
Various Psalms were used in a quasi-magical fashion, and these are indicated for each Psalm found in our edition. In particular, Psalm 119 consists of sets of eight verses, each set of which begins with a letter of the old arabic alphabet in order. These sets have their own rubric, and this is indicated below.
- Against miscarriages
- For a storm at sea
- For pains in head and shoulders
- Good for whatever you want
- Against an evil spirit
- For disease of the eyes
- To make your enemies flee
- To find favor
- For a sick child
- For one who has enemies
- To destroy enemies
- That one should not be weak
- To be saved from an unusual death
- Against fear
- To kill a demon
- To expose a thief
- To be recited on a journey
- To be saved from kings
- For wisdom
- Good for a judgment
- On appearing before the government
- For every step
- To ascertain the meaning of a dream
- To be saved from a flood
- For any sorrow
- For trouble and danger
- Against wild beasts
- For prayer
- Against an evil spirit
- For anything bad
- Against the evil eye
- To seek mercy
- For a woman whose children die
- On going on a trip
- If opponents have risen against you
- To destroy the wicked
- For a hired person
- If someone counselled evil against you
- For one who is afflicted
- To be saved from an evil spirit
- If you were discharged from your occupation
- For building a house
- Same as above
- To be saved from the hand of an enemy
- For one who has a bad wife
- If a man dislikes his wife
- For repentance
- To make your enemies afraid of you
- Against a fever
- To be saved from robbers
- Against the impurity of fornication
- To remove someone who habitually slanders
- To frighten your enemies
- To wreak vengeance on your enemies
- Against any evil
- For one bound in fetters of iron
- For success
- Against a bad dog
- Against the evil inclination
- On going to war
- If you have a fear of staying at home
- To be recited after the afternoon and evening prayers
- To succeed in business
- To cross a river
- If you want something from somebody
- For one who has a[n evil?] spirit
- For a persistent fever
- Against an evil spirit
- For one given to covetousness and fornication
- In the event of war
- To find favor
- To find grace and mercy
- To be saved from fear
- If you have enemies
- To bring pride low
- To be rescued from fire and water
- So that you do not fall on a day of trouble
- To find grace and kindness in the eyes of the government
- To quell enemies
- To avoid engaging in any heretical worship
- Same as above
- To succeed on a mission
- In the event of war
- For one whose body became thin on account of serious sickness
- To placate your friend
- To be saved from an evil spirit
- This is good to deliver a city
- Also the same as above
- For a man who is losing his limbs
- Against a lion
- Against an evil spirit
- To see great miracles
- To overcome a litigant against you
- If your enemy is oppressing you
- To prevent the men of your city from leading you astray
- That your relatives should be happy
- Also the same as above
- To bring about peace between a person and his fellow
- To be a saintly person
- To overcome your enemies
- Against an evil spirit
- For a barren woman
- Same as above
- To distance a demon
- Against a fourth fever
- Against a third fever
- Against a persistent fever
- For success
- If your enemy is oppressing you
- To have your enemies make peace with you
- For you to have many friends
- To become great in your powers
- Against heresy
- For one who buys and sells
- To aid in arguing with heretics
- To avoid your death in an unnatural fashion
- For someone who was slandered without cause
- That a non-believer should repent
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- a
- For someone who wants to be endowed with a virtuous action
- b
- Against forgetfulness
- g
- For an ache in the right eye
- d
- For an ache in the left eye
- ha
- To be guarded against sin
- wa
- To terrify a ruler
- z
- For the spleen
- h
- For the upper belly
- t
- For an ache in the left or right kidney
- y
- Against distrust
- ka
- For a swelling of the right nostril
- la
- Against a judgment
- m
- For an ache in the right hand
- n
- On going on a trip
- sh
- To request your needs
- a
- For an ache in the left hand
- pha
- For a swelling of the left nostril
- s
- To destroy enemies
- qa
- For an ache in the left leg
- r
- For an ache in the left ear
- sha
- Against fear of an enemy
- t
- For an ache in the left ear
- To make peace
- For going out at night alone
- On approaching a great man
- For a slave who has fled
- To travel in a ship
- Against enemies
- For a woman whose children have died
- For a newborn
- For a pregnant woman
- For a virtuous deed
- If you want to travel by ship
- If you are proud
- To break an oath
- To establish the love of friends
- To be said before study
- For one who has thoughts of idolatrous worship
- To admit deliberate sins
- To remove hatred
- To remove pride
- To bring about peace between husband and wife
- Against hatred between husband and wife
- For a heartache
- For a disorder in the legs
- For a disorder in the arm
- For a fractured hand
- Against fear
- Against a wound by a sword
- Against snakebite
- [nothing recorded]
- To prevent the spread of fire
- To praise the Holy One, blessed be he, for all his doings.
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