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Psalm 141 is the 141st psalm of the Book of ... a plea to God not only for protection from the psalmist's enemies, ... Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To be ...
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Spiritual warfare is the Christian concept of fighting against the work of preternatural evil forces. It is based on the belief in evil spirits, or demons, that are said to intervene in human affairs in various ways. [1]
I pour out my prayer in his sight and I speak of my trouble before him (Ps 141:3). When my spirit failed me you knew my ways (Ps 141:4a-b). On the path on which I walked the proud have hidden a trap for me (Ps 141:4c-d). I looked to my right and I saw and there was no one who knew me (Ps 141:5a-b). I have no means of escape and there is no one ...
Jesus drives out a demon or unclean spirit, from the 15th-century Très Riches Heures. In English translations of the Bible, unclean spirit is a common rendering [1] of Greek pneuma akatharton (πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον; plural pneumata akatharta (πνεύματα ἀκάθαρτα)), which in its single occurrence in the Septuagint translates Hebrew ruaḥ tum'ah (רוּחַ ...
Another method to protect from evil spirits was to carry a small bag filled with salt and charcoal. [258] In Indiana, African Americans sprinkled chamber lye on the front and back steps to prevent evil spirits from entering the home. Curses can come from malevolent spirits not conjured by a conjurer, and evil spirits are more active at night. [259]
The smoke of burning incense is interpreted by both the Western Catholic and Eastern Christian churches as a symbol of the prayer of the faithful rising to heaven. [4] This symbolism is seen in Psalm 141 (140), verse 2: "Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight: the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice." Incense is often used ...
In the Irish (Hiberno-Scottish) monastic tradition, a lorica is a prayer recited for protection. It is essentially a 'protection prayer' in which the petitioner invokes all the power of God as a safeguard against evil in its many forms. The Latin word lōrīca originally meant "armour" (body armor, in the sense of chainmail or cuirass).