Through the laws of Kabbalah, each of the 150 psalms were given what the ancients called a "Wonder of God." So, to obtain a grace from the Lord, it was not enough to sing the psalm indicated, it was also necessary to perform a "plus" that allowed to be in adequacy with the Lord ...
The oldest Psalms have 3 000 years! King David, singing and dancing for God, is considered their father. Prayer of the believing Jew, as was the case of Jesus himself, the Psalms express all the human feelings of man before God, they are a prayer of praise and supplication. And since then, there is not a single moment when, somewhere in the world, a Psalm is raised to God. And thus, for centuries and centuries, these incessant praises and miraculous supplications have been realized.
"O LORD, I call on you, come hurry to me! Give ear to my voice, when I call on you. May my prayer be before your face like incense "(Ps 141: 1-2). Since those early times, men have sought to enter into communication with God. The Psalms are therefore part of these means.
In time, codifications and methods of recitation were instituted. For example at present, the Universal Catholic Church uses in the liturgy 147 psalms on the 150 of the biblical book. Thus, at each office, the psalms are the body of the prayer of the Church, the raw material of the Liturgy of the Hours.
But leave that aside to look at how early Christians used these psalms with wonderful powers. This way, much less conventional than the Liturgy of the Hours, is strongly inspired by the Jewish tradition which itself is much more inclined to rites and rituals. Through the laws of Kabbalah, each of the 150 psalms were given what the elders called a "Wonder of God." Thus, to obtain a grace from the Lord, it was not enough to sing the psalm indicated, it was also necessary to perform a "plus" that allowed to be in adequacy with the Lord.
- 50:1
Psalm of Asaph. God, God, the Lord, speaks and summons the earth,
From the rising sun to the setting sun.
- 50:2
De Sion, perfect beauty,
God is shining.
- 50:3
He comes, our God, he does not remain in silence;
Before him is a devouring fire,
Around him a violent storm.
- 50:4
He cries to the heavens above,
And to the earth, to judge his people:
- 50:5
Gather me my faithful,
Who made a covenant with me through sacrifice! -
- 50:6
And the heavens will proclaim his righteousness,
Because it is God who is judge. -Pause.
- 50:7
Listen, my people! and I will speak;
Israel! and I will warn you.
I am God, your God.
- 50:8
It is not for your sacrifices that I reproach you;
Your burnt offerings are constantly before me.
- 50:9
I will not take a bull in your house,
Neither goat in your sheepfolds.
- 50:10
Because all the animals of the forests are mine,
All the beasts of the mountains by the thousands;
- 50:11
I know all the birds of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the fields belongs to me.
- 50:12
If I was hungry I wouldn't tell you
Because the world is mine and everything in it.
- 50:13
Do I eat the flesh of the bulls?
Do I drink the blood of goats?
- 50:14
Offer for sacrifice to God thanksgiving,
And fulfill your wishes to the Most High.
- 50:15
And call on me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.
- 50:16
And God said to the wicked,
What! you list my laws,
And you have my wedding ring,
- 50:17
You who hate opinions,
And who throw my words behind you!
- 50:18
If you see a thief, you like him,
And your part is with adulterers.
- 50:19
You are giving your mouth to evil,
And your tongue is a tissue of deceit.
- 50:20
You sit down and speak against your brother,
You are defaming your mother's son.
- 50:21
That's what you did, and I killed myself.
You imagined that I looked like you;
But I'll take you back, and put everything under your eyes.
- 50:22
Take heed therefore, you who forget God,
Lest I tear, without anyone delivering.
- 50:23
He who offers thanksgiving for my sacrifice glorifies me,
And whoever watches over his path
I will show the salvation of God.