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.
19.1
To the choirmaster. Psalm of David.
19.2
The heavens tell the glory of God,
And the expanse manifests the work of his hands.
19.3
The day instructs another day,
The night brings it to another night.
19.4
This is not a language, these are not words
Whose sound is not heard:
19.5
Their reverberation travels all over the earth,
Their accents go to the ends of the world,
Where he pitched a tent for the sun.
19.6
And the sun, like a husband coming out of his room,
Launches into the career with the joy of a hero;
19.7
He gets up at one end of heaven,
And ends its course at the other end:
Nothing escapes its heat.
19.8
The law of the Lord is perfect, it restores the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is true; he makes the ignorant wise.
19.9
The ordinances of Jehovah are upright, they rejoice the heart;
The commandments of the Lord are pure; they light up the eyes.
19.10
The fear of the Lord is pure and endures forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true, they are all righteous.
19.11
They are more precious than gold, than a lot of fine gold;
They are sweeter than honey, than the one that flows rays.
19.12
Your servant also receives instructions;
For whoever observes them the reward is great.
19.13
Who knows his mistakes?
Forgive me those I ignore.
19.14
Preserve also your servant of the proud;
Let them not rule over me!
Then I will be honest, innocent of great sins.
19.15
Receive favorably the words of my mouth
And the feelings of my heart,
O Lord, my rock and my deliverer!