Psalter. Kathisma 2
KATHISMA SECOND.
Psalm 9.
1 Finally, about the secret things of the Son, a psalm to David.
2 I will confess to You, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders. 3 I will rejoice and rejoice in You, I will sing to Your name, O Most High. 4 Whenever my enemy turns back, they will faint and perish before Your presence. 5 Because you have executed my judgment and my judgment, you have sat on the Throne, judging righteousness. 6 He rebuked you with your tongue, and the wicked perished; you took his name for ever and ever. 7 The enemy has run out of weapons to the end, and you have destroyed the cities, and his memory perished with noise. 8 And the Lord abides forever, preparing His Throne for judgment, 9 and He is to judge the world in righteousness, to judge people in righteousness. 10 And the Lord was a refuge for the needy, a helper in good times and in tribulations. 11 And let those who know Your name trust in You, for You have not forsaken those who seek You, O Lord. 12 Sing to the Lord who dwells in Zion, proclaim His works among the nations, 13 for I will remember their blood, not forgetting the calling of the needy. 14 Have mercy on me, Lord, see my humility from my enemies, lift me up from the gates of death, 15 For I will proclaim all Your praise in the gates of the daughter Zion, we will rejoice in Your salvation. 16 The coal miners of the nations are in the destruction, having created the same, in this net, even as the roof is hidden, their foot is stuck. 17 We know that the Lord creates destiny; the sinner binds his hand in affairs. 18 Let sinners return to hell, all the nations who forget God. 19 Because the poor will not be completely forgotten, the patience of the needy will not be completely destroyed. 20 Arise, Lord, let no man be strong, and let the nations be judged before You. 21 Set, O Lord, a giver of the law over them, that the Gentiles may understand that they are men. 22 How, O Lord, do you stand afar off, despised in good times, in times of trouble? 23 The wicked are always proud, the poor are inflamed, they get caught up in the advice of those who think. 24 For a sinner is to praise in the desires of his soul, and to bless an offender is. 25 A sinner who provokes the Lord, because of the abundance of his wrath, will not seek it; he has no God before him. 26 His ways are defiled for all time, Your fortunes are taken away from before him, he has all his enemies. 27 Saying in my heart, I will not move from generation to generation without evil, 28 whose mouth is full of oaths, and sorrow and flattery, under his tongue is labor and illness. 29 He sits down to hunt with the rich in secret places, even if he kills the innocent, and looks upon him as a beggar. 30 He catches in secret like a lion in his fence, he catches the poor, he catches the poor, and at some time he attracts him in his net. 31 He will humble him, bow down and fall, never having the power of the poor. 32 He said in his heart: Forget God, turn away His face, so that He does not see to the end. 33 Arise, Lord my God, may Your hand be exalted, do not forget Your poor to the end. 34 What do you do to anger the wicked God? Speech in your heart: it will not require. 35 See how You look upon sickness and rage, so that He may be faithful in Your hand, The beggar has been left for You, You will be a helper to the sire. 36 Break the arm of the sinner and the evil one, his sin will be exacted and will not be found. 37 The Lord is King forever and ever, you nations will perish from His land. 38 Thou hast heard the desire of the poor, O Lord; Thy ear hath heard the plan of their hearts. 39 Judge the lowly and the lowly, lest any man make himself great upon the earth.
Psalm 10.
Finally, a psalm to David.
1 I trust in the Lord, as you say to my soul: fly through the mountains like a bird? 2 For behold, you sinners have laid your bow, preparing arrows in the tule to shoot in the darkness of the right heart. 3 What you have done, you have destroyed, but what have you done, the righteous? The Lord is in His holy temple. 4 Lord, His Throne is in Heaven, His eyes will look upon the poor, His rulers the sons of men will test. 5 The Lord will test the righteous and the wicked, but he who loves unrighteousness hates his own life. 6 It will rain upon sinners a snare, a fire and a bugbear, and a storm of spirit, part of their cup. 7 For the Lord is righteous, and He loves righteousness; righteousness is seen in His face.
Glory:
Psalm 11.
1 Finally, O osmake, a psalm to David.
2 Save me, Lord, for the saint has become poor, for he has lost the truth from the sons of men. 3 A vain verb, every one to his own sincerity, a flattering verb in the heart, and an evil verb in the heart. 4 The Lord will require all flattering lips, a loquacious tongue, 5 saying: Let us magnify our tongue, our lips are among us; who is the Lord to us? 6 For the sake of the poor and the groaning of the needy, today I will rise again, says the Lord, I will rely on salvation, I will not be offended about it. 7 The words of the Lord are pure, the silver is kindled, the earth is tempted, the word of the seven is purified. 8 You, O Lord, have preserved us and kept us from this generation and forever. 9 Around wickedness walk, the sons of men have multiplied according to your height.
Psalm 12.
1 Finally, a psalm to David.
2 How long, Lord, will you forget me completely? How long do you turn your face away from me? 3 How long will I put counsel in my soul, pain in my heart day and night? How long will my enemy rise up against me? 4 Look, hear me, O Lord my God, enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep into death, 5 lest when my enemy speaks, I strengthen myself against him. 6 Those who suffer from me will rejoice, even if I move. 7 But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation; I will sing to the Lord who has done good to me, and I will sing to the name of the Lord Most High.
Psalm 13.
Finally, a psalm to David.
1 The speech is foolish in his heart: there is no God. Having become corrupted and disgusted in your undertakings, do no good. 2 The Lord speaks from heaven against the sons of men, see if they understand or seek God. 3 All turned aside, and together they became incomplete: he who does no goodness, he does not bring it to one. 4 Shall not all the workers of iniquity, who devour my people's bread, understand? You didn’t call on the Lord. 5 There you feared fear, even though there was no fear, for the Lord is among the generation of the righteous. 6 The counsel of the poor is put to shame, but the Lord is his hope. 7 Who will give salvation to Israel from Zion? 8 Whenever the Lord brings back the captivity of His people, Jacob will rejoice, and Israel will rejoice.
Glory:
Psalm 14.
Finally, a psalm to David.
1 Lord, who dwells in Your dwelling? Or who will dwell in Your holy mountain? 2 Walk blamelessly and do righteousness, speak the truth in your heart. 3 Let him not deceive with his tongue, neither do evil to his own sincerity, nor receive reproach against his neighbors. 4 The wicked one is humiliated before him, but he who fears the Lord glorifies him, swearing sincerely and not being cast aside. 5 I will not give my silver for interest and will not accept bribes for the innocent. This creator will not move forever.
Psalm 15.
Pillars, to David.
1 Save me, O Lord, for I trust in You. 2 Reh of the Lord: You are my Lord, for you do not require my good things. 3 To the saints who are on His earth, the Lord grants all His desires in them. 4 Having increased their infirmities, I hastened them to this day: I will not gather their councils from the blood, neither will I mention their names in my mouth. 5 The Lord is the portion of my wealth and my cup, You are the one who has built up my wealth for me. 6 I have already attacked my powers, for my power is mine. 7 I will bless the Lord, who hath warned me, and yet even unto night hath chastened me in my belly. 8 I will set forth the foreknowledge of the Lord before me, as he is on my right hand, so that I will not be moved. 9 For this reason my heart is glad, and my tongue is glad, and my flesh also dwells in hope. 10 For Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, lest Thy venerable one see corruption. 11 Thou hast told me the ways of life, make me glad with Thy countenance; beauty is at Thy right hand in the end.
Psalm 16.
Prayer to David.
1 Hear, O Lord, my righteousness, attend to my prayer, make my prayer not come from flattering lips. 2 From Your presence my destiny will proceed; let my eyes see righteousness. 3 You have tempted my heart, you have visited me in the night, you have tempted me, and iniquity will not be found in me. 4 For let not my mouth speak of the works of men; for the words of thy walls I have kept cruel ways. 5 Make my steps in Your paths, so that my steps may not go astray. 6 I cried, because you have heard me, O God, incline your ear to me and hear my words. 7 Amaze Your mercy, save those who trust in You from those who resist Your right hand. 8 Save me, O Lord, like the apple of your eye, and cover me in the blood of Your wing. 9 From the presence of the wicked, they have wrought havoc on me, and have conquered my soul. 10 She shut up her fat, and her mouth spoke of pride. 11 Those who cast me out have now devoured me; they have cast their eyes upon the earth. 12 You have declared me to be like a lion ready to hunt, and like a skiman who dwells in secret places. 13 Arise, Lord, precede me and worship them, deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy weapons from Thy enemy's hand, 14 Lord, from the little ones of the earth, I divided in their belly, and Thy hidden ones from their bellies were filled, they were satisfied with their sons, and left the remains of your baby. 15 But I will appear before Your face with righteousness, I will be satisfied, and sometimes Your glory will be revealed to me.
Glory:
According to the 2nd kathisma, the Trisagion according to Our Father: Also troparia, tone 2:
I am a barren tree, Lord, I bear no tender fruit, and I am afraid of being cut, and I am afraid of its unquenchable fire. Moreover, I pray to You: before these needs, address and save me.
Like the waves of the sea, my iniquity rises upon me, like a ship in the depths, I alone am overwhelmed by the sins of many, but guide me into a quiet haven, Lord, with repentance and save me.
Glory: Have mercy on me, says David, and I call to You: I have sinned, O Savior, having cleansed my sins with repentance, have mercy on me.
And now: Warm intercession of Christians, pray to Your Son, Mother of God, to deliver us from all villainy and cruelty, warrior, and to grant forgiveness to us for our sins, mercy for the sake of Your bounty. with our prayers, Mother Devo.
Lord, have mercy (40) and prayer:
Master Almighty, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Only Begotten Son, give me an undefiled body, a pure heart, a willing mind, an unlost mind, an influx of the Holy Spirit to gain knowledge and contentment of the truth in Thy Christ: with Him belongs glory, honor and worship to Thee, with the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages, amen.
Conversations about the Psalter. Kathisma second
Every Sunday, starting January 20, 2022, conversations about the Psalter are held in the assembly hall of the Sretensky Theological Seminary. The conversations are conducted by the resident of the Sretensky Monastery, teacher of the Sretensky Theological Seminary, Hieromonk Irenei (Pikovsky). Admission to the meetings is free, without age restrictions, without prior registration. Starts at 13:00.
We bring to your attention a video of the meeting dedicated to the analysis of the second kathisma.
The second kathisma of the Slavic Bible consists of 7 psalms (9–16). The numbering of the psalms of the Greek and Hebrew Bibles splits into two at Psalm 9. In editions that are based on the Masoretic Text, this text is divided into 2 psalms: Psalms 9 and 10. If we compare it with the Synodal Translation, then verses 9:1–21 of the Russian text will correspond to the 9th psalm of the Hebrew Bible (Biblia Hebraica), and verses 9:22–39 will correspond to the 10th psalm. The numbering of the psalms in the Russian Synodal translation corresponds to the Greek Bible.
The text of Psalm 9 conveys the tension that is associated with testing the faith of the righteous. Although David always tried to walk in the ways of the Lord (9:2-7), God seemed to step aside in a moment of sorrow (9:22). The wicked arrogantly boast of their wealth, their lips are full of deceit, they lie in wait for the poor and say to themselves, “God has forgotten,” “He will not require it,” “He has hidden His face” (9: 24–32).
Psalm 10 also describes the persecution of the righteous by the wicked. But here there is no bewilderment, “why, Lord, do you stand afar off” (9:22) and an urgent request to God, “Rise up, Lord” (9:33), which are indicated in Psalm 9. Instead, the nature of the persecution of enemies is given, from which the psalmist is saved (10:2-4), and then the confidence with which David reflects on the trials of the Lord is emphasized (vv. 5-7). Psalm 10, as well as Psalms 45 and 47, expresses the confidence that despite social unrest, God does not abandon people faithful to Him.
The main focus of Psalm 11 is the contrast between human falsity and divine truth.
Psalm 12 is a short prayer in which there is a striking transition from lament to praise.
Psalm 13 is the cry of a man surrounded by evil people.
The first verse of Psalm 14, “Who can dwell in Your habitation?” (14:1) opens a discussion about the criteria for admitting people to participate in public worship (cf. Ps. 23:3-6). God is not involved in evil; those who do evil distance themselves from God.
Although Psalm 15 continues the idea of the previous psalm, it is more optimistic and joyful. The author of the psalm, according to the inscription, is David. He contrasts his lifestyle with those who worship false gods and testifies that God is blessing him now for his faithfulness. Moreover, he hopes that God will save him even from the ravages of death.
Kathisma second. Psalm Nine
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Kathisma second. Psalm tenth
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Kathisma second. Psalm eleven
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Kathisma second. Psalm twelve
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Kathisma second. Psalm thirteen
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Kathisma second. Psalm fourteen
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Kathisma second. Psalm fifteen
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Kathisma second. Psalm sixteen
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