Tehillim 119 and Shir HaMa'alot according to Rabbeinu Chida (a Kabbalistic reading)
Tehillim 119 and Shir HaMa'alot according to Rabbeinu Chida (a Kabbalistic reading)
Rabbeinu Chida (of blessed memory) writes in «Avodat HaKodesh», in the section «Shomer Yisrael», that he found an unusual reading of Tehillim in an old manuscript by an early Kabbalist. If Tehillim is recited according to this arrangement, one can avoid all evil, illness, injury, adversaries, destroyers, and harm.
Through this reading of Tehillim, one can more fully understand what is stated in Mishlei 3:6: «Acknowledge Him in all your ways.»
Each day, recite 3 sections (8 times each) of Psalm 119, completing all the letters of the alphabet over the course of a week (since Psalm 119 is structured according to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet), and 3 psalms of Shir HaMa'alot:
Sunday (Yom Rishon):
Tehillim 119 א (Aleph)
Tehillim 119 ב (Bet)
Tehillim 119 ג (Gimel)
«Shir HaMa'alot» – 120, 121,124;
Monday (Yom Sheni):
Tehillim 119 ד (Dalet)
Tehillim 119 ה (Hei)
Tehillim 119 ו (Vav)
«Shir HaMa'alot» - 122, 123, 124;
Tuesday (Yom Shlishi):
Tehillim 119 ז (Zayin)
Tehillim 119 ח (Het)
Tehillim 119 ט (Tet)
«Shir HaMa'alot» - 125, 126, 127;
Wednesday (Yom Revi'i):
Tehillim 119 י (Yud)
Tehillim 119 כ (Kaf)
Tehillim 119 ל (Lamed)
«Shir HaMa'alot» - 128, 129, 130;
Thursday (Yom Chamishi):
Tehillim 119 מ (Mem)
Tehillim 119 נ (Nun)
Tehillim 119 ס (Samekh)
«Shir HaMa'alot» - 129, 130, 124;
Friday (Yom Shishi):
Tehillim 119 ע (Ayin)
Tehillim 119 פ (Pei)
Tehillim 119 צ (Tsadi)
«Shir HaMa'alot» - 131,132;
Shabbat:
Tehillim 119 ק (Kuf)
Tehillim 119 ר (Resh)
Tehillim 119 ש (Shin)
Tehillim 119 ת (Tav)
«Shir HaMa'alot» - 133, 134.
(translated according to the «Otzar HaChochma» website, www.otzar.org)
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