## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 102

###### Rashi on Psalms 102:1:1
[Rashi on Psalms 102:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/102:1:1)

**תְּפִלָּה לְעָנִי.** יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהֵם עַם עָנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A prayer for a poor man** Israel, who is a poor people.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:1:2
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**כִּי יַעֲטֹף.** בְּהִתְעַטֵּף נַפְשָׁם בְּצָרָה (יונה ב:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when he enwraps himself** when their soul is enwrapped in distress.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:4:1
[Rashi on Psalms 102:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/102:4:1)

**נִחָרוּ.** הַנּוּ״ן מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת, כְּמוֹ ״נַעֲשׂוּ״ (תהלים לג:ו), ״נִקְבּוּ״ (במדבר א:יז), וְהוּא לְשׁוֹן יֹבֶשׁ, כְּמוֹ ״וְעַצְמִי חָרָה מִנִּי חֹרֶב״ (איוב ל:ל), ״נָחַר מַפֻּחַ״ (ירמיה ו:כט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**are dried up** Heb. נחרו. The “nun” serves as a prefix, as: נַעֲשׂוּ, they were made, נִקְנוּ, they were acquired; and it is an expression of dryness, as (Job 30:30): “and my bones dried out (חרה) from the heat”; (Jer. 6:29), “the bellows is heated (נחר).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:7:1
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**דָּמִיתִי לִקְאַת מִדְבָּר.** לִקְאַת שֵׁם עוֹף הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Like a bird of** Heb. לקאת. It is the name of a bird.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:7:2
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**כְּכוֹס חֳרָבוֹת.** שֵׁם עוֹף, כְּמוֹ ״אֶת הַכּוֹס וְאֶת הַשָּׁלָךְ וְאֶת הַיַּנְשׁוּף״ (ויקרא יא:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Like an owl of the wasteland** Heb. ככוס, the name of a bird, as (Lev. 11:17): “The owl (הכוס), the cormorant, and the night owl.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:7:3
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**חֳרָבוֹת.** מִדְבָּרוֹת. **דָּמִיתִי לִקְאַת מִדְבָּר.** כָּךְ אָנוּ נְדוּדִים מִמְּקוֹמֵנוּ לָלֶכֶת בַּגּוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**wasteland** deserts. I was like a bird of the desert. So do we wander from our place to go into exile.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:8:1
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**שָׁקַדְתִּי.** הִתְבּוֹנַנְתִּי בְּעַצְמִי וְהִנְּנִי **כְּצִפּוֹר הַבּוֹדֵד עַל גָּג**, יוֹשֵׁב לְבַדּוֹ בְּאֵין זוּג:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I pondered** I pondered about myself, and behold I am like a lonely bird on a roof, sitting alone without a mate.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:8:2
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**בּוֹדֵד.** יוֹשֵׁב בָּדָד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lonely** Heb. בודד, sitting alone.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:9:1
[Rashi on Psalms 102:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/102:9:1)

**מְהוֹלָלַי.** הַמִּתְלוֹצְצִים בִּי, לְשׁוֹן ״הוֹלְלוּת״ (קהלת א:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those who scorn me** Heb. מהוללי, those who scorn me, an expression of mockery.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:9:2
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**בִּי נִשְׁבָּעוּ.** רָאוּ בְרָעָתִי וְנִשְׁבָּעִים בִּי וְאוֹמְרִים: אִם לֹא יֶאֱרַע בִּי כְּמוֹ שֶׁאֵרַע לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, כֹּה יַעֲשֶׂה לִי כְּמוֹ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**swear by me** They saw my misfortune and they swear by me and say, “If it is not so, what happened to Israel should happen to me.” “So may the Lord do to me as to Israel.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:10:1
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**בִּבְכִי מָסָכְתִּי.** בְּדִמְעָה מָזַגְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I mixed with weeping.** I mixed with tears.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:11:1
[Rashi on Psalms 102:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/102:11:1)

**כִּי נְשָׂאתַנִי.** תְּחִלָּה וְהִגְבַּהְתַּנִי, וְעַתָּה הִשְׁלַכְתַּנִי מִשָּׁמַיִם אָרֶץ (איכה ב:א); וְאִם לֹא נְשָׂאתַנִי תְּחִלָּה, לֹא הָיְתָה חֶרְפָּתִי רַבָּה כָּל כָּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for You picked me up** First You picked me up and now You cast me down from heaven to the earth, and if You had not picked me up first, my disgrace would not be so great.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:12:1
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**כְּצֵל נָטוּי.** לְעֵת עֶרֶב, כְּשֶׁהַצְּלָלִים נוֹטִים, וּכְשֶׁחֲשֵׁכָה, אֵין נִכָּרִים אֶלָּא כָּלִים וְהוֹלְכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Like a lengthening shadow** At eventide, when the shadows lengthen, and when it becomes dark, they are not recognizable, but progressively disappear.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:13:1
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**וְאַתָּה.** אֲשֶׁר לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב, וְנִשְׁבַּעְתָּ לָנוּ בְּךָ (שמות לב:יג) – כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאַתָּה קַיָּם, יֵשׁ עָלֶיךָ לְקַיְּמֵנוּ. לְפִיכָךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But You** Who will be enthroned forever, and Who swore to us by Yourself, just as You exist, it is incumbent upon You to fulfill it. Therefore...


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:14:1
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**אַתָּה תָקוּם תְּרַחֵם צִיּוֹן כִּי עֵת לְחֶנְנָהּ.** כִּי בְךָ הִבְטַחְתָּ (דברים לב:לו) ״כִּי יִרְאֶה כִּי אָזְלַת יָד״, וַהֲרֵי אָזְלַת יָד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You will rise, You will have mercy on Zion for it is time to favor it** For so You promised (Deut. 32:36): “When He sees that their power is gone,” and it is indeed gone.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:15:1
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**כִּי רָצוּ.** אָהֲבוּ אַף **אֶת אֲבָנֶיהָ וְאֶת עֲפָרָהּ**. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה: כְּשֶׁיָּצָא יְכָנְיָה וְגָלוּתוֹ, נָשְׂאוּ עִמָּהֶם מֵאַבְנֵי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם וַעֲפָרָהּ לִבְנוֹת לָהֶם בְּבָבֶל בֵּית הַכְּנֶסֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For Your servants desired** They loved even its stones and its earth. [According to] Midrash Aggadah, when Jeconiah and his exile left, they carried with them some of the stones and the earth of Jerusalem to build a synagogue for themselves there in Babylon.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:16:1
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**וְיִירְאוּ גוֹיִם אֶת.** שִׁמְךָ כְּשֶׁתּוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת עַמְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the nations will fear** Your name when You save Your people.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:18:1
[Rashi on Psalms 102:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/102:18:1)

**הֶעָרְעָר.** הַצּוֹעֵק, כְּמוֹ (ישעיהו טו:ה) ״זַעֲקַת שֶׁבֶר יְעֹעֵרוּ״. דָּבָר אַחֵר: עַרְעָר, הָרוּס וְנִשְׁחָת, כְּמוֹ (תהלים קלז:ז) ״עָרוּ עָרוּ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He has turned to the prayer of those who cried out** Heb. הערער, who cries out, as (Isa. 15:5): “a cry of destruction they will raise (יעוערו).” Another explanation: ערער means devastated and destroyed, as (below 137:7) “who say, ‘Raze it, raze it.’ “


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:19:1
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**תִּכָּתֵב זֹאת.** כָּךְ יֹאמְרוּ רוֹאֵי הַיְשׁוּעָה: תִּכָּתֵב הַיְשׁוּעָה הַזֹּאת לְסַפֵּר אוֹתָהּ **לְדוֹר אַחֲרוֹן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Let this be inscribed** So will those who see the salvation say, “let this salvation be inscribed for the latest generation.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:19:2
[Rashi on Psalms 102:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/102:19:2)

**וְעַם נִבְרָא.** שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה בְּרִיָּה חֲדָשָׁה, לָצֵאת מֵעַבְדוּת לְחֵרוּת, מֵאֹפֶל לְאוֹר גָּדוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a created people** that became a new creature to emerge from slavery to freedom and from darkness to a great light.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:20:1
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**אֶל אֶרֶץ הִבִּיט.** לִרְאוֹת בָּעֳנִי עַמּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**looked...to earth** to see the affliction of His people.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:21:1
[Rashi on Psalms 102:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/102:21:1)

**תְּמוּתָה.** חוֹלֶה לָמוּת, אינמורינד״א בְּלַעַ״ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the dying** Heb. תמותה, mortally ill, enmorindes in Old French (as above 79:11).


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:24:1
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**עִנָּה בַדֶּרֶךְ כֹּחִי.** חוֹזֵר לְקוֹבְלוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹן: **כִּי נְשָׂאתַנִי וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵנִי, יָמַי כְּצֵל נָטוּי**, עִנָּה בַדֶּרֶךְ אוֹיְבִי כֹּחִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He has afflicted my strength on the way** He returns to his original complaint, “for You picked me up and cast me down. My days are like a lengthening shadow.” My enemy afflicted my strength on the way.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:25:1
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**אוֹמַר.** לַה׳ **אֵלִי.** אַתָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I say** to the Lord, “You are my God.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:25:2
[Rashi on Psalms 102:25:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/102:25:2)

**אַל תַּעֲלֵנִי בַּחֲצִי יָמַי.** אַל תְּסַלֵּק אוֹתָנוּ לְהַשְׁמִידֵנוּ מִן הָאֲדָמָה בְּיַד אוֹיְבֵינוּ בַּחֲצִי יָמֵינוּ. וּמַה הֵם יָמֵינוּ? כָּל יְמוֹת **דוֹר דּוֹרִים שְׁנוֹתֶיךָ**, הִבְטַחְתָּ לְקַיְּמֵנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר בְּסוֹף הַמִּזְמוֹר **וּשְׁנוֹתֶיךָ לֹא יִתָּמּוּ**, וְזֶרַע עֲבָדֶיךָ **לְפָנֶיךָ יִכּוֹן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**do not take me away in the middle of my days** Do not take us away to destroy us from the earth in the hands of our enemies in the middle of our days. And what are our days? All the days of all generations, of Your years, You promised to keep us alive before You, as he says at the end of the psalm, “and Your years do not end...and their seed will be established before You.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:26:1
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**לְפָנִים.** מִתְּחִלָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In the beginning** Heb. לפנים, from the beginning.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:27:1
[Rashi on Psalms 102:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/102:27:1)

**כַּלְּבוּשׁ תַּחֲלִיפֵם.** כְּאָדָם הַהוֹפֵךְ לְבוּשׁוֹ לְפוֹשְׁטוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like raiment You will turn them over** like a person who turns his garment inside out to take it off.


###### Rashi on Psalms 102:28:1
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**וְאַתָּה הוּא.** הָעוֹמֵד וְקַיָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But You are He** Who stands and exists.