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.

Psalm 051: to confess a fault

Psalm 51 is the one you should recite to ask for forgiveness for a fault you have committed during the day (lying, wickedness, theft, physical violence…). If you do not regularly ask for forgiveness for his faults, you might “anger” your Angel who could then abandon you for a while.

How to use this psalm?

- 51:1
To the choirmaster. Psalm of David.

- 51:2
When Nathan the prophet came to him after David went to Bathsheba.

- 51:3
O God! have mercy on me in your goodness;
According to your great mercy, erase my transgressions;

- 51:4
Wash me completely of my iniquity,
And cleanse me of my sin.

- 51:5
Because I recognize my transgressions,
And my sin is constantly before me.

- 51:6
I have sinned against you alone,
And I did what is wrong in your eyes
So that you will be right in your sentence,
Without reproach in your judgment.

- 51:7
Behold, I was born in iniquity,
And my mother conceived me in sin.

- 51:8
But you want the truth to be in your heart:
So bring wisdom into me!

- 51:9
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
Wash me, and I'll be whiter than the snow.

- 51:10
Announce to me the joy and the joy,
And the bones you broke will rejoice.

- 51:11
Turn your eyes away from my sins,
Erase all my iniquities.

- 51:12
O God! create in me a pure heart,
Renew in me a well disposed spirit.

- 51:13
Do not reject me far from your face,
Do not take away your holy spirit.

- 51:14
Give me the joy of your salvation,
And may a spirit of good will support me!

- 51:15
I will teach those who transgress your ways,
And sinners will come back to you.

- 51:16
O God, God of my salvation! deliver me from the shed blood,
And my tongue will celebrate your mercy.

- 51:17
Lord! open my lips,
And my mouth will publish your praise.

- 51:18
If you had wanted sacrifices, I would have offered them to you;
But you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

- 51:19
The sacrifices which are pleasing to God is a broken spirit:
O God! you do not disdain a broken and contrite heart.

- 51:20
Spread your blessings on Zion with your grace,
Build the walls of Jerusalem!

- 51:21
Then you will accept the sacrifices of justice,
Holocausts and whole victims;
Then we will offer bulls on your altar.