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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.

  1. Against miscarriages
  2. For a storm at sea
  3. For pains in head and shoulders
  4. Good for whatever you want
  5. Against an evil spirit
  6. For disease of the eyes
  7. To make your enemies flee
  8. To find favor
  9. For a sick child
  10. For one who has enemies
  11. To destroy enemies
  12. That one should not be weak
  13. To be saved from an unusual death
  14. Against fear
  15. To kill a demon
  16. To expose a thief
  17. To be recited on a journey
  18. To be saved from kings
  19. For wisdom
  20. Good for a judgment
  21. On appearing before the government
  22. For every step
  23. To ascertain the meaning of a dream
  24. To be saved from a flood
  25. For any sorrow
  26. For trouble and danger
  27. Against wild beasts
  28. For prayer
  29. Against an evil spirit
  30. For anything bad
  31. Against the evil eye
  32. To seek mercy
  33. For a woman whose children die
  34. On going on a trip
  35. If opponents have risen against you
  36. To destroy the wicked
  37. For a hired person
  38. If someone counselled evil against you
  39. For one who is afflicted
  40. To be saved from an evil spirit
  41. If you were discharged from your occupation
  42. For building a house
  43. Same as above
  44. To be saved from the hand of an enemy
  45. For one who has a bad wife
  46. If a man dislikes his wife
  47. For repentance
  48. To make your enemies afraid of you
  49. Against a fever
  50. To be saved from robbers
  51. Against the impurity of fornication
  52. To remove someone who habitually slanders
  53. To frighten your enemies
  54. To wreak vengeance on your enemies
  55. Against any evil
  56. For one bound in fetters of iron
  57. For success
  58. Against a bad dog
  59. Against the evil inclination
  60. On going to war
  61. If you have a fear of staying at home
  62. To be recited after the afternoon and evening prayers
  63. To succeed in business
  64. To cross a river
  65. If you want something from somebody
  66. For one who has a[n evil?] spirit
  67. For a persistent fever
  68. Against an evil spirit
  69. For one given to covetousness and fornication
  70. In the event of war
  71. To find favor
  72. To find grace and mercy
  73. To be saved from fear
  74. If you have enemies
  75. To bring pride low
  76. To be rescued from fire and water
  77. So that you do not fall on a day of trouble
  78. To find grace and kindness in the eyes of the government
  79. To quell enemies
  80. To avoid engaging in any heretical worship
  81. Same as above
  82. To succeed on a mission
  83. In the event of war
  84. For one whose body became thin on account of serious sickness
  85. To placate your friend
  86. To be saved from an evil spirit
  87. This is good to deliver a city
  88. Also the same as above
  89. For a man who is losing his limbs
  90. Against a lion
  91. Against an evil spirit
  92. To see great miracles
  93. To overcome a litigant against you
  94. If your enemy is oppressing you
  95. To prevent the men of your city from leading you astray
  96. That your relatives should be happy
  97. Also the same as above
  98. To bring about peace between a person and his fellow
  99. To be a saintly person
  100. To overcome your enemies
  101. Against an evil spirit
  102. For a barren woman
  103. Same as above
  104. To distance a demon
  105. Against a fourth fever
  106. Against a third fever
  107. Against a persistent fever
  108. For success
  109. If your enemy is oppressing you
  110. To have your enemies make peace with you
  111. For you to have many friends
  112. To become great in your powers
  113. Against heresy
  114. For one who buys and sells
  115. To aid in arguing with heretics
  116. To avoid your death in an unnatural fashion
  117. For someone who was slandered without cause
  118. That a non-believer should repent
  119. 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
  120. To make peace
  121. For going out at night alone
  122. On approaching a great man
  123. For a slave who has fled
  124. To travel in a ship
  125. Against enemies
  126. For a woman whose children have died
  127. For a newborn
  128. For a pregnant woman
  129. For a virtuous deed
  130. If you want to travel by ship
  131. If you are proud
  132. To break an oath
  133. To establish the love of friends
  134. To be said before study
  135. For one who has thoughts of idolatrous worship
  136. To admit deliberate sins
  137. To remove hatred
  138. To remove pride
  139. To bring about peace between husband and wife
  140. Against hatred between husband and wife
  141. For a heartache
  142. For a disorder in the legs
  143. For a disorder in the arm
  144. For a fractured hand
  145. Against fear
  146. Against a wound by a sword
  147. Against snakebite
  148. [nothing recorded]
  149. To prevent the spread of fire
  150. To praise the Holy One, blessed be he, for all his doings.

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