#psalmseries

📚 Promise /ˈpräməs/ - a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen.

Ilang pangako na ang iyong sinabi at narinig mula sa iba? Masakit mapangakuan at sa huli'y hindi mapanindigan.

Nakakalungkot na minsan pinipili na lang natin hindi maniwala para hindi tayo masaktan. Hindi na lang, kahit sino pa.

Kapatid, sana kay Lord, magtiwala ka.

His promises won't let go of you.

His promised are made of true love.

When everything else fails, He is there to pick you up. He doesn't abandon those who search for Him.

That's His promise 💛

Take a break from social media today. Open your Bible and look for God's promises.

Claim it, in Jesus Name.

Meaning and Uses of Psalms 4

🌿 Boosting luck for a specific endeavor

🌿 Uncrossing to change bad luck to good luck

🌿 Ensuring peaceful and restful sleep at night

Godfrey Selig‘s hoodoo classic Secrets of the Psalms recommends that you pray with the psalm three times before sunrise, which could be incorporated into almost any rootworking ritual or spell for the indicated purposes.

Psalms 4 in English

All the psalms were originally written in Hebrew, so there are many different translations of it available! When using psalms in your practice, I encourage you to consider which translation you are using whether it’s one you particularly resonate with or from a translation of the Bible perhaps you know one of your ancestors really liked. For reference, here’s a translation I’ve compiled from both Jewish and Christian sources that I think conveys the meaning well.

For the Leader; with string-music. A Psalm of David.

When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness; you have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

How long will you people turn my glory into shame? [How long] will you love futility? [How long] will you constantly seek lies?

You shall know that God has set apart the righteous for Himself; God shall hear when I call out to Him.

Quake and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be forever silent.

Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in God.

Many say, “Who will show us goodness?" Let the light of your face shine on us.

Fill my heart with joy when their grain and new wine abound.

In peace together, I would lie down and sleep, for You, O Lord, would make me dwell alone in safety.

Psalms 4 in Hebrew

I’ve included the psalm in its original language, Hebrew, as a reminder of its original Jewish roots in addition to later Christian ones and as a reference for anyone who wishes to write specific lines from the psalm in Hebrew on a petition paper, a slip of paper to go inside a mojo bag, etc. 

It’s important to be careful not to cross the line with Judaism as it is a closed religion, but using the Hebrew language in hoodoo has long been a part of the magical tradition!

א לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּנְגִינ֗וֹת מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד:

ב בְּקָרְאִ֡י עֲנֵ֚נִי | אֱלֹ֘הֵ֚י צִדְקִ֗י בַּ֖צָּר הִרְחַ֣בְתָּ לִּ֑י

חָ֜נֵּ֗נִי וּשְׁמַ֥ע תְּפִלָּתִֽי:

ג בְּנֵי־אִ֡ישׁ עַד־מֶ֤ה כְבוֹדִ֗י לִ֖כְלִמָּה תֶּֽאֱהָב֣וּן 

רִ֑יק תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ כָזָ֣ב סֶֽלָה:

ד וּדְע֗וּ כִּֽי־הִפְלָ֣ה יְ֖הֹוָה חָסִ֣יד ל֑וֹ יְהֹ֘וָ֥ה יִ֜שְׁמַ֗ע 

בְּקָרְאִ֥י אֵלָֽיו:

ה רִגְז֗וּ וְֽאַל־תֶּֽ֫חֱטָ֥אוּ אִמְר֣וּ בִ֖לְבַבְכֶם

עַל־מִשְׁכַּבְכֶ֗ם וְדֹ֣מּוּ סֶֽלָה:

וזִבְח֥וּ זִבְחֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וּ֜בִטְח֗וּ אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה:

ז רַבִּ֥ים אֹֽמְרִים֘ מִֽי־יַרְאֵ֪נוּ֫ ט֥וֹב נְסָה־עָלֵ֑ינוּ א֖וֹר

פָּנֶ֣יךָ יְהֹוָֽה:

ח נָתַ֣תָּה שִׂמְחָ֣ה בְלִבִּ֑י מֵעֵ֨ת דְּגָנָ֖ם וְתִֽירוֹשָׁ֣ם

 רָֽבּוּ:

ט בְּשָׁל֣וֹם יַחְדָּו֘ אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה וְאִ֫ישָׁ֥ן כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה יְהֹוָ֣ה 

לְבָדָ֪ד לָ֜בֶ֗טַח תּֽוֹשִׁיבֵֽנִי:

Psalms 6

Psalms 6 tells us to never think that God has left us because of all the trials that we face in our lives. We all know that He will never leave us, that He listens to every prayers that we make. Our prayers cannot be answered immediately but we know that He will respond to our prayers.

Psalms 6:8

“Depart from me, all you workers of evil,    for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.”

“I can’t Google that” #searching

Psalm 4 

“Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for Himself; the Lord will hear when I call to Him” (Psalm 4:3)

I can’t lie, I am in love with Google. God has blessed Google. Perhaps, the reason why I do love it is because you can literally search for almost ANYTHING to get you by ! It connects you to thousands of links to make your life and mine easier. 

Forgive me if I am the first one to point this out. But there are stuff you just just can’t find in Google. Like perhaps where your keys are. In further depth: how to solve your own individual problems. Our own fulfillment, your personal happiness, and comfort. Perhaps, even your own identity. 

On a moral standpoint, you may claim that you can search for that for yourself. However, if we lost it in the first place, does that make us qualified to search for our identity or solutions to our problem or even our happiness.  

Our relationship with Christ however calls us by name and tells us who we are. We are God’s children. (I mean duh ? I could’ve told you that !) 

As verse 2 claims “...how long will you love delusions and seek false gods?” (Psalm 4:2) Here is the relevance of the society: We worship women/men, other religions, and even money. So it’s no doubt that people still search for who they are, because they measure with what other people call them. David even announces this and says that our identity is not from what other’s call you to be but rather what God calls you to be ! SET APART FOR HIS GLORY (verse 3)

Love Y’all ! *muah* God Bless