א׳
מַשְׂכִּ֗יל לְאָ֫סָ֥ף לָמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים זָנַ֣חְתָּ לָנֶ֑צַח יֶעְשַׁ֥ן אַ֝פְּךָ֗ בְּצֹ֣אן מַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃
1
A maskil of Asaph.
Why, O God, do You forever reject us,
do You fume in anger at the flock that You tend?
1
Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?
יֶעְשַׁן אַפְּךָ. כָּל הַכּוֹעֵס, נְחִירָיו מוֹצִיאִין עָשָׁן:
is Your wrath kindled lit. do Your nostrils smoke. Whenever one is angry, the nostrils emit smoke.
ב׳
זְכֹ֤ר עֲדָתְךָ֨ ׀ קָ֘נִ֤יתָ קֶּ֗דֶם גָּ֭אַלְתָּ שֵׁ֣בֶט נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ הַר־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן זֶ֤ה ׀ שָׁכַ֬נְתָּ בּֽוֹ׃
2
Remember the community You made Yours long ago,
Your very own tribe that You redeemed,
Mount Zion, where You dwell.
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Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast gotten of old, Which Thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of Thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein Thou hast dwelt.
קָנִיתָ קֶדֶם. לִפְנֵי בְּרִייַת עוֹלָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״מָעוֹן אַתָּה הָיִיתָ לָּנוּ, בְּטֶרֶם הָרִים יֻלָּדוּ״ (תהלים צ:א-ב):
which You acquired from time immemorial Before the creation of the world, as it is said (below 90: 1,2): “You were a dwelling place for us, etc., before mountains were formed.”
זֶה שָׁכַנְתָּ בּוֹ. תִּקּוּן לָשׁוֹן הוּא, כְּמוֹ ״זוּ חָטָאנוּ לוֹ״ (ישעיהו מב:כד), וְהוּא כְּמוֹ אֲשֶׁר שָׁכַנְתָּ בּוֹ:
on which You dwelt Heb. זה שכנתבו, this upon which You dwelt. This is an improvement of the language, as (Isa. 42: 24): “against whom (זו) we sinned.” It is like אשר שכנתבו, on which You dwelt.
ג׳
הָרִ֣ימָה פְ֭עָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁא֣וֹת נֶ֑צַח כָּל־הֵרַ֖ע אוֹיֵ֣ב בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃
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Bestir Yourself because of the perpetual tumult,
all the outrages of the enemy in the sanctuary.
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Lift up Thy steps because of the perpetual ruins, Even all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
הָרִימָה פְעָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאוֹת נֶצַח. הַגְבֵּהַּ פְּעִימוֹת וּבֶהָלוֹת שֶׁלְּךָ שֶׁיְּהוּ לְאוֹיְבֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאוֹת נֶצַח, עַל כָּל אֲשֶׁר הֵרַע הָאוֹיֵב בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ. כֵּן חִבְּרוֹ מְנַחֵם עִם ״וַתִּפָּעֶם רוּחוֹ״ (בראשית מא:ח):
Raise Your blows to inflict eternal ruin Raise Your blows and Your terrors that Your enemies will experience as eternal ruin for every evil thing that the enemy did in the Temple. In this manner, Menachem (p. 144) associates it with (Gen. 41:8): “that his spirit was troubled (ותפעם).”
לְמַשֻּׁאוֹת. לְשׁוֹן חֻרְבָּן, כְּמוֹ ״שָׁאִיָּה״ (ישעיהו כד:יב), ״תִּשָּׁאֶה שְׁמָמָה״ (ישעיהו ו:יא) (ס״א אינו):
to...ruin Heb. למשאות, an expression of destruction, as (Isa. 24:12): “through desolation (שאיה)”; (Isa. 6:11), “and the ground lies waste (למשאות) and desolate.”
ד׳
שָׁאֲג֣וּ צֹ֭רְרֶיךָ בְּקֶ֣רֶב מוֹעֲדֶ֑ךָ שָׂ֖מוּ אוֹתֹתָ֣ם אֹתֽוֹת׃
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Your foes roar inside Your meeting-place;
they take their signs for true signs.
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Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; They have set up their own signs for signs.
מוֹעֲדֶךָ. הוּא בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, אֲשֶׁר נֶאֱמַר בּוֹ ״וְנוֹעַדְתִּי לְךָ שָׁם״ (שמות כה:כב):
Your meeting place That is the Temple about which it is said (Exod. 25:22): וְנוֹעַדְתִּי לְךָ שָׁם, “There I will meet with you at appointed times.”
שָׂמוּ אוֹתוֹתָם. כְּשֶׁגָּבְרָה יָדָם לְהַחֲרִיבוֹ, אָז שָׂמוּ לָהֶם אֶת אוֹתוֹת קְסָמֵיהֶם שֶׁהֵם אוֹתוֹת אֱמֶת. וּמָה הֵם הַקְּסָמִים? ״קִלְקַל בַּחִצִּים שָׁאַל בַּתְּרָפִים״ (יחזקאל כא:כו):
they made their signs for signs When they became powerful enough to destroy it, then they themselves accepted that the signs of their divination were true signs. Now what were their divinations? “He shook the arrows, he consulted the terafim.”
ה׳
יִ֭וָּדַע כְּמֵבִ֣יא לְמָ֑עְלָה בִּֽסֲבָךְ־עֵ֝֗ץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃
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It is like men wielding axes
against a gnarled tree;
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It seemed as when men wield upwards Axes in a thicket of trees.
יִוָּדַע כְּמֵבִיא לְמַעְלָה בִּסְבָךְ עֵץ קַרְדֻּמּוֹת. יוֹדֵעַ הָאוֹיֵב, כְּשֶׁהָיָה מַכֶּה בְּשַׁעֲרֵי פִּתְחֵי הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, שֶׁהוּא כְּמֵבִיא מַכּוֹתָיו לְמַעְלָה בָּרָקִיעַ. וּמִנַּיִן הָיָה יוֹדֵעַ? שֶׁהֲרֵי הָיָה רוֹאֶה שֶׁהָיָה הָעֵץ מְסַבֵּךְ וְאוֹחֵז אֶת הַקַּרְדֻּמּוֹת וּבוֹלְעָן, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (סנהדרין צו:): כּוּלְּהוּ בְּלַעְתִּינְהוּ חַד תַּרְעָא דִּירוּשָׁלַיִם:
May he be known as though bringing on high; the hatchets were in the thicket of the trees The enemy knows that when he strikes the gates of the entrances of the Sanctuary, it was as though he was bringing his blows on high, even into the sky. Now how did he know it? For he would see that the trees would entangle, grasp, and swallow up the hatchets, as our Rabbis said (Sanh. 96b): One gate of Jerusalem swallowed them all up.
בִּסְבׇךְ עֵץ קַרְדֻּמּוֹת. לְשׁוֹן ״נֶאֱחַז בַּסְּבַךְ״ (בראשית כב:יג), הָעֵץ סוֹבֵךְ אוֹתָם וְהֵם נִסְבָּכִין בּוֹ:
the hatchets were in the thicket of the trees Heb. בסבך-עץ, an expression of (Gen. 22:13): “caught in the thicket (בסבך).” The tree entangles them, and they become entangled in it.
ו׳
ועת [וְ֭עַתָּה] פִּתּוּחֶ֣יהָ יָּ֑חַד בְּכַשִּׁ֥יל וְ֝כֵֽילַפֹּ֗ת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃
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with hatchet and pike
they hacked away at its carved work.
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And now all the carved work thereof together They strike down with hatchet and hammers.
וְעַתָּה. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָיָה רוֹאֶה שֶׁלִּפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא קָשֶׁה, לֹא נִמְנַע מִלְּהַלֹּם כָּל פְּתָּחֶיהָ וְכָל שְׁעָרֶיהָ יָחַד:
And now although he saw that this troubled the Holy One, blessed be He, he did not refrain from striking all its entrances and all its gates together.
בְּכַשִּׁיל וְכֵילַפֹּת. כְּלֵי מַשְׁחִית שֶׁל נַגָּרִים הֵם, ״וּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹת בָּאוּ לָהּ״ (ירמיהו מו:כב) תַּרְגּוּם יוֹנָתָן ״בְּכַשִׁילַיָּא״. כֵּילַפֹּת לְשׁוֹן עֲרָבִי הוּא, כָּךְ פֵּרֵשׁ דּוֹנָשׁ, וְהוּא מִכְּלֵי הַנַּגָּרִים:
with hatchets and hammers They are tools of destruction used by carpenters (Jer. 46:22): “and will come against her with axes (ובקרדמות).” Jonathan renders: בּכשיליא. כֵּילַפּוֹת is Arabic. This is how Dunash (p. 34) explained it, and it is one of the carpenters’ tools.
יַהֲלֹמוּן. הָאוֹיְבִים:
they strike The enemies [strike].
ז׳
שִׁלְח֣וּ בָ֭אֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ חִלְּל֥וּ מִֽשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶֽךָ׃
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They made Your sanctuary go up in flames;
they brought low in dishonor the dwelling-place of Your presence.
7
They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground.
ח׳
אָמְר֣וּ בְ֭לִבָּם נִינָ֣ם יָ֑חַד שָׂרְפ֖וּ כָל־מוֹעֲדֵי־אֵ֣ל בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
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They resolved, “Let us destroy them altogether!”
They burned all God’s tabernacles in the land.
8
They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; They have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.
אָמְרוּ בְלִבָּם נִינָם יָחַד. נִינָם מוֹשְׁלֵיהֶם, וְכֵן (תהלים עב:יז) ״יָנוֹן שְׁמוֹ״, (משלי כט:כא) ״וְאַחֲרִיתוֹ יִהְיֶה מָנוֹן״. כָּל מוֹשְׁלֵיהֶם מַחֲשָׁבָה אַחַת לָהֶם, הָרִאשׁוֹנִים כָּאַחֲרוֹנִים, לְהִזְדַּוֵּג לְפַטְרוֹנָם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּחִלָּה וְאַחַר כָּךְ יִזְדַּוְּגוּ לָהֶם. וְתֵדַע שֶׁהֲרֵי שָׂרְפוּ כָל מוֹעֲדֵי אֵל שֶׁהָיוּ בָּאָרֶץ, כָּל בָּתֵּי וַעַד שֶׁלּוֹ: פְּלִשְׁתִּים הֶחֱרִיבוּ שִׁילֹה, נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר הֶחֱרִיב בַּיִת רִאשׁוֹן, וַאֲחֵרִים הֶחֱרִיבוּ בַּיִת שֵׁנִי:
They said in their heart, their rulers together Heb. נינם, their rulers, and similarly (above 72: 17): “his name will be magnified (ינון) ; (Prov. 29:21), “he will ultimately be a ruler (מנון).” All their rulers devise one plot, the first as the last: namely, to get at the protector of Israel first and afterwards they would get at them [Israel], You should know this by the fact that they burned all the meeting places of God in the land, all His meeting houses. The Philistines destroyed Shiloh; Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the First Temple; Titus destroyed the Second Temple.
ט׳
אֽוֹתֹתֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֥א רָ֫אִ֥ינוּ אֵֽין־ע֥וֹד נָבִ֑יא וְלֹֽא־אִ֝תָּ֗נוּ יֹדֵ֥עַ עַד־מָֽה׃
9
No signs appear for us;
there is no longer any prophet;
no one among us knows for how long.
9
We see not our signs; There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
אוֹתוֹתֵינוּ. שֶׁהִבְטַחְתָּנוּ בְּיַד נְבִיאֶיךָ, אֵין אָנוּ רוֹאִים אוֹתָם בְּיָמִים רַבִּים שֶׁאָנוּ בַּגּוֹלָה. נִתְנַבֵּא אָסָף עַל יְמֵי הַגָּלוּת:
our signs which You promised us through Your prophets—we have not seen them in the many days that we have been in exile. Asaph prophesied concerning the days of the (last) exile.
עַד מָה. עַד מָתַי נִהְיֶה בַּצָּרָה זוֹ?
how long How long we will be in this trouble.
י׳
עַד־מָתַ֣י אֱ֭לֹהִים יְחָ֣רֶף צָ֑ר יְנָ֘אֵ֤ץ אוֹיֵ֖ב שִׁמְךָ֣ לָנֶֽצַח׃
10
Till when, O God, will the foe blaspheme,
will the enemy forever revile Your name?
10
How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever?
י"א
לָ֤מָּה תָשִׁ֣יב יָ֭דְךָ וִֽימִינֶ֑ךָ מִקֶּ֖רֶב חוקך [חֵֽיקְךָ֣] כַלֵּֽה׃
11
Why do You hold back Your hand, Your right hand?
Draw it out of Your bosom!
11
Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them.
מִקֶּרֶב חֵיקְךָ כַלֵּה. הַשְׁלִיכָהּ וְהוֹצֵא אוֹתָהּ מִתּוֹךְ חֵיקְךָ וְהִלָּחֵם בְּאוֹיְבֶיךָ, כַּלֵּה לְשׁוֹן גָּרֵשׁ כְּמוֹ ״כָּלָה גָּרֵשׁ יְגָרֵשׁ״ (שמות יא:א):
Draw it out from within Your bosom Cast it and draw it out from within Your bosom and wage battle with Your enemies. כַּלֵה is an expression of driving out, as (Exod. 11:1): “he will drive you out completely (כלה).”
י"ב
וֵ֭אלֹהִים מַלְכִּ֣י מִקֶּ֑דֶם פֹּעֵ֥ל יְ֝שׁוּע֗וֹת בְּקֶ֣רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃
12
O God, my King from of old,
who brings deliverance throughout the land;
12
Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
וֵאלֹהִים מַלְכִּי מִקֶּדֶם. וַהֲרֵי אַתָּה תְּשׁוּעָתֵנוּ מִקֶּדֶם:
But God is my King from time immemorial Behold, You were our salvation from time immemorial.
י"ג
אַתָּ֤ה פוֹרַ֣רְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ֣ יָ֑ם שִׁבַּ֖רְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֥י תַ֝נִּינִ֗ים עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃
13
it was You who drove back the sea with Your might,
who smashed the heads of the monsters in the waters;
13
Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
רָאשֵׁי תַנִּינִים. הֵם מִצְרַיִם שֶׁנִּקְרְאוּ תַנִּינִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הַתַּנִּים הַגָּדוֹל וְגוֹ׳״ (יחזקאל כט:ג):
the beads of the sea monsters They are the Egyptians, who are called sea monsters, as it is said (Ezek. 29:3): “the great sea monster, etc.”
י"ד
אַתָּ֣ה רִ֭צַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֣י לִוְיָתָ֑ן תִּתְּנֶ֥נּוּ מַ֝אֲכָ֗ל לְעָ֣ם לְצִיִּֽים׃
14
it was You who crushed the heads of Leviathan,
who left him as food for the denizens of the desert;
14
Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.
רָאשֵׁי לִוְיָתָן. פַּרְעֹה נִקְרָא כֵּן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״יִפְקֹד ה׳ בְּחַרְבּוֹ הַקָּשָׁה עַל לִוְיָתָן וְגוֹ׳״ (ישעיה כז:א):
the heads of Leviathan Pharaoh is called [by] this [name], as it is said (Isa. 27:1): “the Lord will visit with His hard...sword on leviathan, etc.”
תִּתְּנֶנּוּ מַאֲכָל לְעָם לְצִיִּים. נָתַתָּ מָמוֹנוֹ לְעַם יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאָכְלוֹ, לְצִיִּים לְכִתּוֹת וּצְבָאוֹת שֶׁהוֹצֵאתָ:
You give it as food to the people in companies You gave his money to the people of Israel to consume. in companies Heb. לציים. To the companies and hosts that You took out.
צִיִּים. סִיעוֹת, כְּמוֹ (במדבר כד:כד) ״וְצִים מִיַּד כִּתִּים״ כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ ״וְסִיעָן״:
ציים are companies, as (Num. 24:24): “And companies from the Kittites,” which is translated as וסיען, and companies.
ט"ו
אַתָּ֣ה בָ֭קַעְתָּ מַעְיָ֣ן וָנָ֑חַל אַתָּ֥ה ה֝וֹבַ֗שְׁתָּ נַהֲר֥וֹת אֵיתָֽן׃
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it was You who released springs and torrents,
who made mighty rivers run dry;
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Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
אַתָּה בָקַעְתָּ. לְיִשְׂרָאֵל מִן הַצּוּר מַעְיָנוֹת (שמות יז:ו):
You split for Israel fountains from the rock.
אַתָּה הוֹבַשְׁתָּ. יַרְדֵּן, שֶׁהוּא נָהָר אֵיתָן (יהושע ג:טו):
You dried up the Jordan, which is a mighty river.
ט"ז
לְךָ֣ י֭וֹם אַף־לְךָ֥ לָ֑יְלָה אַתָּ֥ה הֲ֝כִינ֗וֹתָ מָא֥וֹר וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃
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the day is Yours, the night also;
it was You who set in place the orb of the sun;
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Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun.
לְךָ יוֹם. גְּאֻלָּתָם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל:
Day is Yours The redemption of Israel.
אַף לְךָ לָיְלָה. וְעַמְּךָ הָיוּ בְּצָרוֹת הַלָּיְלָה:
even night is Yours And they were with You in the darkness of the night.
אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ מָאוֹר וָשָׁמֶשׁ. אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ לָהֶם מְאוֹר הַתּוֹרָה:
You established the luminary and the sun You established the light of the Torah for them.
י"ז
אַתָּ֣ה הִ֭צַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּל֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ קַ֥יִץ וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּם׃
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You fixed all the boundaries of the earth;
summer and winter—You made them.
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Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter.
אַתָּה הִצַּבְתָּ. לָהֶם כָּל גְּבוּלוֹת אַרְצָם בְּכָל טוֹב:
You set for them all the boundaries of their land with all good.
קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף אַתָּה יְצַרְתָּם. הֲרֵי זֶה דּוּגְמַת ״שְׁבֻעוֹת חֻקּוֹת קָצִיר יִשְׁמָר לָנוּ״ (ירמיהו ה:כד), לֹא שִׁנִּיתָ לָנוּ סֵדֶר הַשָּׁנִים:
summer and winter—You formed them This is similar to (Jer. 5:24): “the weeks of the laws of harvest He keeps for us.” You did not alter for us the order of the years.
י"ח
זְכָר־זֹ֗את א֭וֹיֵב חֵרֵ֣ף ׀ יְהוָ֑ה וְעַ֥ם נָ֝בָ֗ל נִֽאֲצ֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃
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Be mindful of how the enemy blasphemes the LORD,
how base people revile Your name.
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Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached the LORD, And how a base people have blasphemed Thy name.
זְכׇר זֹאת אוֹיֵב וְגוֹ׳. וְאַחֲרֵי שֶׁכָּל תְּשׁוּעָתֵנוּ בְּךָ, זְכׇר זֹאת, אֲשֶׁר הָאוֹיֵב חֵרֵף אוֹתְךָ בְּהַשְׁמִידוֹ אוֹתָנוּ:
Remember how the enemy, etc. And since all our salvation is through You, remember how the enemy reviled You by destroying us.
י"ט
אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭חַיַּת נֶ֣פֶשׁ תּוֹרֶ֑ךָ חַיַּ֥ת עֲ֝נִיֶּ֗יךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח לָנֶֽצַח׃
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Do not deliver Your dove to the wild beast;
do not ignore forever the band of Your lowly ones.
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O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; Forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.
אַל תִּתֵּן לְחַיַּת. לִגְדוּדֵי הָאֻמּוֹת, כְּמוֹ ״וַיֵּאָסְפוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים לַחַיָּה״ (שמואל ב כג:יא):
Do not deliver to the company To the companies of the nations, as (II Sam. 23:11): “Now the Philistines were gathered together into a troop (לחיה).”
נֶפֶשׁ תּוֹרֶךָ. תּוֹר שֶׁלְּךָ. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם לְשׁוֹן ״תּוֹרִים״ וּ״בְנֵי יוֹנָה״ (ויקרא א:יד). הַתּוֹר הַזֶּה, מִשֶּׁמֵּת הַזָּכָר, בֶּן זוּגָהּ, אֵינָהּ מִזְדַּוֶּגֶת לְאַחֵר. אַף יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא הֶחֱלִיפוּךָ בְּאֵל אַחֵר, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁרִחַקְתָּ מֵהֶם וְהָיוּ כְּאַלְמָנָה (שיר השירים רבה א:סג):
the soul of Your turtledove Heb. תורך, Your turtledove. And Jonathan rendered this as (sic) an expression of turtledoves and young pigeons. This turtledoveas soon as the male recognizes its mate, it does not mate with another. So have Israel not exchanged You for another god, although You have distanced Yourself from them and they were like a widow.
חַיַּת עֲנִיֶּיךָ. נֶפֶשׁ עֲנִיֶּיךָ:
the soul of Your poor ones Heb. חית ענייך, the soul of Your poor ones.
כ׳
הַבֵּ֥ט לַבְּרִ֑ית כִּ֥י מָלְא֥וּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־אֶ֝֗רֶץ נְא֣וֹת חָמָֽס׃
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Look to the covenant!
For the dark places of the land are full of the haunts of lawlessness.
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Look upon the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
הַבֵּט לַבְּרִית. אֲשֶׁר כָּרַתָּ אֶת אֲבוֹתֵינוּ:
Look to the covenant which You formed with our forefathers.
נְאוֹת חָמָס. נְוֵה חָמָס, לְשׁוֹן מָדוֹר:
with dwellings of violence Heb. נאות חמס, a dwelling of violence, an expression of a dwelling place.
כ"א
אַל־יָשֹׁ֣ב דַּ֣ךְ נִכְלָ֑ם עָנִ֥י וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹן יְֽהַלְל֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃
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Let not the downtrodden turn away disappointed;
let the poor and needy praise Your name.
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O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; Let the poor and needy praise Thy name.
אַל יָשׁוֹב דַּךְ נִכְלָם. אַל יָשׁוֹב דַּךְ מִלְּפָנֶיךָ, בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ, נִכְלָם:
Let not the poor turn back in disgrace Let the poor not turn back from before You disgraced in his prayer.
כ"ב
קוּמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים רִיבָ֣ה רִיבֶ֑ךָ זְכֹ֥ר חֶרְפָּתְךָ֥ מִנִּי־נָ֝בָ֗ל כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃
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Rise, O God, champion Your cause;
be mindful that You are blasphemed by base men all day long.
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Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; Remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man.
חֶרְפָּתְךָ. גִּדּוּפֶיךָ, כְּמוֹ זֹאת אוֹיֵב חֵרֵף:
Your disgrace Your blasphemies, as (verse 18): “Remember how the enemy reviled.”
כ"ג
אַל־תִּ֭שְׁכַּח ק֣וֹל צֹרְרֶ֑יךָ שְׁא֥וֹן קָ֝מֶ֗יךָ עֹלֶ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃
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Do not ignore the shouts of Your foes,
the din of Your adversaries that ascends all the time.
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Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually.