Among the books of Holy Scripture, the book of Psalter occupies a special place. Written long before the incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ, it is the only one of the books of the Old Testament wholly entered the liturgical charter. Christian Church and occupies a prominent place in it.

The special value of the Psalter is that it depicts the movements human soul striving for God, is given a high example of prayerful opposition to sorrows and temptations and glorification of God. “In the words of this book, all human life, all states of the soul, all movements of thought are measured and embraced, so that nothing more can be found in a person than what is depicted in it,” says St. Athanasius the Great. The grace of the Holy Spirit, penetrating every word of the Psalter, sanctifies, purifies, supports those who pray with these sacred words, drives away demons and attracts Angels.

The first Christians deeply revered and loved the Psalter. They memorized all the psalms by heart. Already in apostolic times, the Psalter was widely used in Christian worship. In the modern liturgical charter Orthodox Church accepted division of the Psalter into 20 sections - kathisma. The Psalms are read in the temple daily at every morning and evening service. During the week, the book of Psalms is read in full, and Great Lent is read twice during the week. Psalms are also included in the prayer rule prescribed for the laity.

For a simple reading of the psalms, if a Christian does not take some kind of vow or a permanent addition to the generally accepted rule, there is no need to take a blessing from the confessor. But it is absolutely necessary to take a blessing from the priest if a layman imposes on himself some special constant prayer rule or some kind of vow.

St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) writes: “Say the words a little aloud when you pray in private, and this helps to maintain attention.”

Rev. Seraphim of Sarov advised that it was necessary to read prayers in an undertone or quieter, so that not only the mind, but also the ear would listen to the words of the prayer (“Give joy and joy to my hearing”).

The titles of the psalms are not to be read. You can read the psalms both standing and sitting (the word “kathisma” translated into Russian is “what is read while sitting”, in contrast to the word “akathist” - “not sitting”). It is imperative to get up when reading the opening and closing prayers, as well as at the Glory.

There is no need to lose heart and be embarrassed if at first the meaning of the psalms is sometimes incomprehensible. You can always look at incomprehensible expressions in Russian translation, in the interpretation of the Psalter. As we read and our spiritual maturation will open deeper and brighter deep meaning psalms.

When reading a strict rule at home, how to read no, it is much more important to tune in to prayer. There are different practices for reading the Psalms. One of them is when you do not depend on the amount of reading, i.e. are not required to read kathisma or two a day. If there is time and a spiritual need for prayer, you start reading from the place where you left off last time, making a bookmark.

If the laity add one or several selected psalms to the cell prayer rule, they read only their text, as, for example, the fiftieth psalm in the morning rule. If a kathisma, or several kathismas, is read, then special prayers are added before and after them.

Before reading a kathisma or several kathismas

Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of Truth, Who is everywhere and fills everything, Treasury of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Blessed, our souls.

Trisagion

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Three times)

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Lord, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Your name's sake.

Lord have mercy. (Thrice).

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Lord's Prayer

Our Father, Who art in heaven! Yes, shine your name, may your kingdom come, may your will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Lord have mercy (12 times)

Come, let us worship our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ, our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. (Bow)

On "Glory"

Where the kathisma is interrupted by the mark "Glory", the following prayers are read:

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, glory to Thee, O God! (3 times)

Lord have mercy. (3 times)

Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit

Prayers for health and peace« glory» :

Save, O Lord, and have mercy on my spiritual father name), my parents ( names), relatives ( names), bosses, mentors, benefactors ( names) and all Orthodox Christians.

Give rest, O Lord, to the souls of the departed Thy servants ( names) and all Orthodox Christians, and forgive them all their sins, voluntary and involuntary, and grant them the Kingdom of Heaven.

And now, and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

After reading the kathisma, they read the prayers and troparia indicated in the kathisma

Prayer"Lord have mercy" read 40 times.

Sometimes, at will, between the second and third ten (between 20 and 21 prayers “Lord, have mercy!”), A believer’s personal prayer is said for the closest people, for the most urgent.

And at the end of the whole prayer:

It is worthy to eat as if truly blessed are Thee, the Mother of God, blessed and immaculate and the Mother of our God. The most honest Cherubim and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, without the corruption of God the Word, who gave birth to the real Mother of God, we magnify Thee.

Glory, and now. Lord have mercy. (3 times)

Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, by the power of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross and the holy heavenly powers of the incorporeal, and our reverend and God-bearing fathers, and the holy prophet David, and all the saints, have mercy and save me, a sinner, as Good and Humanitarian. Amen.

Number of entries: 76

Irina

Irina! In church practice, there is a tradition of commemorating the dead on the third, ninth, fortieth day and anniversary. There is no such thing as "the twentieth day". Your father spoke about the most important thing that the deceased needs now - about church prayer. The Holy Fathers consider commemoration at the Liturgy to be the greatest help to dead Christians. “Anyone who wants to show his love for the dead and give them real help can best do this by praying for them, and especially by commemoration at the Liturgy, when the particles taken for the living and the dead are immersed in the Blood of the Lord with the words: “Wash, Lord, the sins of those who were commemorated here with Your honest Blood, by the prayers of Your saints. "We can do nothing better or more for the departed than to pray for them, commemorating them at the Liturgy. This is always necessary for them, especially in those forty days when the soul of the deceased follows the path to eternal villages ... the soul feels the prayers offered for it, is grateful to those who offer them, and is spiritually close to them. Oh, relatives and friends of the deceased! Do for them what is necessary and what is in your power, use your money not for the external decoration of the coffin and grave, but to help those in need, in memory of their dead loved ones, in the Church, where prayers are offered for them.Be merciful to the dead, take care of their souls," writes St. John (Maximovich) .Taki Thus, now the main thing is to pray for your relative and give alms for him, and not arrange memorial meals for relatives and friends. Reading the Psalter is also a laudable desire.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Hello! A year ago, due to a severe heart disease, our son Artemy died, he lived from birth for 2 weeks. Yesterday I ordered a Psalter about the repose for a year in the church. Tell me, please, what is the difference between the magpie for the repose and the Psalter for the repose? Thank you.

Andrew

The difference is more than significant: the magpie is a daily commemoration at the Liturgy, the Sacrament of the Eucharist, thanks to which a person is worthy of the cleansing of sins, and reading the Psalter for repose is just a prayer, although a special, special one, but a prayer, not a Sacrament.

hegumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello, I ask you to clarify whether it is possible to read the Psalter to help a loved one? She is going through a very difficult time in her life right now. And one more thing - should you read all the kathismas in a row (as I do), or only those psalms that are recommended in difficult circumstances?

Anna Pavlovna

Hello Anna Pavlovna. You can read the Psalter while praying for close person, for this it is good to ask the blessing of the confessor. The reading of psalms especially chosen for the circumstances is justified when a person carries out a lot of prayer work, in addition to the morning and evening rule, he reads the holy Gospel and the Psalter separately, and wants to pray especially in his difficult life circumstances. Then a psalm suitable for the right occasion will strengthen him. When we pray for someone, it is good to simply read the Psalms in a row, as they are arranged in the book, as you do. After all, our love, which is manifested in prayer work, is important, and not that the psalm is "recommended in difficult circumstances." May the Lord strengthen you in your prayer!

Priest Sergiy Osipov

Hello. On November 15, my mother died suddenly. After the funeral, she began to read the Psalter to help her soul. Now they tell me that it is impossible to read the Psalter without a blessing. If you really need to take a blessing, then please bless me. I read the Psalter in Russian, and the prayers in Church Slavonic. Is it possible so?

Evgeniya

Eugene, do not be embarrassed, as you read the Psalter, read it. It is not necessary to take a blessing to read the psalter for the dead. Take blessings on other occasions. You can read in Russian. Do not forget to go to church and pray there too, confess yourself and take communion. With God.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello! My dad died on December 4, I would like to order the Indestructible Psalter for him for 9 days. Tell me, please, is it possible to order it up to 40 days and is it possible to order in a convent to pray for a man? Thank you!

Marina

Marina, it makes no difference in which monastery you ask to pray for a man, in a female or male monastery. In all monasteries they pray for all Orthodox Christians. For 9 and 40 days, you must first of all pray in the church yourself and serve a memorial service. The indestructible Psalter can also be ordered, preferably up to 40 days.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello. The other day I bought a Psalter with parallel translation into Russian, is it possible to read it like this, read it completely once in Church Slavonic, and read it completely in Russian the next time? I really liked reading in Russian, because the text is understandable, but I have seen many times on the Internet that priests still insist on reading in Church Slavonic, but from not understanding what I am reading, the desire to read the Psalter disappears very quickly. Tell me something.

Andrew

Andrei, of course, it is better to read prayers and the Psalter in Church Slavonic. As a knowledge and understanding, you can read Russian. I think that after some time you will fully understand the Church Slavonic language with the translation. So read in Russian for now, but I'm sure that over time you yourself will want to switch only to Church Slavonic.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello! Tell me, please, I read the Psalter in ordinary light, without lamps or candles. Is it a sin? I am worrying a lot. Waiting for an answer.

Anton

Anton, while reading the Psalter, it’s good to light a candle at home, but if this is not possible, then it’s okay - this is not a sin, the main thing is the prayer itself.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello! Tell me, please, is it possible to treat schizophrenic psychosis by reading the Psalter? This is a mental illness that may have arisen from witchcraft, i.e. damage or overexertion. The question remains open.

Anton

Anton, I would be generally afraid to put the question like this: to treat something by reading the Psalter. Prayer, and the reading of the Psalter in particular, of course, cleanses and sanctifies the soul, but as far as mental illnesses are concerned, one should resort to the help of specialists.

hegumen Nikon (Golovko)

Good health, father! Question about reading the Psalms. If I just want to read 1 psalm a day for myself, do I need to read prayers before and after reading the psalm? And in what cases, and what prayers are read? Question about charity. If I give alms not from a pure heart, but for the sake of the future destiny of my soul, does such alms count?

Alexy

Alexey, when reading the Psalter, prayers are read only once - before the start of reading (prayers are indicated in the Psalter). You don't need to read them every time. As you read the Psalter in full, so again you need to read the prayers again. After reading the kathisma, prayers are read only for the dead, these prayers are not read for health. Giving alms is very beneficial for us: "Charity saves from death and covers many sins." Not everyone can give alms from a pure heart, and this must also be brought up in oneself. It is very good that you donate at all, and this is also useful and is counted as a good deed: "Let every giving be good."

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello! Tell me, please, is it possible to order an indestructible Psalter for a person in the event that he drinks and goes crazy, up to psychological disorders? This man is cursing my family for what I believe to be delusions and addiction to alcohol. Since then, my family has gone through continuous failures: ruin, illness, accidents ... Although before that everything was fine. I pray myself, I put candles, I ordered a magpie for my father ... Does it make sense to order an indestructible Psalter for this person and for my entire family?

Elina

Yes, Elina, you can order and there is a sense in this. The most important thing is just to treat the Psalter correctly, spiritually true: you don’t need to perceive this reading, as some do today, as some kind of super-miraculous remedy, from which everyone will be healed at once, and life will immediately go smoothly. Reading the Psalter is a prayer, and prayer can help a person come to the realization of his plight, how to stop in his fall, sober up. And then you can try to talk to a person, he will hear, you can try to bring him to the temple and help him get on his feet stronger. In this regard, the indestructible Psalter, as, indeed, any fervent prayer for a person in general, is of great benefit.

hegumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello! On November 11, after a very long and serious illness, my husband (31 years old) died. During his illness, all the forces were spent on round-the-clock care for him, she prayed all the time to the Lord for his health, ordered prayers and magpies in churches. Pray in your own words. Now, after his departure, I really want to help his soul. He died without repentance, without communion, as he was not conscious for 4 months. I want to read the Psalter, I’ve been reading it for several evenings, but it’s very difficult because I don’t quite understand what I’m reading, I don’t understand Church Slavonic. Tell me, is it worth reading the Psalter in this case? Is it in another edition, in Russian? And what prayers, akathists should I read daily?

Olesya

Hello Olesya! The Psalter can be read in Russian translation, but only in order to understand the meaning of what is written. You need to pray in Church Slavonic, because it conveys the entire depth of Holy Scripture. It is necessary to read the Psalter for the dead with a blessing, and already knowing how to read at least a little in Church Slavonic. You'd better start by reading the morning and evening prayers daily. And for your husband, order the indestructible Psalter for forty days, six months or a year. It is usually read in monasteries and some temples. It will be better for his soul. Go to the temple more often and pray at the liturgy, submitting a note of repose for the proskomidia for your husband.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Good evening, fathers! Tell me, please, when you read one kathisma a day, what prayers should be read after it? There are prayers at the back of the psalter that are read after reading one kathisma, but as I understand it, this is for those who read more than one kathisma, and after each one they say these prayers, then after every third, there are still corresponding prayers at the back. In general, how to finish reading the Psalter if I read only one kathisma a day?

Elena

Elena, the Psalter can be read both for the dead and for the living, or just for yourself. Prayers at the end of the kathisma are read only when we read for the repose of someone's soul, in other cases these prayers are not read. After the kathisma, pray in your own words as best you can.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello, father! I ask for your advice. On November 9, my mother died. With all my might, I want to help her in her new life, so I myself pray at every opportunity and commemorate in church. In one church, I ordered the reading of the Psalter about the repose, and then I read that the Indestructible Psalter is read only in monasteries. Did I do something wrong, or are these two different forms of commemoration - just reading the Psalter and the Indestructible Psalter for the deceased? God bless you.

Olga

Olga, any prayer is good for the departed. If you have taken an order for the reading of the Psalter, then there is no need to doubt that it will be read. You did everything right. Only, please, pray yourselves and participate in the sacraments of the Church – confess and take communion. Lead a church lifestyle, and then, through your prayer, your mother will feel better.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello! My daughter died six months ago. I would like to make an album with her photographs in memory of her. But friends say that you should not do this. Can you please tell me if it's possible to create an album or not? I also read the Psalter for the Dead in the evening. Tell me how often you need to read it, and at what time of the day? Thank you in advance for your answer!

Svetlana

Hello Svetlana. May God give you comfort. We ask " Eternal memory”, But this is about our memory with you. We know that our memory needs material expression and embodiment. In some objects that remind us of what we want to remember all our lives. So there is nothing wrong with making a photo album. The Church also has such memoirs about its saints, these are icons, lives, creations and liturgical rites. Measure the reading of the Psalter according to your abilities, and time according to convenience. God help you.

Priest Alexander Beloslyudov

Good afternoon! I am sure that my husband has a corruption, will ordering the indestructible Psalter help from this? Where can I order in Moscow?

Anna

"Corruption"? And who made such a diagnosis to your husband?! Could you explain what is happening to him: drinking, getting sick, sinning? Then we will discuss what to do. And then we have a lot of voluntary sins attributed to "damage" from evil people, so as not to answer for ourselves. And read the Psalter yourself, you can order magpies in churches.

Archpriest Maxim Khyzhiy

The Psalter is not read in the period from Holy Thursday of Holy Week to St. Thomas Week (Anti-Easter). During these ten days, any reading of the Psalter is canceled both in churches and in private. In all other cases, the Psalter is read by the laity.

In cell reading, it is customary to divide kathismas into three Glories. Before and after the kathisma, special prayers are read.

Before reading a kathisma or several kathismas:
Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us.

Amen. King of Heaven. Trisagion. And according to our Father...

Lord have mercy (12 times)

Come, let us worship the King our God. (bow)

Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ, the King of our God. (bow)

Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. (bow)

On Glories:
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to Thee, God. (thrice)

Lord have mercy (three times)

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
(here you can read prayers with a commemoration of health and repose or special petitions)

and now and forever and forever and ever. Amen

After reading the kathisma, the Trisagion, the troparia and the prayer according to the kathisma
And in the end:

It is worthy to eat as if truly bless Thee, the Mother of God, the Blessed and Immaculate and Mother of our God.
The most honest Cherubim and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, without the corruption of God the Word, who gave birth to the real Mother of God, we magnify Thee.

Glory, and now. Lord, have mercy (thrice).

The go to Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the prayers of the prayer of your mere mere mere, the blessing of honest and the life -giving cross and the holy forces of the delicious ones, and the faithful father of the same, and the holy of the prophet, and the saint and the saint and the saint Humanitarian. Amen.

Prayers for health and repose in Glory
Save, Lord, and have mercy on my spiritual father (name), my parents (names), relatives (names), bosses, mentors, benefactors (names) and all Orthodox Christians.

Give rest, Lord, to the souls of your departed servants: my parents, relatives, benefactors (names) and all Orthodox Christians, and forgive them all sins, voluntary and involuntary, and grant them the Kingdom of Heaven.

Reading psalms on the days of the week (during the week)

On Sunday - Ps. 23

On Monday - Ps. 47

On Wednesday - Ps. 93

On Friday - Ps. 92

On Saturday - Ps. 91

Reading the psalter for every need

The Monk Arseny of Cappadocia used psalms for blessing, suitable for various occasions; especially in cases where there was no church order for a special need. The Greek source can be found in the publication “0 Heron Paisios” by Hieromonk Christodoulos, Holy Mount Athos, 1994.

(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 who suffer spiritually and nervous diseases.
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.
118. May the Lord frighten the barbarians and forbid them when they kill innocent women and children.
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.
143. May the Lord pacify the unrest among the people, so that there is no revolt.
144. May God bless the labors of people and accept them.
145. May the Lord heal those suffering from bleeding.
146. May the Lord heal those bitten and wounded by villains.
147. May the Lord subdue wild animals, may they not cause harm to people and households.
148. May the Lord send favorable weather, so that people may reap a rich harvest and glorify Him. (All the above interpretations belong to the Monk Arseny, the following two - to Father Paisios from Mount Athos)
149. In gratitude to God for His many mercies and for the abundance of His love that knows no boundaries and abides with us.
150. May the Lord send contentment and comfort to our brothers and sisters in distant lands, and to our brothers and sisters who have died, which is even further from us. Amen.

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, 10,142, 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.

Thanksgiving and laudatory: 33, 65, 66, 91, 95, 96, 102, 103, 116, 145, 149, 150.

Glorifying God: 8, 17, 92, 102, 103.

Edifying: 1, 32, 40, 45, 84, 89, 100, 111, 126.

Pour out grief: 3, 12, 16, 37, 54, 87, 141, 142.

Expressing hope in God: 53, 85, 90, 111, 120.

With a request for protection and help: 3, 4, 24, 40, 54, 69, 142.

Penitents: 38, 50.

Expressing joy: 32, 83, 114.

Psalms for every need, according to the advice and instructions of the holy fathers

To protect yourself from grave sins: 18
Against demon attacks: 45, 67
With accusations and slander raised against you: 4, 7, 36, 51
When you see the pride and malice of many, when people have nothing sacred: 11
For humility of spirit: 5, 27, 43, 54, 78, 79, 138
When enemies continue to seek your doom: 34, 25, 42
In gratitude for the victory over the enemy: 17
In times of trouble and tribulation: 3, 12, 21, 68, 76, 82, 142
In despondency and in unconscious grief: 90, 26, 101
In defense against enemies, in adversity, in the machinations of human and enemy: 90, 3, 37, 2, 49, 53, 58, 139
In circumstances so that the Lord hears your prayer: 16, 85, 87, 140
When you ask for mercy and bounty from God: 66
If you want to learn how to give thanks to the Lord: 28
In order not to be stingy and give alms: 40
Praise the Lord: 23, 88, 92, 95, 110, 112, 113, 114, 133, 138
In illness: 29, 46, 69
Confused: 30
In emotional wounding: 36, 39, 53, 69
To comfort the oppressed: 19
From corruption and sorcerers: 49, 53, 58, 63, 139
When you have the need to sweat the true God: 9, 74, 104, 105, 106, 107, 117, 135, 137
On the forgiveness of sins and in repentance: 50, 6, 24, 56, 129
In spiritual joy: 102, 103
When you hear that they blaspheme the Providence of God: 13, 52
In order not to be offended when you see that the wicked prosper, and the righteous endure sorrows: 72
In gratitude for every favor of God: 33, 145, 149, 45, 47, 64, 65, 80, 84, 97, 115, 116, 123, 125, 134, 148
Before leaving home: 31
On the road: 41, 42, 62, 142
Before sowing: 64
From theft: 51
From drowning: 68
From frost: 147
Persecuted: 53, 55, 56, 141
On the granting of a peaceful death: 38
On the desire to move to eternal villages: 83
Deceased: 118
If the evil one prevails: 142, 67

Pray for one another (James 5:16).

Psalter - holy book psalms, or divine hymns, written down by King David under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Reading the Psalter attracts the help of Angels, blots out sins, nourishes the soul with the breath of the Holy Spirit.

The way to pray according to the Psalter is much older than the Jesus Prayer or the reading of akathists. Before the advent of the Jesus Prayer, it was customary in ancient monasticism to read the Psalter by heart (to oneself), and some monasteries accepted only those who knew the entire Psalter by heart. AT tsarist Russia The Psalter was the most widespread book among the population.

In Orthodox ascetic practice, there is still a pious custom of reading the Psalter by agreement, when a group of believers separately from each other reads the entire Psalter in one day. At the same time, everyone reads one kathisma assigned to him at home, in private, and commemorates the names of those who pray with him by agreement. The next day, the Psalter is read again in its entirety, with everyone reading the next kathisma. If someone on one of the days failed to read the kathisma assigned to him, it is read the next day plus the one following it in order.

Thus, during Great Lent, the entire Psalter is read at least 40 times. One person cannot do such a feat.

The Psalter is not read during the period from Holy Thursday of Holy Week to St. Thomas Week (Anti-Easter). During these ten days, any reading of the Psalter is canceled both in churches and in private. In all other cases, the Psalter is read by the laity.

Tips for beginners

1. To read the Psalter, you must have a burning lamp (or candle) at home. It is customary to pray “without a spark” only on the way, outside the home.

2. Psalter, on the advice of St. Seraphim of Sarov, it is necessary to read aloud - in an undertone or quieter, so that not only the mind, but also the ear listens to the words of the prayer (“Give joy and joy to my hearing”).

3. Special attention you should pay attention to the correct placement of stress in words, tk. a mistake can change the meaning of words and even whole phrases, and this is a sin.

4. You can read the psalms while sitting (the word “kathisma” translated into Russian is “what is read while sitting”, in contrast to the word “akathist” - “not sitting”). You need to get up when reading the opening and closing prayers, as well as at the Glory.

5. Psalms are read monotonously, without expression, a little in a singsong voice - dispassionately, because. God dislikes our sinful feelings. Reading psalms and prayers with theatrical expression leads a person to a demonic state of delusion.

6. One should not lose heart and be embarrassed if the meaning of the psalms is not clear. The machine gunner does not always understand how the machine gun fires, but his task is to hit the enemies. Regarding the Psalms, there is a statement: "You do not understand - the demons understand." As we grow spiritually, the meaning of the psalms will also be revealed.

In cell reading, it is customary to divide kathismas into three Glories. Before and after the kathisma, special prayers are read.

Prayers before reading kathisma

In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee! King of Heaven.

Trisagion according to our Father.

Come, let us worship our King God. Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ, our King God. Come, let us worship and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God.

Then the next kathisma is read with the remembrance of the names on each "Glory".

On "Glory"

Where the kathisma is interrupted by the mark "Glory", the following prayers are read:

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, glory to Thee, O God! (3 times).

Lord have mercy (3 times).

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Save, Lord, and have mercy on the Patriarch (the name of the rivers), then - the name of the ruling bishop and the names on the list are commemorated, and forgive them all sins, voluntary and involuntary, and with their holy prayers, forgive and have mercy on me, unworthy!(After this prayer, prostrations can be made depending on the diligence of the believer).

On the first and second "Glory" the names of health are commemorated, on the third Glory - the names of the repose: “God give rest, O Lord, to the souls of your departed servants (according to the list) and forgive them all sins, voluntary and involuntary, and grant them Your Kingdom of Heaven!”(and earthly bows).

And now, and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

After the third “Glory”, troparia and prayers written in the next kathisma are read. The prayer "Lord, have mercy" is read 40 times - on the fingers or the rosary.

Sometimes, at will, between the second and third ten (between 20 and 21 prayers “Lord, have mercy!”), A believer’s personal prayer is said for the closest people, for the most urgent.

After reading the kathisma - "It is worthy to eat" and the final prayers.

About reading the Psalter

Schema-Archimandrite Ioanniky: “Read the Psalter, the Apostle, the Gospel—everything is here. Whoever reads the Psalter at night two kathisma - for the whole Psalter goes. It is more valuable to read the Psalter aloud, to yourself out of necessity. Raise the night Psalter - pray for yourself and those whom you do not know to the seventh generation. Daytime is also valuable. As leaves fall from a tree in autumn, so do sins from a person who reads the Psalter. Read the 17th kathisma - pray for your sins and the sins of your relatives up to the 7th generation. Be sure to read the 17th kathisma on Friday evening. Read the 17th kathisma for the deceased every day. Pray for the kingdom of heaven."

The story of a village priest: “One ninety-year-old old woman said that on the fortieth day after her death, a familiar psalmist appeared to her in a dream. During her lifetime, she helped him with the housework: she washed floors, dishes, and did laundry. He sadly said: “Why do you pray so little, and there is no better help for us than reading the Psalter.”

From the book “Biography of the Elder Schemamen Savva. With love in the Lord, your D.O.S." (M., 1998): “My husband and I lived together, but there was no peace and silence in the house. I did not yield to my husband, and he, in turn, proved his case, and so it went on for a long time. Finally, I got tired of all this, and I decided to behave differently. My husband will say an offensive word to me, I feel that I am starting to get annoyed - I take the Psalter and start reading. The husband makes a little noise, then shuts up. And so, little by little, peace and tranquility settled in our house. I came to the temple, my father was passing by, he stopped beside me and said: “It would be so long ago!”.

Elder schema-nun Anthony: “The seventeenth kathisma is the basis of the Psalter, it must be read in its entirety, it is indivisible… Remember the seventeenth kathisma! May the seventeenth kathisma be read every day! You won’t be able to read it in the evening, which means during the day, on the road, anywhere, but the seventeenth kathisma must be read daily. This is your spiritual savings book, this is your capital for your sins. At the ordeals, the seventeenth kathisma will already be in defense for you.” Some people think that the 17th kathisma is read only when the turn comes to it and it is impossible to do otherwise. This is not entirely true. It is good to read it every day, and many pious lay people do so. “For the departed, this is a great help!”

Elder Jerome (Sanaksarsky) advised those whose relatives smoke to read Psalm 108 every day for the smoker. If a relative dies (spiritually) - read the Psalter and the Akathist of the Mother of God "Searching for the Lost." The demon fights strongly for a man, he said, seven times stronger than for a woman, because a man is the image of God (meaning that the Lord Jesus Christ came to earth in a male image and the first man was Adam). To complaints, the priest answered: “Read the Psalter!” - Father, there are big quarrels in the family. - Read the Psalter. “Father, there’s trouble at work. - Read the Psalter. I wondered how this could help? But you start reading - and everything works out.

Priest Andrey Uglov: After the prayer ‘Our Father’, read this Troparion, tone 6:

Have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us, bewildering any answer, we offer this prayer as the Lord of sin: have mercy on us.
Glory: Honest of Your prophet, Lord, triumph, Heaven, the Church of the show, Angels rejoice with people. With prayers, Christ God, rule our belly in the world, let us sing to You: Alleluia.
And now: Many of my many, Mother of God, sins, I have resorted to You, Pure, demanding salvation: visit my infirm soul and pray to Your Son and our God to give me resignation, even to the cruel deeds, Blessed One. Lord, have mercy, 40 times.

And bow, eliko powerfully.

The same prayer of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity: All-holy Trinity, God and Creator of the whole world, hasten and direct my heart, start with reason and finish good deeds inspired by this book, even the Holy Spirit will burp the mouth of David, now I want to speak az, unworthy, understanding my ignorance, falling down I pray to Thee, and asking for help from You: Lord, direct my mind and strengthen my heart, not about the verbal speech of the mouth, but to rejoice in the mind of the verbs, and get ready to do good deeds, I am learning, and I say: yes good deeds I am enlightened, I will be a partaker with all Your chosen ones at the judgment of the right hand of You. And now, Vladyka, bless, yes, sighing from the heart, and with my tongue I will sing, saying to this: Come, let us bow down to our Tsar God. Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ, our King God. Come, let us worship and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God.

HOW TO RELEASE FROM DEMONIC FORCES

Rev. Barsanuphius of Optina said that every Orthodox Christian should read at least Glory a day. I want to say that Rev. Alexander, head of the monastery of the Unsleeping Ones, introduced the Order of the Unsleeping Psalter in the monasteries. It is very well written about him in the Cheti-Minei. Some spiritual giants read the entire Psalter a day on an ongoing basis. As, for example, Simeon Divnogorets, Parthenius of Kyiv, and others. Ephraim the Syrian speaks of the psalms so that they are constantly on our lips. It's such a sweetness - sweeter than honey and honeycombs. The law of the Lord is good for us more than a thousand gold and silver. I love your commandments more than gold and topaz (Psalm 119, 127). Indeed, you read and cannot be touched. It's fine! When reading, not everything is clear. But Ambrose Optinsky says that understanding comes with time. Open my eyes, and I will understand miracles from your law (Psalm 119, 18). Let us really hope that our spiritual eyes will be opened.

Many ascetics, for example, the righteous father Nikolai Ragozin. Or, for example, the Blessed old woman Pelagia - the Ryazan ascetic - was advised to read Psalm 26 more often to protect against dark forces. Blessed Polyushka said: “Whoever reads this psalm at least three times a day will ride among the sorcerers like on a tank” - such a figurative expression. Blessed Polyushka also advised that if a person is possessed by an unclean spirit or was engaged in witchcraft - that is, demons rape this person - then it is very useful to take a blessing from a good priest and read Psalm 26 40 times a day for 40 days. Of course, this is a great feat, but many people receive healing through this. This psalm, according to Blessed Polyushka, has tremendous power. This is the most powerful psalm in the entire Psalter.

Additional Information:

Text of the Psalter in Church Slavonic in civil script with parallel translation - https://www.molitvoslov.com/psaltir

Psalter for every need compiled according to the advice and instructions of the holy fathers - https://www.molitvoslov.com/text154.htm

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The Psalter is a sacred book containing a collection of sacred songs of the Old Testament Church. The content of the Psalter is varied - 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 beautiful,” and explains the reasons for this beauty: the Spirit of the Lord spoke in me, and His word was 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.

Orthodox worship and cell prayer of Christians is based precisely on the reading of the Psalter. Let's take a closer look at the basic rules wisely provided by the Church in this work.

The liturgical charter for reading the Psalter is specified in Chapter 17 of the Typicon. In general, Orthodox worship basically consists of the Psalter. Psalms are the core, the foundation of the service. From the daily liturgical circle there is not a single divine service in which the psalms are not used, in almost all the followings of the Trebnik texts from the Psalter are used.

Along with the reading of kathismata at Vespers, Matins and the Great Lenten Hours, psalms are used separately in worship (for example, the Hours are based on three psalms) and verses from them (prokeimnas, chants to stichera).

For a week in the temples, the Psalter is necessarily read 1 time in full, during the period of Great Lent, twice a week.

For the laity, the Psalter has become an indispensable book in home prayer. There are no special instructions here on how the Psalter should be read at home, but general rules similar to worship. The Psalter is read with prayers for health, for the repose of the dead, especially during periods of fasting.

May the Lord help us, through the prayers of his holy prophet David, "to control the mind and strengthen the heart, not about the words of the mouth to chill, but about the mind of the verbs to have fun, and get ready to do good deeds" (from the prayer before reading the Psalter), which this book teaches us .