Praying the Psalms can bring amazing results within you and in the world around you. Pope Benedict XVI has said that the Book of Psalms can teach people how to pray and is the prayer book par excellence: These inspired songs teach us how to speak to God, expressing ourselves and the whole range of our human experience with words that God himself has given us. The verses of Tehillim transcend all barriersĪnd ascend higher and higher, imploring the Master of the Universe until they achieve The preface to the Tehillim by the Kehot Publication Society has this quote from Tezmach Tzedek, the third Lubavitcher Rebbe: If one would only know the power of the verses of Tehillim, and their effect on high, Martin Luther said this about the psalter, which is another name for the book of Psalms: The psalter ought to be a precious and beloved book, if for no other reason than this: it promises Christ's death and Resurrection so clearly-and pictures His kingdom and the conditions and nature of all Christendom-that it might well be called a little Bible. And when we read aloud those Psalms that talk about God, we join God in proclaiming His word to all who are around us, whether visible or invisible. The Psalms are a conversation between God and His people. So we pray some Psalms and reflect on others. Other Psalms tell us about God and His mighty acts. Many of the Psalms are prayers which we can offer to God. And later when Jesus appeared to John on the Island of Patmos and told him what to write to the Churches, He still quoted the Psalms! There are recorded instances in the Bible where Jesus took His words directly from the Psalms - He even used the Psalms when He cried out in agony on the cross. The book of Psalms ( Tehillim in Hebrew) was the prayer book of the Israelites in their synagogue worship.

The psalter of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer

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