Shining lord, who doeth good to the land, who through his word
The evil sickness seized, to its place banished it;
Merciful one, giver of life, restorer of the dead to life,
Who supporteth truth and justice, who destroyeth the evil.
—Hymn to Ninib No. 2.
Although the Hebrews in sickness prayed unto Yahwe and were cured Psalms 86:13, 16; 31; 38, yet there are few ascriptions of praise to Yahwe as the healer of disease. This may be because the cure of sickness was apt to be so largely a matter of magic:
Yahwe looseth the bound:
Yahwe openeth the eyes of the blind;
Yahwe raiseth up them that are bowed down.
—Psalm 146:7f.