Kathisma seventeenth.
1712 Blessed are those who are blameless in their ways, who keep the law of the Lord.
2713 Blessed are those who know His revelations; they seek Him with all their hearts.
3714 For those who do not commit iniquity walk in His ways.
4715 You commanded that Your commandments should be kept firmly;
5716 Let my ways be right, and I will keep Your commandments!
6717 Then I will not be ashamed, considering Your commandments.
7718 I will glorify You in the righteousness of my heart when I comprehend Your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep Your commandments; do not leave me.
9719 How will the young man correct his path? When he will keep Your words.
10720 With all my heart I sought You; do not remove me from Your commandments!
11721 I have kept Your words in my heart, so that I may not sin before You.
12722 Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your commandments!
13 With my mouth I have declared what was spoken by Your mouth.
14 In the path of Your revelations I have enjoyed myself as if in great riches.
15 I will meditate on Your commandments, and I will understand Your ways.
16 I will learn Your commandments; I will not forget Your words.
17723 Give tribute to me, Thy servant; Give me life, and I will keep Your words!
18724 Open my eyes, and I will understand the wonders revealed by Your law.
19725 I am a stranger on earth; do not hide Your commandments from me!
20 It is my soul’s delight to listen to Your judgments at all times.
21726 You punished the proud. Cursed are those who turn away from Your commandments!
22 Take away shame and humiliation from me, for I have sought Your revelations.
23 For the princes gathered together and slandered me, but Your servant meditated on Your commandments;
24 For Your testimonies are for my instruction, and Your commandments have become my counselors.
25727 My soul is drooping; restore life to me by Your word!
26728 I told You my ways, and You heard me; teach me Your commandments!
27 Let me understand the way of Your commandments; I will meditate on Your wonders.
28729 My soul fell into slumber from despondency; confirm me in Your words!
29730 Remove from me the ways of unrighteousness and have mercy on me according to Your law!
30731 I have chosen the path of truth and have not forgotten Your judgments.
31732 I fell to Your revelations, Lord, do not disgrace me!
32733 I walked in the path of Your commandments, when You enlarged my soul.
33734 Make the way of Your commandments a law for me, O Lord, and I will seek it forever;
34735 Give me understanding, that I may know Your law and keep it in my heart.
35 Lead me in the path of Your commandments, for I desire it.
36736 Incline my heart to Your revelations, and not to unrighteous gain!
37 Turn away my eyes, lest I see vanity; on Your path grant me life!
38 Let Your servant receive Your word with fear!
39 Take away from me the reproach that I contemplate, for Your judgments are good.
40737 I have desired Your commandments; by Thy truth grant me life!
41738 And may Thy mercy come upon me, O Lord, and I will be saved according to Thy word;
42 And I will give an answer to those who reproach me, for I trust in Your words.
43 And take not the words of righteousness out of my mouth, for I trust in Your judgments;
44 And I will keep Your law forever, for ever.
45 My heart has become spacious,
for I sought Your commandments.
46 And I spoke of Your testimonies before kings, and was not troubled;
47 And I learned Your commandments, which I loved;
48 And I stretched out my hands to Your commandments, which I loved, and delved into Your commandments.
49739 Grant me, Your servant, to remember Your words, in which You commanded me to trust.
50 This comforted me in my humiliation, for Your word restored me to life.
51 The proud have defied the law; but I have not turned away from Your law.
52740 I remembered Your judgments from time immemorial, O Lord, and I was comforted.
53 Sorrow came upon me at the sight of sinners who reject Your law.
54741 I sang Your commandments during my journey.
55 I remembered Your name in the night, O Lord, and kept Your law.
56 He was in my heart, for I sought Your commandments.
57742 You know my destiny, O Lord; I said: “I will keep Your law.”
58 I prayed before You with all my heart; have mercy on me according to your word!
59 I thought about Your ways and again directed my steps towards Your revelations.
60 I prepared myself and was not dismayed, keeping Your commandments.
61 The nets of sinners have entangled me. But I have not forgotten Your law.
62 At midnight I rose to glorify You for Your righteous judgments.
63 I am a friend to all those who fear You and keep Your commandments.
64 The earth is filled with Your mercy, O Lord; Teach me Your commandments!
65743 Thou hast done good to Thy servant, O Lord, according to Thy word;
66 Teach me mercy, obedience and understanding, for I believe Your commandments.
67 Until I experienced humiliation, I sinned, but now I keep Your word.
68 You are good, O Lord, and according to Your goodness teach me Your commandments!
of people has multiplied and risen up against me
proud; I will know Your commandments with all my heart.
70 Their hearts are hardened like cheese; I am learning Your law.
71744 It is good for me that You have humbled me. May I learn Your commandments.
72 The law of Your mouth is good to me; it is worth more than much gold and silver.
Glory:
73745 Thy hands made me and formed me; Give me understanding, and I will learn Your commandments.
74 Those who fear You will see me and rejoice, for I have trusted in Your words.
75746 I understood, Lord, that Your judgments are righteous, and You truly humbled me.
76 Let Thy mercy overshadow me, and comfort me according to Thy word, which Thou hast spoken to Thy servant;
77 Let Your compassions come upon me, and I will live, for Your law guides me.
78 Let the proud be ashamed, for they have dealt with me unrighteously and lawlessly; I will meditate on Your commandments.
79 Let them guide me on Your path
those who fear You and know Your revelations.
80747 Let my heart keep Thy commandments blamelessly, and I will not be put to shame.
81748 My soul faints, waiting for salvation from You, I trusted in Your words.
82 My eyes are weary in waiting for Thy word; when will you console me?
83749 For I have become like a skin bound by frost, but I have not forgotten Your commandments.
84 How many days of life remain
to your servant? When will You judge between me and my persecutors?
85 The wicked have told me their lies, but they are far from Thy law, O Lord.
86 All Your commandments are truth; They persecute me unjustly, help me!
87 They almost destroyed me on earth, but I did not forsake Your commandments.
88 By Thy mercy restore my life, and I will preserve the testimonies of Thy mouth.
89750 Forever, O Lord, Your word remains in Heaven.
90751 From generation to generation Your truth remains unchanged; You created the earth, and it exists.
91 As You commanded, the day is coming; for everything in the world is subject to You.
92 If I had not kept Your law, destruction would have come upon me in my humiliation;
93752 I will never forget Your commandments, for they gave me life.
The middle of the psalm.
94 I am Yours, save me; for I seek Your commandments.
95 Sinners guarded me, planning to destroy me; but I have understood Your revelations.
96753 I saw that everything was coming to an end; but Your commandment is infinitely broad.
97754 How I have loved Your law, O Lord! Every day he instructs me.
98 You have made me wiser than my enemies in Your commandment, and it is mine forever.
99755 I have understood more than my teachers, for Thy revelations instruct me.
100 I have understood more than the elders, for I seek Your commandments.
101 I have departed from every path of sin, that I may preserve Your words;
102756 I have not shied away from Your judgments, for You have given me the law.
103757 How sweet are Your words in my throat! They are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
104 I understood Your commandments and hated every way of unrighteousness.
105758 Your law is a lamp for my steps, and its light is on my paths.
106759 I have sworn to always keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
107 I am deeply humbled; Lord, give me life through Your word!
108760 Accept, O Lord, the vows that I have spoken with my lips of my own free will, and teach me Your judgments!
109 My soul is in Your hands forever, and I have not forgotten Your law.
110 Sinners have laid nets for me; but I have not changed Your commandments.
111761 I have inherited Your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart;
112762 I have desired in my heart to fulfill Your commandments forever, may You reward me.
113763 I have hated the lawless, but I have loved Your law.
114 You are the Giver of help and my Protector; I trust in Your words.
115 Depart from me, you wicked people, and I will understand the commandments of my God!
116 Protect me with Your word, and I will live; and do not disgrace me in my hope!
117 Help me, and I will find salvation, and I will learn Your commandments.
118 You have humiliated those who violate Your commandments, for their thoughts are unrighteous.
119 Violators of Your will
I recognized all sinners on earth; and behold, I have loved Your testimonies.
120764 Let me always fear You, Lord, for Your judgment threatens me.
121765 I reasoned and acted truthfully; do not hand me over to my offenders!
122 Receive Your servant for his good, so that the proud do not slander me!
123766 My eyes are faint, waiting for salvation and the word of Thy righteousness;
124 Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy, and teach me Your commandments!
125 I am Your servant; Give me understanding, and I will understand Your testimonies.
126 The time has come for You, O Lord, to reveal Your power; They have trampled down Your law!
127767 And so I loved Your commandments more than gold and topaz.
128 And I strived after all Your commandments; I hated every way of unrighteousness.
129768 Wonderful are Your revelations: my soul knows them.
130769 Revealed in Scripture
Your words enlighten and admonish infants.
131 I opened in prayer
my lips and was lifted up in spirit, for I have desired Your commandments.
Glory:
132 Look upon me and have mercy on me, as You judge mercifully
those who love Your name.
133770 Guide my steps with Your word, and let iniquity not take possession of me!
134 Deliver me from human slander, and I will keep Your commandments!
135771 Illuminate Your servant with the radiance of Your face and teach me Your commandments!
136 My eyes pour out streams of tears, for I have not kept Your law.
137772 You are righteous, O Lord, and your judgments are just;
138773 You have commanded the truth in Your revelations and the fullness of Your truth.
139774 I grew weary, striving for You, for my enemies have forgotten Your words.
140775 Your word is fiery, and your servant has loved it.
141776 I am the youngest and I am humbled, but I have not forgotten Your commandments.
142 Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your law is truth.
143 Troubles and sorrows took possession of me; but Your commandments are for my instruction.
144 The truth is eternal of Your revelations; give me some understanding, and I will live.
145777 I cried with all my heart, hear me, Lord! I seek Your commandments.
146 I cried to You, save me, and I will preserve Your testimonies.
147778 I rose before dawn and called to You; I trust in Your words.
148 My eyes have greeted the morning, that I may learn Thy words.
149779 Hear my call, O Lord, according to Thy mercy; by Thy righteous judgment grant me life!
150 My lawless persecutors are approaching; They have departed from Your law.
151780 You are close to us, Lord, and all Your ways are truth.
152781 From a long time ago I knew from Your revelations that You have granted them forever.
153782 Look at my humiliation and deliver me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
154783 Judge my case and deliver me! According to Your word, grant me life!
155 Sinners are far from salvation, for they did not seek Your commandments.
156784 Great are Your bounties, O Lord! By Your judgment grant me life!
157 I have many persecutors and oppressors, but I have not forsaken Your testimonies.
158785 I saw the foolish and was distressed, for they did not keep Your words.
159 Look how I have loved Your commandments! Lord, by Your mercy grant me life!
160786 The basis of Your words is truth, and the judgments of Your righteousness are eternal.
161787 Princes persecuted me without my guilt; but my heart was afraid of Your words.
162788 I rejoiced at Your words, as if I had found great wealth.
163789 I hated and despised unrighteousness, but I loved Your law.
164790 Every day I praised You seven times for Your righteous judgments.
165791 A great world dawns
those who love Your law, and temptations are not afraid of them.
166 I waited for You to grant me salvation, O Lord, and I loved Your commandments.
167 My soul keeps Thy testimonies, and loves them deeply.
168792 I keep Your commandments and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You, O Lord!
169793 May my prayer ascend to You: Lord! Give me understanding according to Your word!
170 May my petition ascend to You: Lord! Deliver me according to Your word!
171794 Songs will flow from my lips when You teach me Your commandments.
172 My tongue will proclaim Your words, for Your commandments are truth.
173795 May Thy hand save me, for I have loved Thy commandments.
174 I desired that You would save me, O Lord, and Your law teaches me.
175796 My soul will live and praise You; and Your judgment will justify me.
176797 I wander like a lost sheep; but You will find Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments!
Glory:
Scheme for reading the Psalter
The study of holy texts is a daily ritual of every truly believing Christian. In addition, the texts of the Psalter are used in divine services, and if you read holy songs at home, you can take a direct part in the service, glorifying the Heavenly Powers together with the priest. The scheme for reading the psalms looks like this:
- on Sunday – Psalm 23;
- on Monday – Psalm 47;
- on Tuesday – Psalm 66;
- on Wednesday – Psalm 93;
- on Thursday – Psalm 49;
- on Friday – Psalm 92;
- on Saturday – Psalm 91.
It must be remembered that kathismas are not read during the period from Maundy Thursday of Holy Week to St. Thomas Sunday, popularly called “Anti-Easter.” During this period, the study of the Psalter is prohibited for 10 days.
In order to remember a relative or other loved one, you need, in addition to reading at least 1 kathisma daily, to adhere to spiritual fasting for 40 days. If the ceremony is carried out at home, then it is not necessary to read the prayers written after each chapter. In this case, the ritual of remembrance will take place correctly.
When reading chants of praise at home, you need to remember that after each utterance of glory to the Holy Trinity, you need to read a funeral prayer. The same words are pronounced at the end of each chapter of the Psalter. When the reading of the holy psalms comes to an end, you need to read the funeral Canon. This order was established by the Moscow Patriarchate in 1973.
Prayer readings are performed with a lit candle, when thoughts are calmed and in a spiritual mood. The holy lines are read in a calm voice, slowly and without interruptions in words and stress. If the emphasis is placed in the wrong place, then the prayer may be interpreted incorrectly, which is undesirable.
Prayer for the deceased 40 days
Various Christian sources report on the importance of prayer for the deceased. The first person to inform the living that it takes 40 days to reach the gates of Paradise after death was Theodora. At the same time, the woman noted that as soon as the living on Earth remembered her, it became easier to overcome the path beyond the grave.
Modern science also reports that the soul exists, and scientists have even determined the weight of this integral component of the human being - 21 years. In addition, often after death people dreamed of relatives and asked them to pray for them or fulfill requests, which once again proves the fact of the existence of the soul and that it needs the help of the living.
The clergy note that for 1.5 months an invisible substance walks the earth, accompanied by a Guardian Angel, who shows the deceased his deeds. If a person sinned a lot during his lifetime, then active commemoration of him by people will tip the scales of the Supreme Court towards Paradise.
Options for prayer according to the Psalter for the repose
There is a prayer in the Holy Book that is considered the most powerful and effective. Kathisma 17 is suitable for both a one-time commemoration and ritual reading for 1.5 months. Church workers note that such a one-time commemoration of the soul of the departed can replace the reading of the entire Psalter.
17 Kathisma, according to many, is a most beautiful song that has a beneficial effect not only on the soul of the person commemorated, but also on the reader himself. Chapter 17 includes opening and closing prayers and Psalm 118.
Order of reading the psalms
The first rule of psalm reading is the continuity of the event. If it is not possible not to break away when commemorating the deceased, then the church sets aside 3, 9 and 40 days, during which the Holy Word must be pronounced.
The introductory text for commemorating the newly deceased is located before the first chapter of the Psalter. Before each of the 20 chapters of the book, you need to say a prayer 3 times, beginning with the words “Come, let us worship...”, and after each “Glory” the prayer “Remember, O Lord our God...” is read, the text of which is placed at the end of “Following the exodus of the soul from body", where the deceased is called by name. When any of the kathismas ends, you need to read the “Our Father” and troparia for the deceased. You don’t have to pronounce the names of the holy songs - this will not be a mistake.
If for some reason the publication does not have an introductory text, then before reading the kathisma you can recite the “Prayers of the Holy Fathers” from memory. At the next stage they read “Glory”, and after that “To the Heavenly King”. Then they act according to the described scheme.
Kathismas are read while sitting; you need to get up while glorifying the Lord. If health permits, the Psalter is studied standing, which will additionally count for both the person praying and the deceased. It is forbidden to recite holy songs while lying on the bed, because such a position is disrespectful towards the Higher powers and the deceased. It is believed that the soul of the deceased remains next to the body for up to 3 days, so it can listen to prayers and psalms.
In addition, the Psalter has long been considered a holy book that does amazing things. Before the New Testament, with the help of psalms, demons were cast out from the possessed and the soul was healed.
