א׳
לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־שֹׁ֭שַׁנִּים לִבְנֵי־קֹ֑רַח מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל שִׁ֣יר יְדִידֹֽת׃
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For the leader; on shoshannim. Of the Korahites. A maskil. A love song.
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For the Leader; upon Shoshannim; [a Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.
עַל שׁוֹשַׁנִּים. לִכְבוֹד תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים יִסְּדוּ הַשִּׁיר הַזֶּה, שֶׁהֵם רַכִּים כְּשׁוֹשַׁנִּים וְנָאִים כְּשׁוֹשַׁנִּים, וּמַרְטִיבִים מַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים כְּשׁוֹשַׁנִּים (שיר השירים ב:ג):
on shoshannim They founded this psalm in honor of the Torah scholars, who are as tender as roses and as beautiful as roses, and perform good deeds as fresh as roses.
מַשְׂכִּיל. עַל יְדֵי תּוּרְגְּמָן (פסחים קיז.):
a maskil Through an interpreter.
שִׁיר יְדִידוֹת. שִׁיר אֲהוּבִים, שִׁיר שֶׁל שֶׁבַח לָהֶם, לְהַאֲהִיבָם עַל הַבְּרִיּוֹת וּלְהַאֲהִיב תּוֹרָתָם עֲלֵיהֶם:
a song of loves Heb. שיר ידידות, a song of loves, a song of praise for them [the Torah scholars] to endear them to the people and to endear their Torah to them [the people].
ב׳
רָ֘חַ֤שׁ לִבִּ֨י ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר ט֗וֹב אֹמֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי מַעֲשַׂ֣י לְמֶ֑לֶךְ לְ֝שׁוֹנִ֗י עֵ֤ט ׀ סוֹפֵ֬ר מָהִֽיר׃
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My heart is astir with gracious words;
I speak my poem to a king;
my tongue is the pen of an expert scribe.
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My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I say: 'My work is concerning a king'; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
רָחַשׁ לִבִּי. כָּךְ הִתְחִיל הַמְשׁוֹרֵר בְּשִׁירוֹ: הִשְׁרִיץ לִבִּי בְּקִרְבִּי דָּבָר טוֹב בְּשִׁבְחֲךָ אַתָּה, תַּלְמִיד חָכָם;
My heart is astir In this manner, the Psalmist commenced his song: My heart caused a good theme to swarm within me in your praise, O Torah scholar.
רָחַשׁ. לְשׁוֹן נַעֲנוּעַ, וְכֵן כָּל לְשׁוֹן שִׁירוּץ וְרִיחוּשׁ:
is astir Heb. רחש, an expression of moving, and so is every expression of swarming and crawling.
אוֹמֵר אָנִי מַעֲשַׂי לַמֶּלֶךְ. הַשִּׁיר הַזֶּה שֶׁיִּסַּדְתִּי וְעָשִׂיתִי, אֲנִי אוֹמְרוֹ לַמֶּלֶךְ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי ח:טו) ״בִּי מְלָכִים יִמְלֹכוּ״:
I say, “My works are for a king” This song, which I have founded and composed, I say to one who is fit to be a king, as it is stated (Prov. 8:15): “Kings reign with me.”
לְשׁוֹנִי. צַח בְּשִׁירִים כְּעֵט סוֹפֵר מָהִיר. רָאִיתִי בִּיסוֹדוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי מֹשֶׁה הַדַּרְשָׁן: מָהִיר בִּלְשׁוֹן עֲרָבִי בָּקִי:
my tongue is as poetic as the pen of an expert scribe. I saw in the commentary of Rabbi Moses the Preacher: מָהִיר in Arabic means expert.
ג׳
יָפְיָפִ֡יתָ מִבְּנֵ֬י אָדָ֗ם ה֣וּצַק חֵ֭ן בְּשְׂפְתוֹתֶ֑יךָ עַל־כֵּ֤ן בֵּֽרַכְךָ֖ אֱלֹהִ֣ים לְעוֹלָֽם׃
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You are fairer than all men;
your speech is endowed with grace;
rightly has God given you an eternal blessing.
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Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured upon thy lips; Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
יָפְיָפִיתָ מִבְּנֵי אָדָם. הָעוֹסְקִים בִּמְלֶאכֶת חַיֵּי שָׁעָה, לָמָּה? לְפִי שֶׁהוּצַק חֵן בְּשִׂפְתוֹתֶיךָ לְהוֹרוֹת כַּהֲלָכָה. הוּצַק – כְּמוֹ נִשְׁפַּךְ, כְּמוֹ ״מוּצָקוֹת״ (זכריה ד:ב), ״וַיִּצֹק עָלֶיהָ שֶׁמֶן״ (ויקרא ב:א):
You are more handsome than [other] men who engage in the work of transitory life. Why? Because charm is poured into your lips to instruct according to the halachah. הוּצַק means “poured,” as (Exod. 38:27): “to cast (לצקת)”; (Gen. 28:18), “and he poured (ויצק) oil.”
עַל כֵּן בֵּרַכְךָ. כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״ה׳ עֹז לְעַמּוֹ יִתֵּן״, וּמַה שְּׂכָרָן? ״ה׳ יְבָרֵךְ אֶת עַמּוֹ בַשָּׁלוֹם״ (תהלים כט:יא):
Therefore...blessed you as it is stated (below 29:11): “The Lord shall grant strength to His people.” And what is their reward? “The Lord shall bless His people with peace.”
ד׳
חֲגֽוֹר־חַרְבְּךָ֣ עַל־יָרֵ֣ךְ גִּבּ֑וֹר ה֝וֹדְךָ֗ וַהֲדָרֶֽךָ׃
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Gird your sword upon your thigh, O hero,
in your splendor and glory;
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Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.
חֲגוֹר חַרְבְּךָ עַל יָרֵךְ. לְהִלָּחֵם מִלְחַמְתָּהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרָה, וְהוּא הוֹדְךָ וְהוּא הֲדָרֶךָ:
Gird a sword on your thigh to wage the war of Torah, and that is your majesty and that is your glory.
ה׳
וַהֲדָ֬רְךָ֨ ׀ צְלַ֬ח רְכַ֗ב עַֽל־דְּבַר־אֱ֭מֶת וְעַנְוָה־צֶ֑דֶק וְתוֹרְךָ֖ נוֹרָא֣וֹת יְמִינֶֽךָ׃
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in your glory, win success;
ride on in the cause of truth and meekness and right;
and let your right hand lead you to awesome deeds.
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And in thy majesty prosper, ride on, In behalf of truth and meekness and righteousness; And let thy right hand teach thee tremendous things.
עַל דְּבַר אֱמֶת. לְהוֹרוֹת כַּדָּת, וּלְהִתְנַהֵג בְּעַנְוַת צֶדֶק:
for the sake of truth To instruct according to the law and to behave with righteous humility.
וְתוֹרְךָ. הַתּוֹרָה וּדְבַר הָאֱמֶת שֶׁתַּעֲסֹק בּוֹ, הִיא תוֹרֶה אוֹתְךָ טַכְסִיסֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה לַעֲשׂוֹת יְמִינֶךָ נוֹרָאוֹת. לְפִי שֶׁהִזְכִּיר תַּלְמוּד תּוֹרָה בִּלְשׁוֹן מִלְחָמָה, נוֹפֵל בּוֹ לְשׁוֹן יָמִין הַמְיֻמֶּנֶת לְהִלָּחֵם, (כְּלוֹמַר הֶסְדֵּר לְהִלָּחֵם בְּיַד יָמִין):
and it shall instruct you The Torah and the matter of truth in which you shall engage shall teach you tactics of war so that your right should perform awesome things. Since he mentions the study of Torah in an expression of war, the expression of the right hand, prepared to fight, is appropriate (i.e., it is customary to fight with the right hand).
ו׳
חִצֶּ֗יךָ שְׁנ֫וּנִ֥ים עַ֭מִּים תַּחְתֶּ֣יךָ יִפְּל֑וּ בְּ֝לֵ֗ב אוֹיְבֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
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Your arrows, sharpened,
[pierce] the breast of the king’s enemies;
peoples fall at your feet.
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Thine arrows are sharp— The peoples fall under thee— [They sink] into the heart of the king's enemies.
חִצֶּיךָ שְׁנוּנִים בְּלֵב אוֹיְבֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ. שְׁנוּנִים אֲגִיֵּישׁוֹ״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז, וַהֲרֵי זֶה מִקְרָא מְסֹרָס. מָצִינוּ שֶׁהַתַּלְמִידִים קְרוּיִים חִצִּים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״כְּחִצִּים בְּיַד גִּבּוֹר כֵּן בְּנֵי הַנְּעוּרִים״ (תהלים קכז:ד). וְתַלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים (הַמְּזֻיָּנִים) בַּהֲלָכָה קְרוּיִים אוֹיְבִים זֶה לָזֶה לְפִי שָׁעָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״לֹא יֵבֹשׁוּ כִּי יְדַבְּרוּ אֶת אוֹיְבִים בַּשָּׁעַר״ (תהלים קכז:ה):
Your arrows are sharpened, etc., in the heart of the king’s enemies Heb. שְּׁנוּנִים, is aiguises in French, sharpened. This is a transposed verse. We find that the disciples are called arrows, as it is stated (above 127:4): “As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.” And Torah scholars who argue with each other about halachah are called enemies to each other for the time, as it is stated: “they will not be ashamed when they speak with the enemies in the gate.”
עַמִּים תַּחְתֶּיךָ יִפְּלוּ. בִּשְׂכַר הַתּוֹרָה יִפְּלוּ הָעוֹבְדֵי גִּלּוּלִים תַּחְתֵּיהֶם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל:
nations shall fall under you As a reward for Torah, nations shall fall under Israel.
ז׳
כִּסְאֲךָ֣ אֱ֭לֹהִים עוֹלָ֣ם וָעֶ֑ד שֵׁ֥בֶט מִ֝ישֹׁ֗ר שֵׁ֣בֶט מַלְכוּתֶֽךָ׃
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Your divine throne is everlasting;
your royal scepter is a scepter of equity.
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Thy throne given of God is for ever and ever; A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
כִּסְאֲךָ אֱלֹהִים. כִּסְאֲךָ, שַׂר וְשׁוֹפֵט, לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד; כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״נְתַתִּיךָ אֱלֹהִים לְפַרְעֹה״ (שמות ז:א). וְלָמָּה? בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁשֵּׁבֶט מִישׁוֹר שֵׁבֶט מַלְכוּתֶךָ. שֶׁמִּשְׁפָּטֶיךָ אֱמֶת וְרָאוּי אַתָּה לִמְלוֹךְ:
Your throne, O judge Your throne, O prince and judge, shall exist forever and ever, as the matter that is stated (Exod. 7:1): “I have made you a judge (נתתיך אלהים) over Pharaoh.” And why? Because “a scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom,” that your judgments are true, and you are fit to govern.
ח׳
אָהַ֣בְתָּ צֶּדֶק֮ וַתִּשְׂנָ֫א רֶ֥שַׁע עַל־כֵּ֤ן ׀ מְשָׁחֲךָ֡ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֱ֭לֹהֶיךָ שֶׁ֥מֶן שָׂשׂ֗וֹן מֵֽחֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃
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You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
rightly has God, your God, chosen to anoint you
with oil of gladness over all your peers.
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Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
מְשָׁחֲךָ וְגוֹ׳ שֶׁמֶן שָׂשׂוֹן. כָּל לְשׁוֹן גְּדֻלָּה נוֹפֵל עָלֶיהָ לְשׁוֹן מְשִׁיחַת שֶׁמֶן, כְּדַת הַמְּלָכִים:
anointed you...with oil of joy Every expression of greatness is depicted by the anointment of oil, as is the custom of the kings.
ט׳
מֹר־וַאֲהָל֣וֹת קְ֭צִיעוֹת כָּל־בִּגְדֹתֶ֑יךָ מִֽן־הֵ֥יכְלֵי שֵׁ֝֗ן מִנִּ֥י שִׂמְּחֽוּךָ׃
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All your robes [are fragrant] with
myrrh and aloes and cassia;
from ivoried palaces
lutes entertain you.
9
Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
מֹר וַאֲהָלוֹת קְצִיעוֹת. ״קִדָּה״ (שמות ל:כד) מְתַרְגְּמִינָן ״קְצִיעֲתָא״:
Myrrh and aloes and cassia Heb. קדה (Exod. 30:24) is translated קציעתא, cassia.
כָּל בִּגְדוֹתֶיךָ. כָּל בְּגָדֶיךָ מְרִיחִים כְּרֵיחַ בְּשָׂמִים, וּמִדְרָשׁוֹ (ירושלמי פאה א, א): כָּל בְּגִידוֹתֶיךָ וְסִרְחוֹנֶיךָ מִתְכַּפְּרִים וּמְרִיחִים רֵיחַ עָרֵב:
all your garments All your garments smell with the fragrance of spices. Its midrashic interpretation is: All your betrayals (בגידותיך) and sins are expiated and smell of a fragrant scent.
מִן הֵיכְלֵי שֵׁן מִנִּי שִׂמְּחוּךָ. יוֹתֵר מֵהֵיכְלֵי שֵׁן מְשֻׁבָּחִים הַהֵיכָלוֹת הַמְּתֻקָּנִים לְךָ בְּגַן עֵדֶן לְשַׂמֵּחֲךָ בָּהֶם. שֵׁן אִיבוֹיְיר״א בְּלַעַ״ז:
more than ivory palaces, those that are Mine will cause you to rejoice More than the best ivory palaces, are the palaces that are prepared for you in Paradise to cause you to rejoice with them. שֵּׁן is ivoire in French, ivory.
מִנִּי שִׂמְּחוּךָ. הֵיכָלוֹת אֲשֶׁר מִנִּי, הֵם שִׂמְּחוּךָ, הַנּוֹתְנִים שְׂכָרְךָ:
those that are Mine will cause you to rejoice The palaces that are Mine they will make you rejoice, those that give you your reward.
י׳
בְּנ֣וֹת מְ֭לָכִים בְּיִקְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָ נִצְּבָ֥ה שֵׁגַ֥ל לִֽ֝ימִינְךָ֗ בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִֽיר׃
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Royal princesses are your favorites;
the consort stands at your right hand,
decked in gold of Ophir.
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Kings' daughters are among thy favourites; At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
בְּנוֹת מְלָכִים. יִהְיוּ מְבַקְּרוֹת אוֹתְךָ, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְשָׂרוֹתֵיהֶם מֵינִיקוֹתַיִךְ״ (ישעיהו מט:כג):
The daughters of kings will visit you, as the matter that is stated (Isa. 49:23): “and their princesses your wet nurses.”
בְּיִקְּרוֹתֶיךָ. קוֹ״ף דָּגוּשׁ, לְפִי שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן בִּקּוּר, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁכָּתוּב יוֹ״ד לְפָנֶיהָ. רָאִיתִי בְּנִקּוּד רַב סְעַדְיָה תֵּיבָה זוֹ סְדוּרָה עִם ״מִי נָתַן לִמְשִׁיסָּה יַעֲקֹב״ (ישעיהו מב:כד), שֶׁכָּתוּב בּוֹ יוֹ״ד וְהַסָּמֶ״ךְ מֻדְגֶּשֶׁת. וּמְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ לְשׁוֹן יוֹקֶר, כְּמוֹ ״יְקָר מִכְּלִי פָז״ (איוב כח:יז) (ס״א אינו):
will visit you lit. your visitors. Heb. ביקרותיך. The “kaph” is punctuated with a “dagesh” because it is an expression of visiting, although it is preceded by a “yud.” I saw in Rav Saadia’s punctuation that this word is arranged with (Isa. 42:24), “Who subjected Jacob to plunder (למשיסה),” which is written with a “yud” although the “sammech” is punctuated with a “dagesh.” Menachem, however, associated it as an expression of value, as (Job 28:16): “with precious (יקר) onyx.
שֵׁגַל. מַלְכָּה, כְּמוֹ ״וְהַשֵּׁגַל יוֹשֶׁבֶת אֶצְלוֹ״ (נחמיה ב:ו), ״וְיִשְׁתּוֹן בְּהוֹן מַלְכָּא רַבְרְבָנוֹהִי שֵׁגְלָתֵיהּ וּלְחֵינָתֵיהּ״ (דניאל ה:ב). אִשְׁתְּךָ תִּתְיַצֵּב לִימִינְךָ:
the queen Heb. שגל, the queen, as (Neh. 2:6): “and the queen (השגל) was sitting beside him”; (Dan. 5:2), “and they shall drink with them, the king and his nobles, his queen (שגלתה) and his concubines.” Your wife will stand at your right.
בְּכֶתֶם אוֹפִיר. בִּקְבוּצַת עֲדִי זָהָב הַבָּא מֵאוֹפִיר:
with golden jewelry from Ophir with a collection of golden ornaments that comes from Ophir.
י"א
שִׁמְעִי־בַ֣ת וּ֭רְאִי וְהַטִּ֣י אָזְנֵ֑ךְ וְשִׁכְחִ֥י עַ֝מֵּ֗ךְ וּבֵ֥ית אָבִֽיךְ׃
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Take heed, lass, and note,
incline your ear:
forget your people and your father’s house,
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'Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
שִׁמְעִי בַת וּרְאִי. שִׁמְעִי כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּרְאִי דֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֹב (שיר השירים רבה א:ג):
Hearken, daughter, and see Hearken, O nation of Israel, and see the good way.
וְהַטִּי אָזְנֵךְ. לַתּוֹרָה:
and incline your ear to the Torah.
וְשִׁכְחִי עַמֵּךְ. מֵעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר שֶׁאַתְּ גְּדֵלָה בֵּינֵיהֶם:
and forget your people The nations among whom you were raised.
וּבֵית אָבִיךְ. עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה שֶׁעָבְדוּ אֲבוֹתֶיךָ בְּעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר (יהושע כד:ב):
and your father’s house The idolatry that your fathers worshipped on the other side of the river.
י"ב
וְיִתְאָ֣ו הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ יָפְיֵ֑ךְ כִּי־ה֥וּא אֲ֝דֹנַ֗יִךְ וְהִשְׁתַּֽחֲוִי־לֽוֹ׃
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and let the king be aroused by your beauty;
since he is your lord, bow to him.
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So shall the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and do homage unto him. .
וְיִתְאָו הַמֶּלֶךְ יָפְיֵךְ. וְאִם תַּעֲשִׂי כֵּן, יִתְאַוֶּה הַמֶּלֶךְ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְנוֹיֵי מַעֲשַׂיִךְ:
And the King shall desire your beauty And if you do this, the King, the Holy One, blessed be He, will desire the beauty of your deeds.
י"ג
וּבַֽת־צֹ֨ר ׀ בְּ֭מִנְחָה פָּנַ֥יִךְ יְחַלּ֗וּ עֲשִׁ֣ירֵי עָֽם׃
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O Tyrian lass,
the wealthiest people will court your favor with gifts,
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And, O daughter of Tyre, the richest of the people Shall entreat thy favour with a gift.'
וּבַת צֹר בְּמִנְחָה פָּנַיִךְ יְחַלּוּ. כְּמוֹ ״וַיְחַל מֹשֶׁה״ (שמות לב:יא), וּבִשְׂכַר זֶה תִּזְכּוּ שֶׁיָּבִיאוּ לְךָ אֲשְׁכָּרִים וְדוֹרוֹן אוֹתָם שֶׁהֵם עַכְשָׁיו עֲשִׁירֵי עָם:
And the daughter of Tyre shall seek your presence with tribute Heb. יחלו, as (Exod. 32: 11): “And Moses prayed (ויחל).” And as reward for this, you will merit that those who are now the richest of the people will bring you tribute and gifts.
י"ד
כָּל־כְּבוּדָּ֣ה בַת־מֶ֣לֶךְ פְּנִ֑ימָה מִֽמִּשְׁבְּצ֖וֹת זָהָ֣ב לְבוּשָֽׁהּ׃
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goods of all sorts.
The royal princess,
her dress embroidered with golden mountings,
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All glorious is the king's daughter within the palace; Her raiment is of chequer work inwrought with gold.
כָּל כְּבוּדָּה בַת מֶלֶךְ פְּנִימָה וְגוֹ׳. אוֹתָם שֶׁכָּל כָּבוֹד תָּלוּי בָּהֶם, וְהֵם כְּנֵסִיּוֹת שֶׁל מֶלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר נָהֲגוּ עַצְמָם בִּצְנִיעוּת, עַתָּה בִּגְדֵיהֶם חֲשׁוּבִים מִמִּשְׁבְּצוֹת זָהָב שֶׁל כֹּהֲנִים גְּדוֹלִים (תנחומא, וישלח ו). מִשְׁבְּצוֹת קָאטוֹנ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:
All honor [awaits] the King’s daughter who is within, etc. Those who deserve all honor, and they are the nation of the King, who behaved with modesty now their garments will be more esteemed than the settings of gold of the High Priests. משבצוֹת is chatons in French, settings.
ט"ו
לִרְקָמוֹת֮ תּוּבַ֪ל לַ֫מֶּ֥לֶךְ בְּתוּל֣וֹת אַ֭חֲרֶיהָ רֵעוֹתֶ֑יהָ מ֖וּבָא֣וֹת לָֽךְ׃
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is led inside to the king;
maidens in her train, her companions,
are presented to you.
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She shall be led unto the king on richly woven stuff; The virgins her companions in her train being brought unto thee.
לִרְקָמוֹת תּוּבַל לַמֶּלֶךְ. בְּבִגְדֵי רִקְמָה יְבִיאוּם מִנְחָה לַמֶּלֶךְ עַל כָּל הָאָרֶץ. רְקָמוֹת אברודי״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז, זֶה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְהֵבִיאוּ אֶת כָּל אֲחֵיכֶם מִכָּל הַגּוֹיִם מִנְחָה וְגוֹ׳״ (ישעיהו סו:כ):
With embroidered garments, she will be brought to the King In embroidered garments, they will bring her as a gift to the King of all the earth. רקמוֹת is a broderies in French. This is what is stated (Isa. 66:20): “And they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as a tribute, etc.”
בְּתוּלוֹת אַחֲרֶיהָ רֵעוֹתֶיהָ. יֵלְכוּ אַחֲרֵיהֶם כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (זכריה ח:כג) ״וְהֶחֱזִיקוּ בִּכְנַף אִישׁ יְהוּדִי וְגוֹ׳ לֵאמֹר נֵלְכָה עִמָּכֶם כִּי שָׁמַעְנוּ אֱלֹהִים עִמָּכֶם״:
virgins in her train who are her companions Some of the idolatrous nations will follow them, as the matter that is stated (Zech. 8:23): “shall take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’ “
מוּבָאוֹת לָךְ. כְּלַפֵּי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אָמַר הַמְשׁוֹרֵר:
will be brought to You The Psalmist addresses the Holy One, blessed be He.
ט"ז
תּ֭וּבַלְנָה בִּשְׂמָחֹ֣ת וָגִ֑יל תְּ֝בֹאֶ֗ינָה בְּהֵ֣יכַל מֶֽלֶךְ׃
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They are led in with joy and gladness;
they enter the palace of the king.
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They shall be led with gladness and rejoicing; They shall enter into the king's palace.
י"ז
תַּ֣חַת אֲ֭בֹתֶיךָ יִהְי֣וּ בָנֶ֑יךָ תְּשִׁיתֵ֥מוֹ לְ֝שָׂרִ֗ים בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
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Your sons will succeed your ancestors;
you will appoint them princes throughout the land.
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Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the land.
תַּחַת אֲבֹתֶיךָ וְגוֹ׳. לְכָל אֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל אָמַר:
Instead of your forefathers, etc. He addresses each Israelite.
י"ח
אַזְכִּ֣ירָה שִׁ֭מְךָ בְּכָל־דֹּ֣ר וָדֹ֑ר עַל־כֵּ֥ן עַמִּ֥ים יְ֝הוֹדֻ֗ךָ לְעֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃
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I commemorate your fame for all generations,
so peoples will praise you forever and ever.
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I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations; Therefore shall the peoples praise thee for ever and ever.
אַזְכִּירָה שִׁמְךָ. כְּלַפֵּי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אָמַר הַמְשׁוֹרֵר:
I will mention Your name The Psalmist addresses the Holy One, blessed be He.