Psalm of David 27 in Russian and Church Slavonic languages

Text of Psalm 27

The clergy use the text of Psalm 27 in Church Slavonic, in which it is heard in churches during services. The song of praise became part of the 4th kathisma. This version of the work written by the prophet is difficult to understand, so many believers prefer to read the Russian translation.

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Text of prayer Psalm 27

In Church Slavonic, prayer is used in churches by clergy. The song is considered part 4 of the kathisma.

If you don’t understand the church language well, you can read Psalm 27 in Russian.

In Church Slavonic with accents

Psalm to David 1 To You, O Lord, I will cry, O my God, so that you may not be silent from me, lest you be silent from me, and I will become like those who go down into the pit. 2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my prayer, always pray to You, always lift up my hands to Your holy temple. 3 Do not bring sinners with me, and do not destroy me with those who do injustice, who speak peace with their neighbors, but do evil in their hearts. 4 Give unto them, O Lord, according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their undertakings: give them according to the work of their hand: give them their reward. 5 Because I do not understand the works of the Lord and the work of His hand: I have destroyed, and I have not built. 6 Blessed be the Lord, for He hath heard the voice of my supplication. 7 The Lord is my Helper and my Defender: in Him my heart trusts, and He will help me, and my flesh may prosper, and I will confess my will to Him. 8 The Lord is the strengthener of His people, and the Defender of the salvation of His Christ. 9 Save Thy people and bless Thy inheritance, and preserve me, and preserve me forever.

In Russian

Psalm of David 1 To you, O Lord, I cry: my stronghold! do not be silent for me, lest in Your silence I become like those who descend into the grave. 2 Hear the voice of my prayers when I cry to You, when I lift up my hands to Your holy temple. 3 Do not destroy me with the wicked and with the workers of injustice, who talk peace to their neighbors, but have evil in their hearts. 4 Repay them according to their deeds, according to their evil deeds; Repay them according to the works of their hands; give them what they deserve. 5 Because they are not attentive to the actions of the Lord and to the work of His hands, He will destroy them and will not build them up. 6 Blessed be the Lord, for He has heard the voice of my supplications. 7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and He helped me, and my heart rejoiced; and I will glorify Him with my song. 8 The Lord is the strength of His people and the saving defense of His anointed. 9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; feed them and raise them up forever!

History of writing

Psalm 27 was written at the same time as a number of others included in the Psalter collection. Experts who study the works of King David have no doubt about this. The song of praise became for the prophet a cry of the soul addressed to the Lord, and it remains such to this day for modern Christians.

The theme of the 27th Psalm is similar to the theme of the 26th, some suggest that this work continues it. This possibility cannot be excluded, because this text was composed by God’s anointed during the time of his persecution, the uprising organized by Absalom. Fleeing from his son and his entourage, David hoped to ensure his safety in his wanderings. All this time he hoped in the Almighty, his mercy, prayed for a fair trial for apostates, for punishment for enemies. An important emphasis in the work is placed on the theme of saving the soul of the righteous.

KATHISMA THE FOURTH

Come, let us worship the King our God.

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God.

Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, the King and our God.

Psalm to David, 24

1 To You, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul, my God, in You I have trusted, so that I will not be ashamed forever; let my enemies mock me, 2 for all those who endure You will not be ashamed. 3 Let the wicked be ashamed in vain. 4 Tell me Your ways, O Lord, and teach me Your paths. 5 Guide me in Your truth, and teach me that You are the God of my Savior, and I have endured You all the day. 6Remember Your compassions, O Lord, and Your mercies, which have been from everlasting. 7 The sin of my youth and my ignorance do not remember; according to Your mercy, remember me, for the sake of Your goodness, O Lord. 8 The Lord is good and right; therefore He will give a law to those who sin in the way. 9 He will guide the meek in judgment, He will teach the meek in His way. 10All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to those who seek His covenant and His testimony. 11For your name's sake, Lord, and cleanse away my sin, for there is much. 12Who is the man who fears the Lord? He will lay the law in his path according to his will. 13His soul will dwell in good things, and his seed will inherit the earth. 14 The Lord is the power of those who fear Him, and He will show His covenant to them. 15 I will lift up my eyes to the Lord, for He will pluck out my eyes from the snare. 16Look upon me and have mercy on me, for I am the only begotten and the poor. 17 The sorrows of my heart have multiplied, and lead me away from my needs. 18See my humility and my labor, and forgive all my sins. 19My enemies saw that they had multiplied, and they hated me with unrighteous hatred. 20 Preserve my soul and deliver me, that I may not be put to shame because I trusted in Thee. 21 I cleave to me in kindness and righteousness, because I have suffered You, O Lord, 22 O God, deliver Israel from all her sorrows.

Psalm to David, 25

1 Judge, O Lord, that I have walked in my kindness, and have trusted in the Lord, and I will not faint. 2 Tempt me, O Lord, and test me, kindle my bowels and my heart. 3For Thy mercy is before my eyes, and I am well pleased in Thy truth. 4I did not ride with the vain multitude, nor with the transgressors. 5 I hate the church of the wicked, and I will not sit with the wicked. 6 I will wash my innocent hands, and I will venerate Your altar, O Lord. 7 Let me hear the voice of Your praise, and tell me all Your wonders. 8Lord, I have loved the beauty of Your house and the dwelling place of Your glory. 9 Let me not destroy my soul with the wicked, and let not my life be with the blood of men. 10And into the hand of iniquity, their right hand is filled with reward. 11 But I walk in my kindness, deliver me, O Lord, and have mercy on me. 12 My foot is in righteousness: in the churches I will bless Thee, O Lord.

Psalm to David, before the anointing, 26

1The Lord is my enlightenment and my Savior, whom will I fear? Lord, Protector of my life, from whom shall I fear? 2 Sometimes you come close to me with malice, even if you take away my flesh, insulting me, and defeating me, you become weak and fall. 3Even if an army rises up against me, my heart will not fear; if it rises up to fight against me, I will trust in Him. 4I have asked one thing of the Lord, and this I will require: that I may live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, that I may behold the beauty of the Lord, and that I may visit His holy temple. 5 Because He hid me in His village in the day of my evil, He covered me in the secret of His village, He lifted me up on a rock. 6 And now, behold, I have lifted up my head against my enemies: I have died and devoured in His village a sacrifice of praise and shouting, I will sing and sing praises to the Lord. 7 Hear, O Lord, my voice, to which I cried: have mercy on me and hear me. 8My heart says unto you, I will seek the Lord. I will seek Your face, O Lord, I will seek Your face. 9 Turn not Thy face away from me, nor turn away Thy servant with wrath: be my helper, do not deny me, and do not forsake me, O God of my Savior. 10For my father and mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will receive me. 11Ordain me, O Lord, in Thy way, and guide me in the right path for my enemy’s sake. 12 Do not betray me to the souls of those who afflict me, for I have stood up as a witness of unrighteousness and lied untruthfully to myself. 13I believe to see the good of the Lord in the land of the living. 14 Be patient with the Lord, be of good courage and let your heart be strong, and be patient with the Lord.

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

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to you, God. (three times)

Lord, have mercy (three times)

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

Psalm to David, 27

1 To Thee, O Lord, I will cry, O my God, that thou shalt not keep silence from me, lest thou never keep silence from me: and I shall become like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my prayer, always pray to You, always lift up my hands to Your holy temple. 3 Do not bring me with sinners, and do not destroy me with those who do injustice, who speak peace with their neighbors, but do evil in their hearts. 4 Give them, O Lord, according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their undertakings: give them according to the work of their hand: give them their reward. 5 Because I do not understand the works of the Lord and the work of His hand: I have destroyed, and I have not built. 6 Blessed be the Lord, for He hath heard the voice of my supplication. 7 The Lord is my Helper and my Defender: in Him my heart trusts, and He will help me, and my flesh may prosper, and I will confess my will to Him. 8 The Lord is the strengthener of His people, and the Defender of the salvation of His Christ. 9Save Thy people and bless Thy inheritance, and protect me and take me forever.

Psalm to David, Exodus of the Tabernacle, 28

1Bring to the Lord, sons of God, bring to the Lord, sons of rams, bring to the Lord glory and honor. 2Bring the glory of His name to the Lord; worship the Lord in the courtyard of His holy ones. 3 The voice of the Lord is on the waters, the God of glory will roar, the Lord is on many waters. 4 The voice of the Lord is strong, the voice of the Lord is great. 5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars, and the Lord tears down the cedars of Lebanon: 6 And I am consumed like the calf of Lebanon, and the beloved like the son of a unicorn. 7 The voice of the Lord cutting off the flames of fire. 8 The voice of the Lord shaking the wilderness, and the Lord will shake the wilderness of Kaddi. 9 The voice of the Lord brings forth the oil and opens the oak groves, and in His temple everyone speaks of glory. 10The Lord will inhabit the flood, and the Lord will sit as King forever. 11 The Lord will give strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

Psalm of song, renewal of the house of David, 29

2 I will exalt Thee, O Lord, for thou hast lifted me up, and thou hast not made my enemies glad over me. 3Lord my God, I cried to You, and You healed me. 4Lord, you have brought up my soul from hell, you have saved me from those who went down into the pit. 5 Sing to the Lord, you who are like Him, and confess the memory of His holiness. 6For wrath is in His wrath, and life in His will: mourning may endure for an evening, and joy comes to the morning. 7 But I said in my abundance: I will not move forever. 8Lord, according to Your will, give strength to my kindness. You turned away Your face and was embarrassed. 9 To you, O Lord, I will cry, and to my God I will pray. 10What profit is there in my blood if I sometimes go into decay? Will the dust confess to You, or will He proclaim Your truth? 11 The Lord heard and had mercy on me: The Lord was my Helper. 12Thou hast turned my weeping into my joy: thou hast torn my sackcloth to pieces, and thou hast girded me with gladness. 13For let my glory sing to You, and I will not be moved: Lord my God, I will confess to You forever.

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

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to you, God. (three times)

Lord, have mercy (three times)

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

In the end, psalm to David, exhortations, 30

2 In Thee, O Lord, have I trusted, that I may never be ashamed: in Thy righteousness deliver me and redeem me. 3 Incline Your ear to me, hasten to take me away, make me a Protector God and a house of refuge to save me. 4For you are my power and my refuge, and for your name’s sake you guide me and nourish me. 5 Bring me out from the net of sowing, even hiding from me that You are my Protector, O Lord. 6 In Your hand I will offer my spirit: You have delivered me, O Lord God of truth. 7 You have hated those who keep vanities in vain: but I trusted in the Lord. 8 I will rejoice and rejoice in Your mercy, for You have considered my humility, You have saved my soul from need, 9 And You have shut me up in the hands of the enemy, You have placed me in a place ze moi. 10Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in sorrow: my eye, my soul, and my belly are troubled with wrath. 11For my life is lost in sickness and my life in sighing, my strength is weakened by poverty and my bones are crushed. 12 All were reproaches to my enemies, and to my neighbors, and to those who knew me; they that saw me fled from me. 13 I was forgotten as if I were dead from the heart, like a vessel destroyed. 14 Because I heard the evil spirits of many who lived around, they came together to me and took my soul together. 15And I trusted in You, O Lord, and said: You are my God. 16My lots are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me. 17 Make Thy face shine upon Thy servant, save me by Thy mercy. 18Lord, let me not be ashamed, because I called You: let them be ashamed of wickedness and go down to hell. 19 Let them be dumb with flattering lips, speaking against the righteous iniquity, with pride and humiliation. 20 Since the great abundance of Your goodness, O Lord, You have hidden from those who fear You, You have made them to trust in You before the sons of men. 21Hide them in the secret of Your face from the rebellion of men, cover them with blood from the quarreling of tongues. 22 Blessed is the Lord, for He has astonished His mercy in the city of enclosure. 23And I said in my despair: I am cut off from the presence of Thy sight: for this reason Thou heardest the voice of my prayer, and at some time I cried out to Thee. 24Love the Lord, all you who are like Him, for the Lord seeks the truth and rewards those who practice pride in excess. 25Be of good cheer, and let your heart be strong, all you who trust in the Lord.

Psalm to David, mind, 31

1Blessed are those who have abandoned iniquity and who have hidden themselves behind sin. 2 Blessed is the man; the Lord will not impute sin to him; there is flattery in his mouth. 3 Because I kept silent, my bones promised to call me all day long. 4 For Thy hand has been heavy upon me day and night; I have returned to passion when thorns fell upon me. 5 I know my iniquity and my sin is not covered, reh: let me confess my iniquity to the Lord, and you have forsaken the wickedness of my heart. 6 Therefore, everyone who is holy will pray to You in time of need: otherwise in the flood of many waters they will not come close to him. 7 You are my refuge from sorrow, holding me: my joy, deliver me from those who have bereaved me. 8 I will admonish you and guide you on this path; when you go, I will fix my eyes on you. 9 Do not be like a horse and a horse that has no understanding; you will bind their jaws with bridles and bridles that do not come near you. 10Many are the wounds of a sinner, but he who trusts in the Lord will receive mercy. 11Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice in righteousness, and rejoice, all that are right in heart.

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

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to you, God. (three times)

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (three times)

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

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.

Lord, have mercy (three times)

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

Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Also troparia, tone 7:

Visit my humble soul, Lord, who has spent all her life in sins: in the image of a harlot, accept me and save me. Swimming through the abyss of this life, I think about the abyss of my many evils, and having no nourishment for my thoughts, Petrov proclaims to Thee a voice: save me, O Christ, save me, O God, as a Lover of Mankind .

Glory: We will soon become the bride of Christ, so that we will all hear the blessed voice of Christ our God: come, you who love Heavenly glory, partakers of the former wise virgins, having understood our candles by faith.

And now: Soul, repent before your departure; the judgment of sinners is unwashed and intolerable. Cry out to the Lord with tenderness of heart: I have sinned in knowledge and in ignorance, O Generous One, through the prayers of the Mother of God, spare me and save me.

Lord have mercy (40)

And prayer

To You, Lord, the only Good and Unforgettable Evil One, I confess my sins, I fall down crying to You, unworthy: I have sinned, Lord, I have sinned and am not worthy to look upon the heights of heaven from the multitude of sins. my truths. But, my Lord, Lord, grant me tears of tenderness, the only Blessed and Merciful One, as I beseech Thee with them, to be cleansed before the end from all sin: it is a terrible and terrible place for the Imam to pass through. and the bodies were separated, and a multitude of gloomy and inhuman demons fell upon me, and no one can help or deliver. Thus I bow to Your goodness, do not betray me to those who offend me, below let my enemies boast about me, Good Lord, below let them say: You came into our hands, and You were betrayed to us. Neither, Lord, do not forget Your bounties and do not repay me for my iniquities, and do not turn Your face away from me: but You, Lord, punish me, both with mercy and bounty. Let my enemy not rejoice over me, but extinguish his reproaches against me and abolish all his actions, and give me a reproachful path to You, Good Lord: even though I have sinned, I have not resorted to another doctor, and I have not forsaken my hand to God. to a stranger , do not deny my prayer, but hear me with Your goodness and strengthen my heart with Your fear, and may Your grace be upon me, Lord, like a fire that burns up unclean thoughts in me. For you are, Lord, light, more than any light; joy, more than any joy; repose, more than any repose; true life and salvation that endures forever and ever, amen .

The meaning of Psalm 27

Verses 1 to 3: The king asks God to answer his repentance and prayer. He hopes that the Almighty will not remain silent and turn a blind eye to the evil deeds of the lawless. He does not believe that the Lord will reject the requests of the innocent, so he does not stop crying out to heaven. David admits that he is not sinless; in his life he has made many mistakes, which he sincerely regrets, counting on the mercy of the One Creator.

Verses 4 and 5: In this part of the work, vice describes his feelings towards the traitors, because of whom he is forced to flee. He believes that God will grant protection to him and his family. He does not wish death on his enemies, but wants them to be judged fairly.

Verses 6 to 8: The author expresses hope for salvation through faith in the Lord, because he is salvation itself.

Psalms, Psalm 27

27 David sings this psalm on behalf of those who believed in Christ, calling on God for help with his petition. And also in the psalm there is a curse on the recklessness of the Jews, and a prayer for excommunication from their evil part.

27:1 To you, Lord, I will cry; Let me not be like those who go down into the pit. Divine Scripture usually calls hell a ditch.

27:3 Do not bring sinners with me. He calls the Jewish people sinners, according to what the Savior said to the Jews: if you do not have faith as I am, you will die in your sins (John 8:24). They are the ones who do injustice, because they killed the innocent and righteous, whom the Law forbade killing. Those who speak peace with their neighbors. He says this because, calling the Savior teacher and good, they plotted evil against Him.

27:5 For I have not understood the works of the Lord. That is, they did not want to accept their own salvation.

27:7 And my flesh prosper. This clearly preaches the Resurrection.

27:8 And the protector of the salvations of Christ. Christ, here he calls people anointed for royal priesthood. So, he says, the Lord himself will protect and save those anointed by Him and for Him.

27:9 And I forbid, and exalt me ​​unto the ages. For He Himself shepherds us, instead of Himself and as Himself, sending us the Comforter, and also exalts us, that is, He reveals us high into future and endless centuries.

28 This psalm is sung after the rejection of the Israelites and the introduction of the Gentiles in their place. This is also shown by the inscription: the exodus of the tabernacle, clearly indicating to us the exodus of the Israelites.

28:1 Bring to the Lord, sons of God. He calls the holy Apostles the Sons of God, because he taught them to say: Our Father, who is in heaven (Matthew 6:9). Bring to the Lord, sons of rams. By the name of the sons of rams he means those who were called by the Apostles from the Jewish people to faith in the Lord, or those who believed from among the pagans, since they were born of foolish fathers. Bring glory and honor to the Lord. He who does good brings glory to the Lord, according to what has been said: let them see your good deeds and glorify your Father (Matthew 5:16); and also to bring honor to those who practice good deeds, according to what has been said: honor the Lord with your righteous labors (Prov. 3:9).

28:2 Worship the Lord in His holy court. This gives us a clear command that we should not worship outside the Church; This was said because of heterogeneous gatherings. So, worship should not be outside the Church, but in the very court of God. Don’t invent for yourself, he says, special courts and meetings. One is God's holy courtyard. By the name of the court one can also mean those who have ascended to heavenly residence.

28:3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. He calls the multitude of those saved by waters “waters.” The waters are holy because rivers will flow from their bellies (John 7:38), that is, the spiritual teaching with which they give drink to those who listen. On such and such waters is the Lord. But, according to the story, Elijah, after a lack of rain, heard the voice of many waters. He also understands the voice of God and the Father on the Jordan saying: This is My beloved Son (Matthew 3:17), and this voice is likened to thunder.

28:5 The voice of the Lord breaking cedars. Cedars in these words denotes resistive forces. And the Lord destroys the cedars of Lebanon. He calls the cedars of Lebanon those who are eminent among the Jewish people; because in divine Scripture Lebanon is often called Jerusalem.

28:6 And I shall be consumed like the calf of Lebanon. Taurus means altar. And the beloved is like a unicorn son. The beloved host of the Apostles became the son of unicorns. Unicorns are holy prophets and patriarchs, and their sons are holy Apostles: because in one God they had horn and strength.

28:7 The voice of the Lord cutting off the flame of fire. He understands the promise that he gave to the saints, saying: if you pass through fire, the flame will not burn you (Isa. 43:2).

28:8 The voice of the Lord shaking the wilderness. Here, what is heard everywhere is called shaking, as in the words: when Jesus came in, the whole city was shaken (Matthew 21:10). The Church of the pagans, which in ancient times had no knowledge of God, is called a desert. And the Lord will shake the Qaddian desert. Cadiz is interpreted: holy; of course, the holy Church of Christ.

28:9 The voice of the Lord brings forth the oil, and opens up the oak groves. Helens are saints; and fulfilling means preparing; because He prepared and sent the holy Apostles, according to what was said: go and learn all languages ​​(Matthew 28:19). The Church calls it oak groves because in ancient times it was the mother of barren trees. And in His temple everyone speaks glory. The Lord prepared and sent the holy Apostles to put the demons to flight and bring the pagans to the knowledge of God.

28:10 The Lord inhabits sweat. He calls the multitude of those who believed a flood, according to what was said: the whole earth of the knowledge of the Lord will be filled, as the waters of the sea cover many (Hab. 2:14). And the Lord will sit as King forever. This is similar to what was said: every knee will bow (Isa. 45:23).

28:11 The Lord will give strength to his people. And this is similar to what was said: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13). The Lord will bless His people with peace. And this is similar to what was said: My peace I give to you, My peace I leave with you (John 14:27).

29 David sings this psalm upon liberation from sin, and as if upon renewal of his soul by repentance, which has long been the home of the Holy Spirit. He also sings, giving thanks for the remission of sin, praying to remain safe from sins in the future, and teaching a lesson to others, if something like this happens, to offer prayers to God.

29:1 Psalm of song, renewal of the house, to the end, to David. Renewal of the house, or the Church, occurs when, after the decay of our outer man, the inner is renewed.

29:2 I will lift you up, O Lord, as you have lifted me up. (4). He saved me from those going down into the pit. He calls hell a ditch.

29:5 And confess the memory of His holiness. Remembering God's love for mankind, we must offer up chants.

29:6 For wrath is his fury; not because he wants to be angry, but because everyone incurs anger upon himself by his sin; for His will is life. Evening will come to weeping. These words signify the success of repentance. For there is no such multitude of sins that repentance would not quickly turn into joy.

29:7 But I have died in my abundance: I will not move forever. Explains the reason for the fall. Because, he says, during times of prosperity I thought a lot about myself; and for this very reason he was embarrassed. This happened to me, not because You led me to it, but because You only turned Your face away from me. So, since we cannot stand without Your strength, do it in order to fulfill Your will for me and so that the beauty of my soul may shine again. Both Adam, living in paradise before his deception, and Hezekiah, having defeated the Assyrian, had such hope, which the book of Chronicles clearly teaches, saying that the heart of King Hezekiah was exalted (2 Chron. 32, 25).

29:9 To you, Lord, I will cry.

29:10 What good is my blood if I ever go down into corruption? I beg you to bring me out of the pit, for the dust will not be confessed to You. There is no benefit to me or others in my descent into decay. And You take my life, and others will not gain any salvation from me. And if you hear my voice, turn crying into joy, gird me with joy: then this will be of considerable benefit to me; for, having received my former glory, in glory, and not with an evil conscience, I will speak to You. This is what the word means:

29:12 Thou hast torn my sackcloth to pieces, and thou hast girded me with gladness. He called crying sackcloth, because when weeping it is customary to put on sackcloth. Sackcloth signifies vice and ignorance, because sackcloth is made from the hair of goats supplied to the ears (Matthew 25:33) and from a young goat released into the wilderness (Lev. 16:10).

29:13 I will not be moved.

30

30:1 At the end, a psalm to David, exhortations.

30:2 In Thee, Lord, did I trust...

30:3 Incline Your ear to me. Since our cry does not reach the height, then, by condescension towards me, incline Your ear.

30:5 I was brought out of the net of sowing, which I hid to the south. For those who plotted against his soul caught him. With what? Sin.

30:6 You have delivered me, O Lord God of truth. As heard already, says this.

30:7 Thou hast hated those who keep vanities in vain. He calls the entertainments of real life vanities, in which we work to overcome vanity. He who keeps vanity is followed by vanity.

30:8 I will rejoice and be glad, trampling over sorrow and other passions.

30:9 And he shut me up in the hands of the enemy, that is, he did not deliver me over to the enemies. You placed it on my spacious nose. You freed me from sorrow, gave me peace and space.

30:10 My eye, my soul, and my belly are troubled with wrath. Just as the mind in the soul is called an eye, so memory in the soul is called a womb, into which we put intelligent food, like into a womb. My soul and my womb. With irritation and great anger I turned away my eyes from the Jewish people.

30:11 For my belly has disappeared in illness. Expresses the concern of the heart. The poverty of the most necessary things exhausted my body, because Ziba and Barzillai brought David wheat, and barley, and flour, and beans, and lentils, and honey, and much more, also carpets and bedding, and they brought this and food for the people, saying that the people were suffering from hunger and were exhausted from thirst in the desert. And my years were spent in sighing, that is, I spent my years sighing because of disasters. My strength is weakened by poverty. Having become impoverished, deprived of Your help for sin, I became weak. And my bones are crushed. He calls mental strength bones.

30:12 My enemies have been reproached by all. My enemies, he says, have reviled me; those who knew me feared me, and those who saw them fled from me; because I showed great repentance, exhausting myself in sackcloth and ashes, shedding tears day and night, and therefore, when they fled, I was in oblivion, as if truly dead, I seemed like a destroyed vessel. The expression: from all - does not mean more than all, but means: he was reviled by all, that is, by enemies. This is what Aquila says: I have become a reproach to all my enemies.

30:13 But he who is deprived of virtues is dead from the heart.

30:14 Because I heard the evil spirits of many who lived around. He calls evil intentions divination, and says that enemies surrounded him, plotting against him. Receive my soul as a councilor.

30:15 But I have trusted in Thee, O Lord. By captivating the soul, they captivate the heart; because irritability and lust kill the mind.

30:16 My lots are in thy hand. Although the enemies plot, conspiring to ensnare my soul, my lots are preserved in Your hands, and You will reward them to me in due time, because I trust in You. Therefore, I ask you to deliver me from my enemies at this time. Although the enemies have gathered together and plot my death, I know that You are God and my protector. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me. Flee from wickedness, says the Apostle (Acts 3:26). Although wickedness pursues you, and precisely adultery, covetousness, irritability, and anger pursue you, let the rest remain behind.

30:17 Make thy face shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy. With Your coming, all sorrowful things will immediately cease. This is the only way of my salvation, if You enlighten Your face.

30:18 Lord, let me not be ashamed, because I called Thee. From this we understand how great the difference is between sin and wickedness. Therefore, the great David begs both to free him from the shame caused by sin, and to put to death those who live in wickedness with shame.

30:19 Let flattering lips be dumb. I beg for the enemies to become numb. And this will happen if You enlighten Your face.

30:20 How great is the abundance of Your goodness, O Lord! How one who is already enlightened by the Spirit gives thanks for the future. David usually uses the word “kol” to express amazement in the sense of “very.” Great is Your goodness, which You preserve and preserve for us. For the expression “hid himself” is used instead of “kept”, as in what was said: he hid me in his village (Ps. 26:5). Instead of “kept”, it is said: you hid, because what is hidden is kept. You made you trust in Thee, that is, you did it at the right time.

30:21 Hiding them in the secret of Your face. Your face becomes a covering for those who trust in You. From human rebellion, covering them in shelter from bickering tongues. You will cover them as if with a veil, so that those who attack them with words will not harm them, and those who attack them will not catch them with their deeds.

30:22 Blessed be the Lord, for He has astonished His mercy in the city of enclosure. Through me, he says, God was glorified; because when thousands of enemies stood around me and tried, like a great hail, to besiege my soul, my Guardian, protecting me with a stronghold, showed His wonderful mercy.

30:23 But I said in my anger: I am rejected. When I humiliated myself in the frenzy that happened to me, when my eye was troubled by rage, then I lamented as one rejected for my sin. But although I said this, You, O Lover of Mankind, did not reject Your servant.

30:24 Love the Lord in His reverence. He turns his speech to others, calling and convincing others to confession through the benefits shown to him. And rewards those who are excessively proud. Although the Lord is patient with the proud, He also rewards those who are excessively proud.

31 David, depicting his great suffering, which he endured during repentance, blessed those who were worthy of the remission of sins with the washing of regeneration. The psalm is inscribed as a psalm of “reason,” because people who, due to a strong inclination to passions, have become like horses and horses, especially need it.

31:1 Blessed are those who have abandoned iniquity, and those who have covered themselves with sin. Forsaking iniquities is acquired through baptism, while sins are covered by bitter repentance.

31:2 Blessed is the man, to whom the Lord will not impute sin; yet flattery is in his mouth. For truly blessed is he who approaches holy baptism with all his heart. But he who insincerely accepts baptism not only does not receive remission of sins, but will also be condemned. The phrase “yako” must be combined with the word: promiseshasha, so that the speech is in this order:

31:3 Because my bones had vowed to call me all day long, they were silent, being no longer able to utter a voice. What was he crying out for if not asking for forgiveness for his sin?

31:4 For Thy hand is upon me day and night. By Your goodness You admonished me greatly, with this admonition turning me to salvation. We returned to passion, when the turn comes. He calls sin a thorn. The meaning of the speech is this: since sin was pierced into my soul, I was in poverty.

31:5 My iniquity is known. Shows the very image of confession. Reh, let us confess our iniquity. It is said: the righteous man is a blasphemer to himself in the first word (Prov. 18:17), and: speak out your sins first (Isa. 43:26).

31:6 For this reason every saint will pray to You, For the sin that has been forgiven me, every saint will pray to You. By this, he either conveys the idea that he will be a model of repentance for everyone, or, as it were, prophesies that after the fulfillment of the times, all nations will offer on behalf of David. confession of his sin. Otherwise, in the flood of waters, many will not come close to him. He who repents, he says, will not be drowned by many temptations.

31:7 You are my refuge. Having said the above about sin, he begs to be freed from the disasters that befell him for sin. And he receives an answer to this; for the philanthropic Lord says to him:

31:8 I will admonish you and guide you in this way. God answers those who pray for deliverance from enemies, promising to lead them on the right path.

31:9 Be not ye like a horse and a horse, which has no understanding. Teaches sinners not to indulge in unreasonable passions. The reins and bridle of their jaws tighten. The speech is addressed as if to the Lord, and the meaning of what was said is this: draw those who do not want to repent to Yourself, as if with some kind of bridle.

32 In this psalm, he teaches those who have already believed in Christ to praise their Master, revealing to them the superiority of His power, namely, that He is the deliverer of all, that He is Lord, that He humiliates the wicked and scatters their advice, and saves those who trust in Him.

32:1 Rejoice in the righteousness of the Lord...

32:2 Sing to Him with a psalter of ten strings. He calls the body a ten-stringed psalter because it has five senses and five mental activities; for in each sense a special activity of the soul is revealed.

32:3 Sing a new song to Him. It clearly says that the law of Moses has come to an end.

32:4 For the word of the Lord is right, that is, the word of the gospel. And all his works are in faith. One must believe what He has done magnificently.

32:5 The Lord loves almsgiving and judgment. This is required of those who believe in Him. Therefore, he loves mercy for the repentant, but he also loves judgment for the inflexible. Likewise, Isaiah says to God: Your mercy is upon the measure (Is. 28:17); because He also gives alms with judgment, measuring weight and number according to the dignity of each. Fill the earth with the mercy of the Lord. He begins to prove that the Lord is the Creator of all creation and, firstly, of the earth, which he filled with mercy, and which could not otherwise stand without being filled with it. Of course, the heavens would not have existed, as well as their powers, that is, the divine and rational powers, if they had not been supported by His Word.

32:6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were established. Here the doctrine of the Holy Trinity is revealed. And through the Spirit of His mouth is all their strength. He calls the Holy Spirit the mouth of God, for the prophets who spoke to them said, “This is the mouth of the Lord who speaks” (Isa. 1:20).

32:7 Gather like the skin of the water of the sea. He calls on the water of the sea and, as if in a kind of bottle, contains it in the clouds, as it is said in another place: call on the water of the sea, and pour it out on the face of all the earth (Amos 5:8). Place in the treasures of the abyss, that is, seal the abysses as if in treasuries, so that the overflowing does not drown the dry land.

32:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD. Let the earth no longer honor demons. From Him those who live throughout the world will move. People living throughout the universe, hearing about Him, will move out of their previous state, in which they served idols, and submit to their Creator.

32:9 For He spoke, and it came to pass: He commanded, and it was created. Being indicates what is essential in rational creatures, and creation means changing them from worse to better. Moreover, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. (2 Cor. 5:17).

32:10 The Lord destroyeth the councils of the tongues: understand the nations spiritually. He sweeps aside the thoughts of people, and sweeps aside the advice of princes. For he made the plots of all the Jews unsuccessful by resurrecting on the third day. And this is what was, what He wants and what remains forever.

32:11 The thoughts of his heart to generation and generation. He understands the definitions that he deliberates for the present and future centuries. The thoughts of God are expedient orders, and the heart of God is the hiddenness of essence.

32:12 Blessed is the tongue, whose Lord is its God. In these words he calls those who believe in Christ blessed.

32:13 The Lord looked down from heaven. He said: Look, let no one think that the Lord does not know the daring enterprises of men.

32:14 From His ready dwelling, that is, prepared, adorned. For heaven is appointed as a dwelling place for God.

32:15 Making their hearts one. God alone knows human hearts. That is why the Savior said to the Jews: What evil thoughts do you think in your hearts (Matthew 9:4)?

32:18 Behold the eyes of the LORD are upon them that fear him. The eyes of the Lord are called the Lord's all-seeing power, or often the Son and the Spirit, so that the Father of lights is, as it were, in the middle of two Lights.

32:19 And I feed them during the famine, that is, during persecution, when there is no spiritual food, the Lord himself feeds them with the Holy Spirit.

32:20 But our soul longeth for the Lord. They are presented as an example as having already shown trust in the Lord.

33 David, fleeing from Saul, came to Abimelech, and when asked by Abimelech about the reason for his coming, he did not admit his flight, but said that he was sent by Saul to ask for the sword of Goliath. And since he spoke differently and thought differently, the inscription of the psalm says: change your face. He sings a psalm to this new people, teaching the doctrine of spiritual and evangelical service.

33:1 Psalm to David, ever change your countenance before Abimelech, and let him go, and let him go.

33:2 I will bless the Lord at all times...

33:3 My soul shall glory in the Lord. If I turn out to be worthy of praise, because something good has been found in my deeds; then it should not be written down by me, but by God. He has made me famous, He will make me worthy of fame. Let the meek ones hear and rejoice. Let every righteous person rejoice when he hears about the salvation that the Lord has done for me; because He saves those who trust in Him. The psalmist is not content to sing songs alone, but makes those who are partakers of meekness also partakers of songs.

33:4 Magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. As if not having sufficient strength to proclaim the greatness of God, he asks that others also begin to do the same and assist him.

33:6 Come to Him and be enlightened. Strengthened in hope by what he has already received, he leads others to the same.

33:7 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard. From what happened to me, learn to place your trust in the God of all; for I, who was an insignificant man and a shepherd of sheep, He honored with His providence and showed me as a conqueror of my enemies.

33:8 The angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear Him, and will deliver them. This is in accordance with the words of the Apostle; for he says about the Angels: Isn’t this the essence of ministry, that we send souls into service for those who want to inherit salvation (Heb. 1:14)? This is how blessed Jacob prays: The angel who delivers me from all my evils (Gen. 48:16). So the patriarch Abraham said to his wondrous servant: The Lord God will send His angel before you, and will take a wife to my son Isaac from there (Gen. 24:40). This is what blessed Zechariah says: An angel speaks in me (Zecharia 2:3).

33:9 Taste and see that the Lord is good. Taste, he says, the true bread that came down from heaven. Blessed is the man who trusts in the world; because he will accept the future life.

33:11 With riches I became poor and hungry. This is the Jewish people. But those who seek the Lord will not be deprived of any good, as another pagan people understands.

33:12 Come, children, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord...

33:13 And your lips shall not speak of flattery. He offers the pagans a teaching in which the first is to have the fear of God, the second is not to condemn a brother, the third is to keep your lips from all flattery, the fourth is to avoid all evil and strive for good in everything; and above all this, seek peace and adhere to it. The world is Christ; and taking care of all this is life and good days.

33:15 Turn away from evil, and do good: seek peace, and marry, etc. What has been said: turn away from evil is taught by fear; and to this: do good - love. And therefore, he who loves is superior to him who has fear.

33:16 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are upon their prayer. For caring for virtue, he gives a great reward - to have God as an audience.

33:21 The Lord guards all their bones. He calls the virtues of the soul bones: truth, temperance, piety and every virtue.

33:22 The death of sinners is cruel; means spiritual death, which will be followed by eternal fire, pitch darkness, a never-ending worm, weeping and gnashing of teeth; for Gehenna and darkness await sinners.

Psalms with accents and Russian translation

The meanings of the psalms, compiled according to the interpretation of Archpriest Gregory Razumovsky. How to read the psalms.

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