Afternoon psalm to lift your spirits and increase your mood

In the middle of the day, do you feel tired, discouraged and want to abandon your tasks? O afternoon psalm It is known for its power to lift the spirits and broaden the mood. It can be done any day of the week, whenever you feel the need to connect with the higher force.

How to say afternoon prayer?

It is recommended to find a quiet place to avoid interruptions and distractions. If you want, you can light a candle and/or incense to help with the connection. Sit comfortably and take deep, conscious breaths until you feel that your body and mind are more relaxed. Paying attention and with faith read the afternoon psalm. One of the options is Psalm 55:

1. Incline, O God, your ear to my prayer, and do not hide yourself from my supplication.
2. Listen to me, and listen to me; I lament in my complaint, and I make noise,
3. Because of the cry of the enemy and because of the oppression of the wicked; for they lay iniquity upon me, and hate me in wrath.
4. My heart aches within me, and terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5. Fear and trembling came upon me; and horror covered me.
6. So I said: Oh! who would give me wings like a dove! Then he would fly, and be at rest.
7. Behold, he would flee far away and spend the night in the desert. (Saddle.)
8. I would hasten to escape the fury of the wind and the storm.
9. Break, Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10. They surround it day and night on its walls; iniquity and malice are in its midst.
11. Evil is within her; cunning and deceit are not far from its streets.
12. For it was not an enemy that confronted me; then I would have borne it; Nor was he who hated me magnifying himself against me, because I would have hidden myself from him.
13. But you were my equal, my guide and my intimate friend.
14. We consulted together gently, and walked together in the house of God.
15. Death befalls them, and alive they go down to hell; for there is evil in their dwellings and among them.
16. But I will call on God, and the Lord will save me.
17. Evening and morning and at noon I will pray; and I will cry, and he will hear my voice.
18. He delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; for there were many with me.
19. God will hear, and will afflict them. He who presides from ancient times (Selah), because there is no change in them, and therefore they do not fear God.
20. Such a man has laid his hands on those who have peace with him; broke his alliance.
21. The words of his mouth were softer than butter, but there was war in his heart: his words were softer than oil; however, they were drawn swords.
22. Cast your care on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
23. But you, O God, will bring them down to the pit of perdition; men of blood and fraud will not live out half their days; but I will trust in you.

What is Psalm 141 for?

In general, it is believed that reading any psalm has the power to promote spiritual cleansing and bring inner peace. But each one is usually related to a specific theme. Psalm 141 serves to increase confidence and betray protection.

1. LORD, I cry to you, hear me; She inclines your ears to my voice when I cry to you.
2. Let my prayer ascend before your face like incense, and let my hands be lifted up like the evening sacrifice.
3. Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; guard the door of my lips.
4. Do not incline my heart to evil things, to do evil works, with those who practice iniquity; and do not eat its delicacies.
5. Let the righteous hurt me, it will be kindness; and rebuke me, it will be excellent oil, which will not break my head; for my prayer also will still continue in its own calamities.
6. When their judges are thrown down by the rock, they will hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7. Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave as if someone had split wood in the earth.
8. But my eyes behold you, O GOD the Lord; in you I trust; Don’t bare my soul.
9. Keep me from the snares that have been set for me; and from the snares of those who practice iniquity.
10. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, until I have entirely escaped.

Afternoon Prayer – Psalm 121

1. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains, from where my help comes.
2. My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth.
3. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
4. Behold, the guard of Israel will not slumber nor sleep.
5. The Lord is the one who keeps you; the Lord is your shadow at your right hand.
6. The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
7. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will guard your soul.
8. The Lord will guard your entrance and your exit, from now on and forever.

Afternoon Prayer – Psalm 91

1. He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2. I will say of the Lord: He is my God, my refuge, my fortress, and I will trust in him.
3. For he will deliver you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.
4. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will trust; His truth will be your shield and buckler.
5. You will not be afraid of terror by night nor of the arrow that flies by day.
6. Neither from the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor from the destruction that destroys at midday.
7. A thousand will fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not reach you.
8. Only with your eyes will you look and see the reward of the wicked.
9. Because you, O Lord, are my refuge. You have made your home in the Most High.
10. No harm will come to you, nor will any plague come to your tent.
11. For he will command his angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways.
12. They will bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13. You will tread on the lion and the snake; You will trample the son of the lion and the serpent under your feet.
14. Because he loved me so dearly, I also will deliver him; I will put him in high retreat, because he has known my name.
15. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will take him out of it, and I will glorify him.
16. I will satisfy him with long days, and I will show him my salvation.

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