The translation of Psalms (Tehillim) into Dutch is indicative of the importance of Psalms in Jewish life. For three thousand years, it has been a companion to Jews at all times. People recite Tehillim when they pray for someone who is sick or in trouble. When Jews in Israel were attacked, people all over the world recited Tehillim, asking for God’s protection against their enemies. Many people recite Tehillim every single day - and some congregations get up very early every Friday morning and recite all 150 chapters of Tehillim. Unlike formal prayer services, Psalms do not require a minimum amount of people, though various chapters have been incorporated into the fixed prayers. Tehillim can be said by an individual as a private solo excursion, by small, informal groups or by mass gathering sponsored often, by large and even international organizations. Some chapters of Tehillim are designated as appropriate for specific Jewish holidays and life cycle events., such as weddings, Berit Milah (Circumcision), and mourning rites. There is no experience or emotion, within the realm of human enterprise that is not addressed in the 150 chapters. For example, if one has a troublesome spouse and would like them to change, "if you have no spouse at all and would like to find one!" if you would like to succeed in your business, if you are looking for protection, inspiration. love, guidance, consolation, if you want to beat your competition, win a contractor are seeking an successful pregnancy, there is a special chapter that will help. Testimony to the efficacy of reciting Psalms, abounds in the teasures of classical Jewish literature as well as in the personal lives of Jews throughout the world. The custom to recite Tehillim for forty consecutive days at the Western Wall, in an effort to enhance the cogency of prayers for a particular goal has been extant for generations. A woman who was experiencing exceptional difficulty in getting pregnant put in the forty requisite days of reciting Tehillim at the Western Wall. After the first forty days she did not achieve her intended goal but was so immersed in and felt an irrepressible sense of buoyancy from her daily prayer at the Western Wall, that she continued to go for another forty days. After she completed a third cycle of forty consecutive days of reciting Tehillim, she achieved more than she expected. She had incorporated into her daily life an immensely satisfying and uplifting dimension – she also became pregnant.