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THE READING AND POWER OF THE PSALMS
FOR THE HOLY LIGHT
PSALM EXPLANATION
The blessing that comes to the
righteous people as a result of
1
studying and keeping the law
of the Lord.
2 Rebel man - Ruler God.
A call to the Lord in times of
3
danger.
4 A night prayer.
5 A morning prayer.
6 A cry of dismay.
A prayer for protection and
7 To face people's slyness. For
righteous justice from God.
8 God and humans.
9 A song of magnification.
A prayer for God to defend
10
weak people.
11 A distinction of faith.
12 A prayer for help from God.
13 From despair to hope.
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To avoid evil and hate from
people.
Read it before you do any
work.
To solve dispute between
friends or family members.
Before going to sleep. When
you have a troubled night. For
peace of mind.
When they traduce you with
lies. When they try to destroy
your work.
To confront difficult sickness.
To face evil and vicious people.
protection from magic.
Thanks giving to God. For the
beginning of a new job.
When our affairs go wrong.
For those who are driven to
court unjustly. For those who
are aggrieved and in pain.
In cases of panic. To drive
demons away.
Against abandonment.
For those who suffer from
melancholy.
 For the people who are
14 Foolishness of the atheist. mentally blind. To soften
stubborn and egoist people.
To restore bad relations. For
15 Qualities of God's people. the good of our poor
fellowmen.
Against satanic processions.
16 The road of faith. Against headaches. For the
saving of possessed people.
For the slanderers. To stop
those who accuse us unjustly.
17 Appeal of a pure heart to God.
To protect us from gossip. For
the evil eye.
For the prosperity of the
18 A prayer to God for liberation. country and its people. For the
governors to rule fairly.
The wonderful creation of God In order for God to forgive our
19
and His perfect law. sins.
For the success of our
20 A prayer for the king to win.
bargains.
So that the country, the city or
21 A thanks for the king. the village will have a good
course.
For peace in all the world. To
22 Ordeal and salvation.
stop wars.
To reconcile chided people. For
23 The sheep and the shepherd. the heretics to come back to
the right faith.
To soften the hearts of
24 Worship.
hardhearted people.
Prayer of a man who is in Against magic. To stop other
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difficulty. people from attacking us.
26 Prayer of a just man. For every difficulty in life.
To have a good journey. For
27 Trust and devotion to God. peace in our family and our
social life.
So that God will protect our
28 Prayer and answer. possessions. Against the
sneaking of bad people.
To stop natural disasters, hail,
29 The Thunder of God. frost, earthquakes, floods,
storms.
 A benediction for the extension To get over the fear of death
30
of a life. after accidents.
So that dissipated children will
come back home. So that
31 Probation and trust.
someone will see the truth
clearly.
So that God will forgive our
Confession and delight for
32 sins. So that the souls of the
God's forgiveness.
dead will redeem.
So that the crops and the trees
33 Everyone chant. will be fertile. For good social
relationships.
34 The care of God for His people. For every misfortune.
A prayer to the Lord to defend For the unjustly persecuted, so
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the right. that truth will shine.
So that fanatic Christians will
36 The eternal love of God. quieten down and understand
that God is full of love.
So that God will punish the
37 Good and evil. unfair who harm their
fellowmen and don't repent.
So that the separated will
In a big distress. A prayer for conciliate. For people who
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forgiveness. don't care about their homes so
that they will care.
For those who are dying and
39 The short life of man are afraid and their soul don't
come out.
Glorification and pray of a
40 In every difficulty in life.
burst out heart.
For the sick people who are in
A prayer of a sick and lonely
41 hospitals so that they will heal
person.
faster.
42-43 Wish for (yearning) God. To free possessed people
So that our army wont be
44 National cry.
defeated from the enemy.
So that domesticities will be
45 A royal matrimonial hymn.
well.
So that God will stop natural
46 «God is our refuge»
disasters (a group prayer).
A group prayer to praise the
47 Shout and chant.
Glory of God.
 Zion, the celebrated city of So that God will protect our
48
God. home and the inhabitants.
For those who lost their life
49 Thoughts about life and death. from a violent death (accidents,
wars, murders etc).
To help us fight ungratefulness
50 God calls people to account. and ungrateful people, injustice
and unfair people.
For the forgiveness of our sins.
51 A request for recognition.
A confessional psalm.
To punish the magicians and
those who resort to them. For
52 The condemnation of the canny.
the punishment of infernal
people.
53 See Psalm 14.
54 A cry for help. So as secrets are not betrayed.
To clear our mind from
emotions and see things
55 A prayer of a man in difficulty.
clearly. To see the truth without
sentimentalism.
Against demonic impositions
56 «In God I put my hopes». that come from afar and
agitate our peace.
So that our enemies don't hurt
57 A prayer among cruel enemies.
us with their works.
So as to reform corrupted
58 «There is a God that judges». politicians, employees and
workers.
A prayer for protection and An afternoon prayer for
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punishment. protection.
To give courage to hesitant
60 The nation is defeated.
people and find diligence.
For employers that their work
61 A prayer of a tired king.
is not going well.
For young people who are
62 A psalm of love and rebellion. unemployed and can't find a
job.
Read this psalm after every
63 A thirsty heart. successful deal to promote it in
the future.
So that the conspirators and
64 A prayer for protection.
the traitors will be punished.
65 A hymn for thanksgiving. So that the crops will do well.
 Praise and worship. National So that God will protect the
66
and personal. nation.
So that God will protect the
67 Harvest. goods of the earth from
disasters and robberies.
So that our army will defeat
68 The triumphant song of Israel.
our enemies.
A prayer of a man in great
69 When big destructions happen.
ordeal.
70 An urgent call for help. In cases of extraordinary need.
For old people who are alone
71 A prayer in our old age.
so that they don't sadden.
72 A prayer for the king. To judge righteously.
73 The injustice of this world. To stop slander and gossip.
Cry for the destruction of the When we feel deserted from
74
temple. our family and our friends.
75 God is the judge. So that God will give justice.
76 A hymn of liberation. Against all kinds of magic.
77 Past and present. Consolation for our sorrows.
To bring ungrateful people to
78 Lessons from Israel's history.
their senses.
In times of true repentance. So
79 Jerusalem is ruined. that our enemies will leave
empty-handed.
A prayer for the restoration of So that agrarian products will
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Israel. do well.
The message of God during So that stubborn people will
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harvest. see reason and think properly.
So that judges will not wrong
82 God's justice.
the innocent.
To stop mass attacks of the
83 A prayer for help.
enemies.
84 A song of the pilgrim. Everyday prayer.
85 Thanks giving and prayer. To set a right course in our life.
So that God will help us in
86 A prayer of a man in difficulty. dead-end situations and other
difficulties in life.
Zion, city of God, mother of all
87 For peace in the family.
nations.
So that God will help to the
88 Cry of a desperate man.
extension of a man's life.
 So that God will forgive our
89 Hymn and pray. sins whether we made them
wittingly or not.
For people who are troubled
90 Life is short and hard.
unjustly from cruel men.
For headaches and other
physical pains. So that
91 Trust in God and settle down. pregnant women will have a
good delivery. To free a dying
man's soul who has difficulty.
So that God will give us His
92 «Song for the Sabbath».
blessed goods.
93 «The Lord reigneth». So that God will enlighten us.
So that God will punish those
who are unfair. So that God will
94 God's justice. stop those people who go to
magicians to harm other
people.
95 Worship our Creator. A prayer for every Monday.
The greatness and glory of
96 A prayer for every Tuesday.
God.
A prayer for every Wednesday -
97 Praise The Lord.
Against magic.
98 A song unto The Lord. A prayer for every Thursday.
99 God forgives His people. A prayer for every Friday.
100 «The Lord is God». A prayer for every Saturday.
So that people will be decent
101 The declaration of the king.
with their transactions.
102 The cry of a man in ordeal. For psychological illnesses.
The loving and mercy of The A group prayer to ask the
103
Lord. mercy of God.
A prayer for those who travel,
104 For God, the Great Creator. the drivers, the marines,
aviators and passengers.
A hymn to God for His covenant For every sad, poor and
105
with Israel. suffering man.
106 Israel's disobedience. A Sunday afternoon prayer.
A special prayer for the
107 A hymn to God The Redeemer.
traveller, the captive, the sick.
So that hesitant people will be
108 A hymn to God.
diligent.
 For the ungrateful people who
A cry for revenge. A call for with their works and their
109
help. words do wrong to their
benefactors.
A thanks giving for the
110 «A king and priest forever». salvation of the people. To read
it on Sunday mornings.
For those who are going to
111 A praise to God.
take school examinations.
Blessed is the man that For people and especially for
112
respects and obeys The Lord. children who have phobias.
So that wick people will find
113 Our peerless God.
cure.
An Easter hymn. God with His A thanks giving prayer. To read
114
people. it every day.
The Living God. The lifeless
115 A group prayer for every evil.
idols.
So that God will help to save a
116 A hymn of thanks giving.
man's life.
117 Call for glorification.
A hymn for the feast of the So that God will help in the
118
tabernacles. achieving of a good cause.
For the glory of the word of To stop rebellions and national
119
God. disasters.
Against those who traduce us.
120 Against slanderers.
Against gossip.
For all kinds of magic. To cure
121 God the Keeper.
psychasthenias.
So that God will guard a city or
122 Jerusalem, the city of God.
village form disasters.
So that God will help us get out
123 An appeal for mercy.
of a dead-end situation.
A prayer to read in national
124 God the Saviour.
feasts.
Before going to sleep. So that
125 Trust in the Lord. God will protect us from night
attacks of the demons.
For the prosperity and
126 Laughter and tears. diligence of a place. For the
well being of our work.
The uselessness of the human To resolve economic
127
effort without God. differences without problems.
 The blessings of the man who For every new outset in our
128
respects and obeys The Lord. life.
A prayer for the fall of those
For people who persecute us
129 who afflicted the people of the
on and on.
Lord.
Prayer, expectation and hope To put our affairs in the hands
130
for redemption from God. of God.
So that God will pacify restless
131 A psalm of pure faith.
and naughty children.
In remembrance of the day that
132 The Ark was brought in A general prayer.
Jerusalem.
The family unity of the people In times of rainlessness so that
133
of The Lord. rain will come.
A psalm for those who guard An everyday thanks giving
134
the Temple at night. psalm.
A glorification hymn for public Thanks giving psalm - every
135
worship. day.
So that new-born children don't
136 «The great glorification»
fall ill.
So that the exiled and the
137 A cry of the exiled in Babylon. captured will return to their
homes.
So that God will guard the
138 A hymn of thanks giving. women and children who are
under persecution or war.
Against all obscure powers and
139 The God who is there.
their servants.
Against those people who go to
140 A prayer for help. sorcerers. Against evil gossip
and black magic.
A prayer so that we will have So that our fellowmen don’t
141
good reactions. hate us without reason.
For all those who are
A prayer of a man who is alone
142 persecuted. So that disunity
and in difficulty.
will go and peace will come.
Against depression and evil
143 A prayer for help from God.
eye.
Hymn for the victory of the
144 So that God will bring peace.
Lord.
So that irresponsible people
145 «Great is the Lord» don’t destroy the natural
environment.
146 A personal glorification. To boost our fallen moral.
So that the people of the nation
147 A national thanks giving.
will prosper.
So as to say a small thanks to
148 Universal Glorification.
The Most Merciful God.
The ode of the faithful people So that God will judge those
149
of The Lord. who do us wrong.
A group prayer to praise The
150 Choral glorification symphony.
Lord.
Psalms from the Old Testament