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Psalms · Chapter 70

תהלים ע׳

א׳ לַ֝מְנַצֵּ֗חַ לְדָוִ֥ד לְהַזְכִּֽיר׃

1 For the leader. Of David. Lehazkir.

1 For the Leader. [A Psalm] of David; to make memorial.

לְדָוִד לְהַזְכִּיר. לְשׁוֹן תְּפִלָּה הוּא, כְּמוֹ ״וַאֲנַחְנוּ בְּשֵׁם ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ נַזְכִּיר״ (תהלים כ:ח), וְכֵן בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ״לְהַזְכִּיר וּלְהוֹדוֹת לַה׳״ (דברי הימים א טז:ד). וּבְמִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים רָאִיתִי: מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁכָּעַס עַל צֹאנוֹ וְסָתַר אֶת הַדִּיר וְהוֹצִיא אֶת הַצֹּאן וְאֶת הָרוֹעֶה. אַחַר זְמַן הֶחֱזִיר אֶת הַצֹּאן וּבָנָה אֶת הַדִּיר, וְלֹא הִזְכִּיר אֶת הָרוֹעֶה. אָמַר הָרוֹעֶה: הֲרֵי הַצֹּאן מֻחְזָר וְהַדִּיר בָּנוּי, וַאֲנִי אֵינִי נִזְכָּר? כָּךְ, לְמַעְלָה מִן הָעִנְיָן נֶאֱמַר ״כִּי אֱלֹהִים יוֹשִׁיעַ צִיּוֹן וְגוֹ׳״ (תהלים סט:לו), ״וְאוֹהֲבֵי שְׁמוֹ יִשְׁכְּנוּ בָהּ״ (תהלים סט:לז): הֲרֵי הַדִּיר בָּנוּי וְהַצֹּאן כָּנוּס, וְהָרוֹעֶה (זֶה דָוִד) לֹא נִזְכָּר. לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר: לְדָוִד לְהַזְכִּיר אֱלֹהִים לְהַצִּילֵנִי:

of David, to make mention This is an expression of prayer, as (above 20:8): “but we pray (נזכיר) in the name of the Lord our God.” Similarly, in (I) Chronicles (16:4): “to invoke (להזכיר) and to give thanks to the Lord.” In Midrash Psalms (70:1) I saw: This is comparable to a king who became wroth with his flock, and demolished the sheepcote and took out the flock and the shepherd. Sometime later, he restored the flock and rebuilt the sheepcote, but he did not mention the shepherd. Said the shepherd, “Behold, the flock is restored and the sheepcote is rebuilt, but I am not mentioned.” Similarly, in the preceding chapter it says: “When God saves Zion, etc., and those who love His name dwell therein.” Behold the sheepcote is built and the flock is brought into it, but I am not mentioned. Therefore it says: “Of David, to make mention. O God, to save me.”

ב׳ אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְהַצִּילֵ֑נִי יְ֝הוָ֗ה לְעֶזְרָ֥תִי חֽוּשָֽׁה׃

2 Hasten, O God, to save me;
O LORD, to aid me!

2 O God, to deliver me, O LORD, to help me, make haste.

ג׳ יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ וְיַחְפְּרוּ֮ מְבַקְשֵׁ֪י נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י יִסֹּ֣גוּ אָ֭חוֹר וְיִכָּלְמ֑וּ חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י רָעָתִֽי׃

3 Let those who seek my life
be frustrated and disgraced;
let those who wish me harm,
fall back in shame.

3 Let them be ashamed and abashed That seek after my soul; Let them be turned backward and brought to confusion That delight in my hurt.

ד׳ יָ֭שׁוּבוּ עַל־עֵ֣קֶב בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם הָ֝אֹמְרִ֗ים הֶ֘אָ֥ח ׀ הֶאָֽח׃

4 Let those who say, “Aha! Aha!”
turn back because of their frustration.

4 Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say: 'Aha, aha.'

יָשׁוּבוּ עַל עֵקֶב בָּשְׁתָּם. מִדָּה בְּמִדָּה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁעָשׂוּ לִי:

Let them return in the path of their shame Measure for measure, as they did to me.

עַל עֵקֶב. בְּאוֹתוֹ מַעְגָּל עַצְמוֹ, אנציש״טראציש בְּלַעַ״ז:

in the path In that very same path, en ses trazes, on (their) its footsteps.

הָאוֹמְרִים. עָלַי:

those who say about me.

הֶאָח הֶאָח. לְשׁוֹן חֶדְוָה, בִּרְאוֹתוֹ בְּאוֹיְבוֹ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ:

“Aha” An expression of joy, when one sees that his wishes concerning his enemy have been fulfilled.

ה׳ יָ֘שִׂ֤ישׂוּ וְיִשְׂמְח֨וּ ׀ בְּךָ֗ כָּֽל־מְבַ֫קְשֶׁ֥יךָ וְיֹאמְר֣וּ תָ֭מִיד יִגְדַּ֣ל אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֹ֝הֲבֵ֗י יְשׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃

5 But let all who seek You be glad and rejoice in You;
let those who are eager for Your deliverance always say,
“Extolled be God!”

5 Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee; And let such as love Thy salvation say continually: 'Let God be magnified.'

ו׳ וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְיוֹן֮ אֱלֹהִ֪ים חֽוּשָׁ֫ה־לִּ֥י עֶזְרִ֣י וּמְפַלְטִ֣י אַ֑תָּה יְ֝הוָ֗ה אַל־תְּאַחַֽר׃

6 But I am poor and needy;
O God, hasten to me!
You are my help and my rescuer;
O LORD, do not delay.

6 But I am poor and needy; O God, make haste unto me; Thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, tarry not.

חוּשָׁה לִּי. לְעֶזְרָה:

hasten to me to aid [me].

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