dead: 33, 150.
Calamities: 17, 21, 30, 50, 62, 68, 85, 89.
Physical health: 5, 12, 28, 36, 37, 44, 56, 58, 63, 79, 86, 88, 95, 102, 108, 122, 125, 128, 145, 146.
Mental health: 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 24.27, 41, 55, 56, 60, 61, 69, 70, 80, 81, 84, 97, 100, 103, 128, 136, 138.
Women's health: 18, 19, 40, 67, 75, 106, 142, 145.
Laws and Government: 14, 16, 32, 36, 47, 51, 59, 72, 82, 84, 93, 101, 108, 110, 137, 140, 141, 143.
From unclean spirits: 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 33, 57, 65, 90, 94, 96,121.
Peace and War: 26, 33, 42, 73, 78, 93, 107, 111, 117, 118, 120, 127, 131, 132, 135, 140, 141, 143.
Peace in the family and between friends: 10, 19, 22, 35, 41, 43, 45, 54, 65, 76, 86, 94, 109, 116, 126, 127, 139.
Property: 14, 15, 23, 47, 83, 124.
Defense: 9, 13, 34, 47, 48, 57, 90, 133.
Public questions: 20, 32, 35, 38, 51, 53, 59, 77, 80, 81, 87, 93, 101, 110, 112, 113, 114, 119, 124, 137, 140.
Spiritual questions: 3, 9, 24, 25, 29, 49, 50, 57, 72, 91, 98, 99, 100, 104, 105, 108, 115, 119, 130, 134, 136, 149.
Travel: 28, 29, 31, 92, 135, 150.
Work: 2, 38, 39, 46, 48, 51, 52, 57, 60, 64, 74, 81, 83, 100, 101, 103, 129, 137. 140, 144.
Reading the Psalms on various occasions.
(The number indicates the number of the psalm, and then indicates the need for which it should be read)
1. When to plant a tree or a vine, let them bear fruit.
2. May the Lord enlighten those who come to meetings and councils.
3. May malice leave people, and may they not unjustly torture their neighbors.
4. May the Lord heal the soft-hearted who fall into despondency at the sight of the deeds of the hard-hearted.
5. May the Lord heal the eyes wounded by the villain.
6. May the Lord deliver the one under the spell.
7. Tormented by fear from the intrigues and threats of villains.
8. Wounded by demons or wicked people.
9. Let demonic insurances in a dream or temptations in the daytime cease.
10. Hard-hearted spouses that bicker and divorce (when a hard-hearted husband or wife torments a spouse).
11. Mentally ill who are tormented by malice and attack their neighbors.
12. Suffering from liver diseases.
13. Read from the demon three times a day for three days.
14. May thieves or robbers turn and return home and repent.
15. Yes, there is a lost key.
16. With serious unfair accusations, read three times a day for three days.
17. During earthquakes, other disasters or a storm with a thunderstorm.
18. May the woman in labor be born.
19. Barren spouses, so that the Lord heals them and they do not get divorced.
20. May the Lord soften the hearts of the rich and give alms to the poor.
21. May the Lord restrain the fire, and may there not be much damage.
22. May the Lord pacify disobedient children so that they do not upset their parents.
23. May the door open when the key is lost.
24. Those who suffer greatly from the temptations that they lose and complain.
25. When someone asks for something from God, so that He will give what is asked without harm to the one who asks.
26. May the Lord protect the peasants from the enemy army, so that there is no harm to the people and fields.
27. May the Lord heal those suffering from mental and nervous illnesses.
28. Those suffering from seasickness and fearful of the stormy sea.
29. In dangers in distant lands, among the barbarians and the godless, may the Lord protect them and enlighten the people of those lands and die them, so that they know God.
30. May the Lord send enough grain and fruits when the weather is unfavorable for agriculture.
31. May the lost and confused travelers find their way.
32. May the Lord reveal the truth about the unjustly condemned and let them go free.
33. Standing on the threshold of death, when demons torment them. Or when the enemy invades with sinister intentions.
34. May the Lord deliver the good from the wiles of the evil that oppress the people of God.
35. Let hostility dissipate after disputes and misunderstandings.
36. Wounded by robbers.
37. With toothache.
38. May the abandoned and discouraged find work so that they no longer grieve.
39. May the owner and worker make peace after a quarrel.
40. May the wife be successfully relieved of her burden if the birth is premature.
41. Young when suffering from unhappy love.
42. May compatriots be freed from enemy captivity.
43. May the Lord reveal the truth to the spouses, if there was a misunderstanding between them, so that they can live in peace and love.
44. Suffering from diseases of the heart or kidneys.
45. Young people who, out of envy, are not allowed to marry.
46. In order to reconcile the worker or the owner when the worker leaves offended by the owner, and let him find a job. 47. When gangs of robbers rob people and severe disasters occur, read for 40 days.
48. Those whose work is fraught with dangers.
49. May those who have strayed from God repent and be converted in order to be saved by them.
50. When, according to our sins, God sends punishment for our sins (death of people or animals).
51. May the cruel-hearted rulers repent, and may their hearts be softened, and may they stop torturing the people.
52. May God bless the nets and may they be filled with fish.
53. May the Lord enlighten the rich who have bought slaves, and may they set them free.
54. May the good name of the family that was unjustly accused be restored.
55. For kind-hearted people who are wounded by their neighbors.
56. Those who suffer from headaches from great tribulation.
57. May circumstances favor those who work with good intentions, and may the Lord forbid demons and evil people.
58. Mute, may the Lord give them the gift of speech.
59. May the Lord reveal the truth when many people are condemned unrighteously.
60. Those who find it difficult to work out of laziness or fear.
61. May the Lord deliver the weak from misfortunes, so that he does not complain.
62. May the fields and trees bear fruit during the drought.
63. When someone is bitten by a rabid dog or a wolf.
64. May merchants prosper.
65. May the evil one not bring discord into the house, and may not plunge the family into sorrow.
66. Blessing be on livestock.
67. May the one suffering from miscarriages be cured.
68. When the rivers overflow from the rains and wash away people and houses.
69. Soft-hearted, who are sad over trifles and fall into despair, may the Lord strengthen them.
70. Lonely, who, due to the machinations of demons, are bored with their neighbors and fall into despair, may the Lord have mercy on them and heal them.
71. May God bless the new harvest that the peasants gather.
72. May the thieves repent.
73. May the Lord protect the peasants who work in the fields when the enemy has surrounded the village.
74. May the evil master be reconciled and do not torment his neighbors, workers.
75. A mother who is afraid during childbirth, may the Lord strengthen and protect her.
76. When there is no mutual understanding between parents and children, may the Lord enlighten them, so that children obey their parents, and parents love children.
77. May the Lord enlighten the lenders so that they are compassionate and do not extort debts from debtors.
78. May the Lord protect the village from robbery by the enemy army.
79. May the Lord heal the sick with dropsy.
80. May the Lord not leave the poor in need and grief, who have fallen into despair from poverty.
81. So that people buy goods from peasants, and they do not fall into grief and despair.
82. May the Lord forbid the villains who plot murder.
83. May the Lord protect household utensils, livestock and the fruits of labor.
84. May the Lord heal those wounded by robbers and suffering from fright.
85. May the Lord save the world when the plague comes and people die.
86. May the Lord prolong the life of those members of the family, without whom others cannot do.
87. May the Lord protect the defenseless, suffering from hard-hearted neighbors.
88. May the Lord strengthen the sick and weak, so that they do not become exhausted at work and do not fall into despondency.
89. May the Lord send rain into the drought, and may the dry springs be filled.
90. May the demon that appears before a person and frightens him disappear.
91. May the Lord give people prudence so that they grow spiritually.
92. May the Lord protect the ship that is in danger at sea. (The monk also advised to sprinkle the ship with holy water from four sides.)
93. May the Lord enlighten the troublemakers who sow discord among the people and cause unrest and division.
94. May spouses not fall under the influence of spells that make them quarrel and bicker.
95. May the Lord heal the deaf.
96. Let the spell break.
97. May the Lord comfort the afflicted with grief.
98. May God bless the young who want to leave everything and follow Him, and may grace give them. (Apparently, we are talking about those who are going to take monastic vows - approx. Translator.)
99. May the Lord bless those who do His will and fulfill their desires.
100. May the Lord give gifts and talents to kind and simple-hearted people.
101. May the Lord bless those in power, that they be kind and compassionate and help people.
102. May the Lord help a woman suffering from female weakness.
103. May the Lord bless the possessions of people, so that they do not fall into despondency, but glorify God.
104. May people repent and confess their sins.
105. May the Lord enlighten the people, so that they do not deviate from the path of salvation.
106. May the Lord heal the barren.
107. May the Lord subdue the enemies and may they leave their evil intentions.
108. May the Lord heal the sick with epilepsy. May the Lord have mercy on those who accuse unjustly, so that they repent.
109. So that the younger ones respect the elders.
110. May the unjust judges repent and judge the people of God with justice.
111. May the Lord protect the warriors going to war.
112. God bless the poor widow so that she pays her debts and escapes prison.
113. May the Lord heal weak-minded children.
114. May the Lord bless the poor children and comfort them so that they do not suffer from rich children and do not fall into despondency.
115. May the Lord heal from the terrible passion of lies.
116. May love be preserved in the family and may God be glorified.
117. May the Lord humble the barbarians when they surround the village and instill fear in the inhabitants, and turn them away from evil intentions.
(funeral)
118. May the Lord frighten the barbarians and forbid them when they kill innocent women and children.
(spiritual or posthumous path)
119. May the Lord give patience to those who have to live with the evil and unrighteous.
120. May the Lord protect the slaves from the hands of the enemy, so that they are not maimed before they return to freedom.
121. May the Lord heal those suffering from superstition.
122. May the Lord heal the blind and those suffering from eye diseases.
123. May the Lord protect people from snakes, so that they do not sting.
124. May the Lord protect the fields of the righteous from evil people.
125. May the Lord heal those suffering from headaches.
126. May the Lord bring peace to the family if there is a quarrel.
127. May the wickedness of the enemies not touch the houses, and may the peace and blessing of God abide in the family.
128. May the Lord heal those suffering from migraine. May the Lord show His mercy on the hard-hearted and unrestrained, who bring grief to the soft-hearted.
129. May the Lord send courage and hope to those who begin new job and they are not skillful in it, and let them not experience great difficulties.
130. May the Lord give people repentance and comfort them with hope so that they can be saved.
131. May the Lord show His mercy in a world where wars do not stop because of our sins.
132. May the Lord enlighten the nations, so that they become peace-loving and live in peace.
133. May the Lord protect people from every misfortune.
134. May people concentrate during prayer and may their souls unite with God.
135. May the Lord protect the refugees when they leave their homes and leave, may they be saved from the barbarians.
136. May the Lord die of the irascible.
137. May the Lord enlighten the rulers so that they understand the needs of the people.
138. May the Lord deliver the weak in spirit from the temptations of blasphemous thoughts.
139. May the Lord subdue the difficult character of the head of the family, so that the household does not suffer from it.
140. May the Lord die of a cruel ruler who torments his neighbors.
141. May the Lord die a troublemaker who brings grief to people.
142. May the Lord protect a pregnant woman so that she does not lose her fetus.
