The Book of Gold (Le Livre d’Or) - 17th Century Book of Spells, Charms & Magic using the Biblical Psalms of David
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This is the last Psalm in the sequence of seven (3, 8, 30, 41, 59, 50, 129) for use in the preparation of the needle, burin and other iron instruments in the Key of Solomon.cdxxxvii
PSALM 130
Domine non est exaltatum cor meum: Adonay Sabaoth:
Write this Psalm and attach it to your right arm and you will not have any bad dreams.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the opening words of verse one, “Lord, my heart is not exalted”. Adonay (ADNI), meaning ‘Lord’ is the divine name substituted for Tetragrammaton (IHVH) in Judaism, which has become one of the main divine names in the grimoires and the Qabalah. Sabaoth, meaning ‘Hosts’, is seen in divine names such as Jahveh Sabaoth, ‘God of Hosts’.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim recommends this Psalm for one who needs to moderate extreme pride, by reciting it three times daily after the morning and evening prayers.cdxxxviii
This Psalm is one of those in the sequence of nineteen (130, 14, 101, 8, 83, 67, 71, 132, 112, 125, 45, 46, 21, 50, 129, 138, 48, 109, 52) recited for conjuration of the wax used in making the Pentacles in the Key of Solomon.cdxxxix
In the Goetia, the thirty-fourth Shemhamphorash angel, Lehachiah, is associated with verse three of this Psalm, “Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and forever”.cdxl
PSALM 131
Memento Domine David
Write this Psalm until Viduam ejus benediciens benediciam and attach it to any fishing nets and you will catch a lot of fish, of which some will have these characters.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the first half of verse one, “O Lord, remember David”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim gives this as a Psalm of repentance, to be repeated daily by one who has perjured an oath and not performed a sworn obligation, and does not wish to repeat a similar crime in the future.cdxli
PSALM 132
Ecce quam bonum & quam jucundum
Write this Psalm and read it seven times over some good rose oil and rub your face with it and you will be welcomed everywhere.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the first half of verse one, “Behold how good and how pleasant it is”.
This Psalm is recommended by Sepher Shimmush Tehillim to retain love and gain more friends, possibly being the source of Le Livre d’Or usage.cdxlii
This Psalm is one of those in the sequence of nineteen (130, 14, 101, 8, 83, 67, 71, 132, 112, 125, 45, 46, 21, 50, 129, 138, 48, 109, 52) recited for conjuration of the wax used in making the Pentacles in the Key of Solomon.cdxliii
PSALM 133
Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum,
Read this Psalm seven times in the morning and also at night and your goods will increase.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the opening words of verse one, “Behold now bless ye the Lord”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim declares that every person should repeat this Psalm before entering a college.cdxliv
This is the last of the three Psalms (71, 116, 133) used in the conjuration of the parchment in the Key of Solomon. cdxlv It is also the third of the four (81, 71, 133, 63) to be spoken over the silken cloth as part of its consecration, prior to its use for wrapping the instruments of the Art in the Key of Solomon.cdxlvi
PSALM 134
Laudate nomen Domini, Elot.
If you are sick, read this Psalm seven times over some good oil and rub your face with it and you will be healed.
Put some tuffcdxlvii stone into some wine at night time and wash the eyes of a sick person while reading this Psalm and he will be healed.
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COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the first half of verse one, “Praise ye the name of the Lord”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim recommends reciting this Psalm daily after morning and evening prayers for the repenting of sins and consecrating one's life to the service of God.cdxlviii
This Psalm is the last in the sequence of eight Psalms (8, 21, 27, 29, 32, 51, 72, 134) to be recited during the consecration of the Pentacles in the Key of Solomon. The Pentacle is held over the incense towards the rising sun and the Psalms recited with devotion.cdxlix
Part of verse 16, “they have eyes, but they see not”, is one of the two verses used around a Solar Pentacle for operations of invisibility (see Sun 6, Appendix 4).
PSALM 135
Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus
Read this Psalm in front of the door of your enemy until Liberavit eos and you will overcome him.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the first half of verse one, “Praise the Lord, for he is good”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim advises praying this Psalm before making confession for the penitent who wishes for a renewal of spirit after confession of transgressions, sins and misdeeds.cdl
PSALM 136
Super flumina Babylonis, illic sedimus & flevinus.
Write this Psalm with a woman's menstrual blood, along with the names of her husband and her mother until ad fundamentum in ea and perfume it with myrrh and place it in a phial sealed well with wax and bury it in water flowing towards the East. Then read this Psalm seven times over it in the name of the woman and her husband. The loss of blood will cease and the blood will flow no longer. The Moon as before this one.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is most of verse one, “Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim states that this Psalm is said to root inveterate hate, envy and malice out of the heart.cdli
PSALM 137
Confitebor tibi Domine in toto corde meo
Read this Psalm seven times over rose water and rub your face with it and write it out and attach it to your arm and you will be delivered from prison. The Moon as before this one.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the opening words of verse one, “I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim suggests this Psalm to produce love and friendship.cdlii
PSALM 138
Domine probasti me & cognovisti me:
Read this Psalm seven times every day and God will make you contrite with true penitence from your bawdiness and from adultery and you will be saved.
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COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is verse one, “Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim advises this Psalm to preserve and increase love among married people.cdliii
This Psalm is one of those in the sequence of nineteen (130, 14, 101, 8, 83, 67, 71, 132, 112, 125, 45, 46, 21, 50, 129, 138, 48, 109, 52) recited for conjuration of the wax used in making the Pentacles in the Key of Solomon.cdliv
PSALM 139
Eripe me Domine ab homine malo. Heloe.
Read this Psalm for seven days, seven times in the evening and seven times in morning until Venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum and be chaste during these seven days. Whoever has taken poison will be saved if he does so.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the first half of verse two, “Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man” Heloe is found as a divine name in the Lemegeton.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim gives this Psalm to remove growing hatred between a man and his wife.cdlv
In the Goetia, the twenty-seventh Shemhamphorash angel, Yerathel, is associated with verse two of this Psalm, “Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man”.cdlvi
PSALM 140
Domine clamavi ad te exaudi me. Elion.
When you meet scoundrels, recite this Psalm seven times and you will be delivered from them through the aid of God.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the first half of verse one, “I have cried to thee, O Lord, hear me”. Elion, meaning ‘Highest God’, is a divine name sometimes used for the Sephira of Kether in Qabalah, and was originally the name of a Canaan
ite god.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim suggests this Psalm to relieve a sense of oppression.cdlvii
PSALM 141
Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi
Read this Psalm seven times in the morning as well as in the evening until Educ de custodia animam meam and by means of the Grace of God, you will leave prison.
Also write this Psalm along with its characters and hang them in the air; the servant who has taken flight will return to you.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the first half of verse two, “I cried to the Lord with my voice”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim recommends this Psalm to cure pain in the thighs.cdlviii
This Psalm is the third of three written with some characters on a piece of virgin parchment and placed under the pillow for a dream vision of a thief and where he placed stolen goods.cdlix
PSALM 142
Domine exaudi orationem meam. Jad.
Write this Psalm and read it until Eripe me de inimicis meis Domine and you will be delivered from prison; it has the same effect if you are in any kind of difficulty.
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COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the opening words of verse one, “Hear, O Lord, my prayer”. Jad may be a corruption of the Hebrew letter Yod, which like Aleph is often used as a shorthand for the divine.
This is the last of the seven Penitential Psalms.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim gives this Psalm for removing sharp pains in the arms.cdlx
PSALM 143
Benedictus Dominus Deus meus,
Read this Psalm seven times and write the characters that follow and carry it upon you and you will be victorious in combats.
It is also good for a woman in labour, if it is written on her hip and here is where it should be attached.
If anyone is in a shipwreck, read it until & libera me de aquis multis and he will be saved
The Moon as before this one.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the opening words of verse one, “Blessed be the Lord my God”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim suggests this Psalm to repair a broken arm, when prayed over it.cdlxi
PSALM 144
Exaltabo te Deus meus Rex; Sala.
Read this Psalm seven times over oil and rub a woman's body with it and her husband will return to her then write it down and bury it in front of the door.
If you read this Psalm seven times and if you rub sick man's face with this oil, he will be healed also. The Moon as above.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the opening words of verse one, “I will extol thee, O God my king”.
In the eleventh century Hekhalot text Tefillat Hamnuna Sava (The Prayer by Hamnuna the Elder), this Psalm is repeated thrice as the corpus of the Ashre prayer by the mystic in his preparation, as part of the instructions given by the archangel Sagnasgiel (Metatron). The Ashre prayer is Psalm 143:15 followed by the whole of Psalm 144 followed by Psalm 83:5.cdlxii
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim recommends this Psalm to drive away ghosts and apparitions instantly, when prayed in conjunction with Psalm 143.cdlxiii
In the Goetia, four Shemhamphorash angels are associated with verses of this Psalm. These are the forty-ninth angel Vehuel, with verse three, “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end”;cdlxiv the fiftieth angel Daniel, with verse eight “The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy”;cdlxv the fifty-sixth angel Poiel, with verse fourteen “The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth up all that are cast down”;cdlxvi and the sixtieth angel Mitzrael, with verse seventeen, “The Lord is just in all his ways: and holy in all his works”.cdlxvii
A Jewish tradition states that whoever recites this Psalm three times a day is assured of a place in the world to come (b Ber 4b).cdlxviii
PSALM 145
Lauda anima mea Dominum
Read this Psalm seven times over oil and rub a sick man with it while reciting it and he will be healed.
If you read it until Dominus erigit adlisos: Dominus diligit justos and rub broken bones with this oil, they will knit back together.
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COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the opening words of verse two, “Praise the Lord, O my soul”.
A version of the conjuration of the Prince of the Thumb using a variant of verse six of this Psalm is found in Munich CLM 849, for obtaining information about a theft by gazing into a fingernail.cdlxix The phrase is spoken whilst drawing the third of the three protective circles with the sword.cdlxx
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim recommends this Psalm for healing from a dangerous sword wound that needs surgical assistance. The healing of serious wounds suggests this use may have influenced that in Le Livre d’Or.cdlxxi
PSALM 146
Laudate Dominum quoniam bonus est psalmus. Sach
Read out this Psalm seven times over oil until & alligat contritiones eorum and rub a sick man with is and he will be healed.
If you wish to share anything with anyone, read this Psalm and your shared portion will be good.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the first half of verse one, “Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good”.
In the Sepher Shimmush Tehillim, this Psalm is also used for healing, though in that instance it is for a man seriously wounded by a sword or other weapon.cdlxxii
In the Goetia, the twenty-fourth Shemhamphorash angel, Chahuiah, is associated with verse eleven of this Psalm, “The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him: and in them that hope in his mercy”.cdlxxiii
PSALM 147
Lauda Jerusalem Dominum
Write this Psalm with some saffron mixed with some rose water and perfume it with wood of aloe and bury it at the foundations of a house. When you build upon it, God’s Blessings will be present.
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COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the first half of verse one, “Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim recommends this Psalm for healing dangerous and deadly wounds, bites and stings of salamanders, lizards, snakes, scorpions and other poisonous creatures.cdlxxiv
PSALM 148
Lauda Dominum de Cœlis.
If someone reads this Psalm seven times every day in his house, the Dæmon will leave there and the house will be full of blessings. It is also good for a sick woman, when you read it over pure oil and rub her with it. She will be healed.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the first half of verse one, “Praise ye the Lord from the heavens”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim states that when prayed with absolute trust this Psalm will check an uncontrolled fire.cdlxxv
Verse eight, “Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds which fulfil his word:” is written around the edge of a Saturnian Pentacle for protection from hail and storms and the good of the earth (see Saturn 1, Appendix 5).
PSALM 149
Cantata Domino canticum novum
Recite this Psalm seven times over oil and rub a sick woman’s body with it and she will heal.
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COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the first half of verse one, “Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim states that like the previous Psalm, when prayed with absolute trust this Psalm will check an uncontrolled fire.cdlxxvi
PSALM 150
Laudate Dominum in sanctis ejus
Recite this Psalm seven times over wheat and over oil and they will be multiplied to you with the aid of God.
Take note that after every Psalm it is necessary to read a little prayer to God and do all things when the Moon is Waxing and under the Sign and during the Hour that is indicated. It would be better, however, if the Signs were in their ascendancy at the same time as the Waxing Moon.
When thunder and lightning are heard, take the Symbol of St Atha
nasius in your hand and read it until Without the three persons being confused and immediately they will be dispersed and if you read it over a sick person with three Pater’scdlxxvii and three Ave’s,cdlxxviii he will be delivered and healed through the Virtue of God.
COMMENTARY:
The Latin in the title is the first half of verse one, “Praise ye the Lord in his holy places”.
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim declares that this psalm should be repeated by every fortunate person, who has escaped danger and give praise to the Lord of Hosts with thanks in his heart.cdlxxix
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