Which Psalm are you living right now?
A few quick, honest taps about your life right now. Then read the psalm an early Church Father gave for exactly that, and why he gave it.
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53 situations, one psalm each
Situations St Athanasius named in his letter, each with the psalm he gave for it.
Open a group, then choose a psalm.
When people turn against you 17
- Psalm 3: When your own people turn against you
- Psalm 55: When friends spread lies about you
- Psalm 31: When friends and family turn on you for the truth
- Psalm 42: When you long for God and people ask where He is
- Psalm 52: When someone lies about you to a person in power
- Psalm 54: When you are hunted and people want you handed over
- Psalm 7: When you find out people are plotting against you
- Psalm 11: When someone is set on rattling you
- Psalm 64: When people keep trying to frighten you
- Psalm 57: When the one hunting you comes into your hiding place
- Psalm 27: When they gang up on you and look down on you
- Psalm 63: When you’ve been driven out and you’re on your own
- Psalm 13: When it feels like God has forgotten you
- Psalm 26: When you want God to judge who is in the right
- Psalm 28: When people scheming against you fill your thoughts
- Psalm 40: When you’re holding on and wonder what it’s for
- Psalm 62: When people are out to destroy you
When you've done wrong, or feel the pull to 5
When you're afraid, worn down, or longing for God 6
- Psalm 102: When life has worn you down and you feel empty
- Psalm 42: When something in you is downcast and won’t settle
- Psalm 118: When you’re afraid and need something to hold on to
- Psalm 91: When you’re tired of living afraid
- Psalm 84: When you long for God’s house and your home with Him
- Psalm 103: When God has slipped into the background
When the world seems upside down 5
- Psalm 73: When the ungodly prosper and good people suffer
- Psalm 37: When wrongdoers ride high and you’re tempted to envy
- Psalm 12: When pride is everywhere and nothing good seems left
- Psalm 14: When people mock the idea that God cares for the world
- Psalm 79: When Christians are killed and churches destroyed
When you need words to pray, for yourself or someone else 4
After God has brought you through 7
- Psalm 4: When the Lord has heard you and you want to thank Him
- Psalm 18: When you’ve been rescued from the people hunting you
- Psalm 34: When you’ve escaped people who meant you harm
- Psalm 46: When God has brought you through
- Psalm 139: When a hard test is over and you want to thank God
- Psalm 85: When a time under God’s anger has passed
- Psalm 101: When you learn that God’s judgment comes with mercy
When life is good, and you want to thank Him and grow 9
- Psalm 23: When you can see the Lord shepherding you
- Psalm 19: When you marvel at creation and at God’s commands
- Psalm 103: When you want to thank God in everything
- Psalm 145: When you keep seeing God’s kindness
- Psalm 30: When you dedicate your home, and yourself, to God
- Psalm 32: When you see someone baptised and made new
- Psalm 93: When you just want to sing to God
- Psalms 120–134: When you can feel yourself climbing higher
- Psalm 15: When you want to be someone who belongs with God
How it works
- Answer quickly and honestly
7 short questions about your life right now, and a few more only if an answer needs them.
- Say if it's you
You'll see your situation in plain words. It's yours only if you say so, and "Not quite" shows the next.
- Read your psalm, in full
The psalm St Athanasius gave for exactly that, in the 300s, and why he gave it.
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