Kathisma 13 Psalm 91

Psalter

Psalm, song, on the Sabbath day, 91.

2 It is good for me to glorify You, O Lord, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

3 To proclaim Your mercy in the morning, Your truth every night,

4 With song, on the ten-stringed psalter and on the harp!

5 For You have made me glad, O Lord, in all Your creation, and in the works of Your hands I will rejoice.

6 For Your works are full of greatness, O Lord, Your thoughts are deep.

7 A foolish man does not know them; a foolish man does not understand.

8 Although sinners grow like grass, and the workers of iniquity increase in number, they will be destroyed forever.

9 But You, O Lord, live forever!

10 For all Your enemies, O Lord, all Your enemies will perish, and the workers of iniquity will be scattered.

11 And my dignity will be exalted like the horn of a unicorn, and in my old age I will be anointed with oil;

12 And my eye will look upon my enemies, and my ear will hear the destruction of the treacherous ones who rise up against me.

13 The righteous will blossom like the date palm; like the cedars of Lebanon, they will multiply.

14 Those who are rooted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of our God, will flourish;

15 And there will be many of them, reaching venerable old age and prospering.

16 Let them tell people the greatness of the righteousness of the Lord our God, and that there is no unrighteousness in Him!

On the day before the Sabbath, when the earth was filled, David's song of praise, 92

1 The Lord reigned, clothed with beauty; The Lord clothed himself with strength and girded himself; For He has established the world, and it will not be shaken.

2 Your Throne was prepared from the beginning; You are eternal.

3 The rivers have made a noise, O Lord, the rivers have lifted up their voice;

4 The rivers swell their waves, and the voice of many waters is heard.

5 Wonderful are the high waves of the sea; marvelous in the heights of Heaven is the Lord.

6 Your testimonies are true indeed. There is holiness inherent in Your house, O Lord, for endless days.

Psalm of David, on the fourth day of the week, 93

1 The God of rewards, the Lord, the God of rewards, has revealed himself to us.

2 Arise, Judge of the earth, take vengeance on the proud!

3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners boast?

4 Will they speak and spread falsehood, will the workers of iniquity speak?

5 Thy people, O Lord, they have humiliated, they have done evil to Thy property;

6 They killed the widow and the orphan, and they killed the stranger.

7 And they said, “The Lord will not see, neither will the God of Jacob understand.”

8 Come to your senses, you foolish people, foolish people, be wise!

9 Does He who made the ear not hear? And He who created the eye does not see your crimes?

10 Will not the Teacher of the nations, Who teaches man understanding, rebuke you?

11 The Lord knows the thoughts of men; He sees that they are vanity.

12 Blessed is the man whom You guide, O Lord, and teach Your law.

13 May he remain meek in the days of trouble, until the sinner falls into the pit.

14 For the Lord will not reject His people, nor forsake His inheritance,

15 Until righteousness prevails in judgment, even those who adhere to it and are righteous in heart.

16 Who will fight with me against the treacherous? And who will rise up with me against the workers of iniquity?

17 If the Lord had not helped me, my soul would have already entered hell.

18 When I said, “My foot has faltered,” Thy mercy, O Lord, helped me;

19 When sorrows tormented my heart, Your consolations brought joy to my soul.

20 Let not the kingdom of the wicked, who cause sorrow to people, contrary to Your will, stand before You!

21 They will persecute the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

22 But the Lord was my refuge; my God showed me sure help.

23 And the Lord will reward them for their iniquities; the Lord God will destroy them for their wickedness.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen

Song of praise of David, not inscribed among the Jews, 94

1 Come, let us sing to the Lord with joy, let us cry to God our Savior;

2 Let us come before His face with praise and cry out to Him in psalms!

3 For great is our God, the Lord, the Great King in all the earth;

4 For the ends of the earth are in His hands, and the tops of the mountains are subject to Him.

5 For the sea is subject to Him, and He created it, and His hands made the dry land.

6 Come, let us worship and fall down before Him, and weep before the Lord who created us!

7 For He is our God, and we are like sheep in His pasture, sheep that He feeds. And now, when you hear His voice,

8 Do not harden your hearts like those who provoked His wrath in the days of trial in the wilderness!

9 “There your fathers tempted Me, they tempted Me, and they saw My doings.

10 For forty years I was indignant at this people and said: They continually err in heart, and have not known My ways;

11 Therefore I swore in My wrath that they should not enter My rest.”

The song of praise of David, when the house was built after the captivity, is not written among the Jews, 95

1 Sing a new song to the Lord! Sing to the Lord, all the earth!

2 Sing to the Lord, bless His name, proclaim every day that our salvation is in Him!

3 Proclaim His glory to all nations, His wonders to all nations!

4 For the Lord is great and glorified, terrible to all gods.

5 For all the gods of the heathen are demons; and the Lord created the heavens.

6 Praise and beauty are before Him, holiness and splendor are in His sanctuary.

7 Bring gifts to the Lord, fathers of the tribes, give glory and honor to the Lord!

8 Give glory to the name of the Lord! Take the sacrifices and enter His courts!

9 Worship the Lord in His holy court! Let the whole earth shake before His face!

10 Tell the nations that the Lord reigns; For He has established the world, and it will not be shaken; He will judge the nations according to His righteousness.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth rejoice! May the sea and everything in it be shaken!

12 The fields and all who live in them will rejoice; then all the trees of the grove will rejoice before the face of the Lord;

13 For He is coming, coming to judge the earth, to judge the world in righteousness and the nations according to His truth.

The psalm of David, when his land was settled, is not inscribed among the Jews, 96

1 The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice, let the many islands rejoice!

2 Cloud and darkness were around him; righteousness and law are the foundation of His Throne.

3 A fire will burn before Him, destroying all His enemies.

4 His lightnings illuminated the world; I saw and the earth shook.

5 The mountains melted like wax before the Lord, even before the Lord of all the earth.

6 The heavens declared His righteousness, and all nations saw His glory.

7 Let all who bow down to graven images and boast about their idols be put to shame! Worship God, all His Angels!

8 Zion heard and rejoiced, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced in Thy righteous judgments, O Lord;

9 For You, the Most High, are Lord of all the earth, and are highly exalted above all gods.

10 You who love the Lord, hate evil! The Lord protects the souls of His righteous, and will deliver them from the hand of the sinner.

11 Light has shined on the righteous, and joy on those who are pure in heart.

12 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord; remember and praise His holiness!

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen

Psalm of David, 97

1 Sing a new song to the Lord, for the Lord has done wonderful things; His right hand, His holy hand, saved the people.

2 The Lord has made known to us the way of salvation; He revealed His truth to the people.

3 He remembered the kindness that He showed to Jacob, the truth that He told the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth saw the salvation sent by our God.

4 Cry to God, all the earth, sing and rejoice and sing!

5 Sing to the Lord, playing the harp and singing psalms!

6 Blow wrought trumpets and horn trumpets before the Lord the King!

7 Let the sea and all that is in it be shaken, the world and all who live in it!

8 Let the rivers clasp their hands, let the mountains rejoice in the presence of the Lord,

9 For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth, to judge the world in righteousness and the nations in His righteousness!

Psalm of David, 98

1 The Lord reigns; let the nations tremble before Him! Soaring on the Cherubim reigned; let the earth shake!

2 Great is the Lord in Zion, exalted above all nations.

3 Let them praise His great name, for it is awesome and holy!

4 Glory to the King His judgment is just. You established righteousness, justice and righteousness for Jacob You created.

5 Exalt the Lord our God and worship His footstool, for it is holy!

6 Moses and Aaron are among the company of His priests, and Samuel is among those who call upon His name; They called on the Lord, and He listened to them.

7 In the pillar of cloud He spoke to them, for they kept His testimonies and His commandments, which He gave them.

8 O Lord our God, You listened to them; God, You were merciful to them, but You subjected their opponents to punishment.

9 Exalt the Lord our God and worship Him on His holy mountain; for holy is the Lord our God!

Psalm of David, praise, 99

1-2 Cry to God, all the earth! Serve the Lord with joy, appear before Him with joy!

3 Know that the Lord is truly our God! He created us, and we did not create Him; we are His people, sheep in His fields.

4 Enter into His gates with praise, into His courts with singing! Praise Him, praise His name!

5 For the Lord is good, His lovingkindness endures forever, His truth endures from generation to generation.

Psalm of David, 100

1 I will sing of your mercy and judgment, O Lord!

2 I sing and meditate on the blameless path. When will you visit me? I walked in kindness of my heart under the roof of my house.

3 I turned away my eyes from wicked deeds; I hated people who commit crimes.

4 The hearts of the deceitful were strange to me; I didn’t want to know the evil ones who betrayed me.

5 Whoever secretly slanderes his neighbor, I have driven out; He who has a proud eye and a greedy heart has not eaten food with him.

6 My eyes look upon the faithful children of the earth, that they may be with me; Those who walk in the blameless way have served me.

7 No proud man dwelt under the roof of my house; he who spoke wicked words was wrong in my sight.

8 In the morning I destroyed the sinners of the earth, driving out those who committed iniquity from the city of the Lord.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen

According to the 13th Kathisma

Trisagion according to Our Father: Same troparia, tone 8: With your gracious eye, Lord, see my humility, as little by little my life is spent, and there is no salvation for me from works.
For this reason I pray: with your gracious eye, Lord, see my humility and save me. Glory: As I stand before the Judge, take care of your soul, and think about the terrible day, for judgment is unmerciful to those who have not shown mercy. Cry out therefore to Christ God: Knower of the heart, do not even condemn those who have sinned first, have mercy on me.

And now : Thy terrible and terrible and unwashed judgment, O Christ, is in my mind day and hour, I tremble, like a villain, having fierce deeds and deeds, even though I alone have done diligently. With the same fear I fall to Thee, painfully crying out: through the prayers who gave birth to Thee, O Most Merciful One, save me.

Lord, have mercy (40) and prayer:

Holy Lord, Who liveth in the highest, and with Thy all-seeing eye look down upon all creation. We bow our necks to You, soul and body, and we pray to You, Holy of Holies: stretch out Your invisible hand from Your holy dwelling, and bless us all: and if we have sinned against You, willingly or unwillingly, for God is Good and Lover of Mankind, forgive us, and grant us peace and blessings. Yours. For it is Thine to have mercy and to save, our God, and to Thee we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, amen.

Kathisma 13 Psalm 91

Psalm 91

This psalm is not inscribed with the author's name.
Despite the generality of its content, there is no exact data by which it could be attributed positively to any time, why one can only guess about the latter. The psalm points to the death of numerous enemies (8-10), to the salvation of the righteous from them and his exaltation (11-13), and to the miraculous nature of this protection (14). Such indications of the psalm and the joyful and grateful feeling for God that permeates it bring the psalm very close to 90, where the same thing is stated (see XC: 1, 7-10, 16), which is why one might think that it was written in the same way about and at the same time as Psalm 90, that is, during Hezekiah, about the miraculous destruction of Sennacherib’s troops near Jerusalem. It is impossible to indicate exactly who its writer was, perhaps Hezekiah himself.

The inscription “song for the Sabbath day” indicates the time of the liturgical performance of the psalm in the temple on Saturdays. This purpose of the psalm remains among the Jews to this day.

How joyful it is to praise the Lord and sing of his mercies all day long (2-4)! You filled me with joy from Your wondrous deeds, which are often beyond the understanding of man (5-6). The wicked multiply and bloom, but in order to perish, but You exalt the righteous like the palm tree and the cypress (7-13). Just as these trees are fruitful and succulent even in old age, so the righteous, planted in the house of the Lord, will always praise You.

1 Psalm. Song for the Sabbath day. 2 It is good to praise the Lord and to sing to Your name, O Most High, 3 To proclaim Your mercy in the morning and Your truth in the night,

2-3. “It is good to glorify.” Glorifying God, composing and singing songs of praise and gratitude to Him, gives the writer spiritual joy. He is full of religiously enthusiastic feeling, and the expression of the latter in words and songs is his life and happiness. “Proclaim in the morning... and... in the night” - constantly, all day long, be full of such a mood.

4 on a ten-stringed instrument and a psalter, with a song on the harp. 5 For You have made me glad, O Lord, in Your creation: I admire the works of Your hands. 6 How great are Your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are wonderfully deep! 7 A foolish man does not know, and an ignorant man does not understand. 8 While the wicked spring up like grass, and the workers of iniquity bloom to perish forever, 9 You, O Lord, are exalted forever! 10 For behold, thy enemies, O Lord, behold, thy enemies perish, and all the workers of iniquity are scattered; 11 But You exalt my horn like the horn of a unicorn, and I am anointed with fresh oil; 12 And my eye looks on my enemies, and my ears hear about the evildoers who rise up against me. 13 The righteous blooms like a palm tree, and stands tall like a cedar in Lebanon.

5-13. This feeling and mood of the writer is fueled by the greatness and inaccessibility of human understanding of the deeds performed by God. Many events, according to natural human understanding, can instill fear and anxiety in him, while they lead to a different result and end. So, for example, the multiplication and prosperity of the wicked is a threat to the righteous, but in fact they perish by the will of God, and the righteous is exalted, which clearly indicates how unknown and deep the deeds and thoughts of the Lord are. The writer here probably understands the fears and fear that the numerous hordes of Sennacherib, who blasphemed his faith in God, brought upon the Jews and Hezekiah. According to natural considerations, the death of Hezekiah and Jerusalem seemed inevitable, but according to Divine determination and influence, the enemies perished, and the “horn of the righteous” ascended, and through this attack of the enemies, the importance of Hezekiah not only was not diminished, but his name became so famous among other nations and position The Jewish state has become as strong as the palm tree is famous in the East for its fertility, or as the cedar tree is strong, the beauty and pride of the forests of Lebanon.

14 Planted in the house of the Lord, they bloom in the courts of our God;

14. “Those planted in the house of the Lord” are the righteous who live by faith in Jehovah and flourish from this faith. Here is an indication that every righteous person, as in this case Hezekiah, who sincerely resorts to Divine help, is not abandoned by Him, but receives unexpected and supernatural help from Him. So it was with the Assyrians, who died in one night by the will of God in the amount of 185 thousand.

15 even in old age they are fruitful, juicy and fresh, 16 to proclaim that the Lord is righteous, my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Text of prayer Psalm 13

In Church Slavonic with accents

The text of Psalm 13 is read during services in churches in the Church Slavonic (Old Church Slavonic) language, which makes it possible to bring the words of the prayer closer to God and convey the prayers of believers.

Finally, a psalm to David

1 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 feared fear, 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.

In Russian

It is allowed to read the prayer at home, that is, privately. For a deeper understanding of its content, you can read Psalm 13 in Russian.

For fulfillment, a psalm of David.

1 The fool said in his heart, There is no God. They became corrupt and committed vile deeds; there is no one who does good.

2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there was one who understood, one who sought God.

3 All have turned aside and become equally obscene; there is no one who does good, not even one.

4 Shall not all the workers of iniquity recognize it? Those who eat my people as they eat bread have not called on the Lord.

5 There they will fear fear, [where there is no fear,] for God is among the generation of the righteous.

6 You have laughed at the thought of the beggar, that the Lord is his hope.

7 Who will give salvation to Israel from Zion?

8 When the Lord brings back the captivity of His people, then Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad.

Kathisma 13

The God of Vengeance Lord, the God of Vengeance did not hesitate to eat. Exalt yourself, judge of the earth, give reward to the proud. How long will sinners, Lord, how long will sinners be praised? Will they preach and speak falsehood, will all the workers of iniquity speak? Thy people, O Lord, are humble and Thy heritage is embittered. Having killed the widow and the sire and the stranger, he decided: The Lord will not see, but God will understand Jacob. Understand the madness in people and you will never manage. Empty your ears, won't you hear? Or does not the one who creates the eye look? Punish tongues, will you not reprove, teach a person to reason? The Lord knows the thoughts of man, for the essence is vanity. Blessed is the man, even if you punish him, O Lord, and teach him from Your law, to tame him from the days of cruelty, until a pit is dug for sinners. For the Lord will not reject His people, nor forsake His property, until the truth turns to judgment, and those who hold to it are all right in heart. Who will stand up against the evil ones? Or who will stand before me against the workers of iniquity? If the Lord had not helped me, my soul would have entered hell. If you say, “My foot moves, Your mercy, O Lord, helps me.” Because of the multitude of my illnesses in my heart, Your consolations have gladdened my soul. May the throne of iniquity not come to You, do work for the commandment. They will catch the soul of a righteous man, and they will condemn innocent blood. And the Lord be my refuge, and my God the help of my hope. And the Lord will reward them for their iniquity, and the Lord God will destroy them through their wickedness.

Glory:

History of writing

According to researchers, Psalm 13 was written by David during his reign. The king is concerned about the decline of morality among the people of Israel, which, as he predicts, will inevitably lead to the end of the world and the second coming of Christ. God looks from heaven at what is happening to the human race and looks for one among them who has not yet lost his mind and is waiting for his return. David's hope is in God's mercy, despite human sins.