See parallel in the Rif here.
[For context: We had just said:
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: Even though a person read Shema in shul, it is a mitzvah to read it upon his bed. And this is specifically the first parasha, and it states in perek HaRoeh (daf 60b).
]Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said: If he is a talmid chacham he does not need to. Abaye said: Even a talmid chacham needs to say one verse of mercy, such as [Tehillim 31:6]
| ו בְּיָדְךָ, אַפְקִיד רוּחִי: פָּדִיתָ אוֹתִי ה--אֵל אֱמֶת. | 6 Into Thy hand I commit my spirit; Thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, Thou God of truth. |
Rabbi Eleazar said: One who reads the kriyat Shema upon his bed, it is as if he is wielding a double-edged sword. For it says [in Tehillim 149:5-6]:
Rabbi Yitzchak said: One who reads Shema [J: upon his bed, see gemara], mazikin [demons, damaging spirits] avoid him, for it is stated [Iyov 5:7]
| ז כִּי-אָדָם, לְעָמָל יוּלָּד; וּבְנֵי-רֶשֶׁף, יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף. | 7 But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. |
and 'uf only means Torah, since it is stated [Mishlei 23:5]:
| ה התעוף (הֲתָעִיף) עֵינֶיךָ בּוֹ, וְאֵינֶנּוּ: כִּי עָשֹׂה יַעֲשֶׂה-לּוֹ כְנָפַיִם; כְּנֶשֶׁר, ועיף (יָעוּף) הַשָּׁמָיִם. | 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone; {N} for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven. {P} |
and reshef only means mazikin, as is stated [Devarim 32:24]:
| כד מְזֵי רָעָב וּלְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף, {ר} וְקֶטֶב מְרִירִי; {ס} וְשֶׁן-בְּהֵמֹת, אֲשַׁלַּח-בָּם, {ר} עִם-חֲמַת, זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר. {ס} | 24 The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust. |
We learn in perek Yediot HaTumah (Shevuot daf 15b)
[J: this is the relevant gemara:
]AND WITH SONG. Our Rabbis taught: The song of thanksgiving [Tehillim 100] was [accompanied by] lutes, lyres, and cymbals at every corner and upon every great stone in Jerusalem; and [the psalm] is intoned; I will extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast raised me up etc.; and the song against evil occurrences [Tehillim 91], and some call it the song against plagues. He who calls it [the song] against plagues [does so] because it is written: neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent; and he who calls it [the song] against evil occurrences [does so] because it is written: a thousand may fall at my side; [that is to say, this psalm] is intoned: O thou who dwellest in the secret place of the Most High, and abidest in the shadow of the Almighty, till for thou hast made the Lord who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation; and then again [this psalm] is intoned; A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Lord, how many are mine adversaries become! till Salvation belongeth unto the Lord; Thy blessing be upon Thy people. Selah.
The song against plagues was with lutes, lyres, and cymbals, and he says [Tehillim 91]:
| א יֹשֵׁב, בְּסֵתֶר עֶלְיוֹן; בְּצֵל שַׁדַּי, יִתְלוֹנָן. | 1 O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High, and abidest in the shadow of the Almighty; |
etcetera, until [Tehillim 91:9]:
| ט כִּי-אַתָּה ה מַחְסִי; עֶלְיוֹן, שַׂמְתָּ מְעוֹנֶךָ. | 9 For thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation. |
and from [Tehillim 3:2, skipping the first pasuk since it is an opening]:
| ב ה, מָה-רַבּוּ צָרָי; רַבִּים, קָמִים עָלָי. | 2 LORD, how many are mine adversaries become! Many are they that rise up against me. |
until [Tehillim 3:9]:
| ט לַה' הַיְשׁוּעָה; עַל-עַמְּךָ בִרְכָתֶךָ סֶּלָה. | 9 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; Thy blessing be upon Thy people. Selah {P} |
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi ordered these verses for the sake of protection.
How could he do this?! Didn't he say that it is forbidden to cure oneself with words of Torah? For the sake of protection, it is different.
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