## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 104

###### Rashi on Psalms 104:2:1
[Rashi on Psalms 104:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:2:1)

**עוֹטֶה אוֹר.** בָּרָקִיעַ **כַּשַּׂלְמָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[You] enwrap Yourself with light** in the sky like a garment.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:4:1
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**עוֹשֶׂה מַלְאָכָיו רוּחוֹת.** עוֹשֶׂה אֶת הָרוּחוֹת שְׁלוּחָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He makes winds His messengers** lit. He makes His messengers winds. He makes the wind His messengers.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:6:1
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**תְּהוֹם כַּלְּבוּשׁ כִּסִּיתוֹ.** זֶה דּוּגְמַת הָאָמוּר בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר: ״בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבוּשׁוֹ וְגוֹ׳״ (איוב לח:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You covered the deep as [with] a garment** This is similar to what is said elsewhere (Job 38: 9): “When I made the cloud its raiment, etc.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:6:2
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**תְּהוֹם.** הוּא הַיָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the deep** That is the sea.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:6:3
[Rashi on Psalms 104:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:6:3)

**עַל הָרִים יַעַמְדוּ.** מֵי אוֹקְיָינוֹס גָּבוֹהַּ מִכָּל הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד עַל הֶהָרִים, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (עמוס ה:ח, ט:ו) ״הַקּוֹרֵא לְמֵי הַיָּם וַיִּשְׁפְּכֵם עַל פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ״. אֵין שְׁפִיכָה אֶלָּא מִלְמַעְלָה לְמַטָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the waters stand on the mountains** The waters of the ocean are higher than the whole world. They stand on the mountains, and so Scripture states (Amos 5:8, 9:6): “He who calls the water of the sea and pours it upon the face of the earth.” Pouring denotes only [pouring] from above downward.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:7:1
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**מִן גַּעֲרָתְךָ יְנוּסוּן.** כְּשֶׁאָמַרְתָּ (בראשית א:ט) ״יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם״, וּמֵאוֹתוֹ הַקּוֹל **יֵחָפֵזוּן** וְנִקְווּ אֶל מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִסַּדְתָּ לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**From Your rebuke they fled** When You said (Gen. 1:9): “Let the waters gather.” And from that voice they hastened away and gathered in the place that You founded for them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:9:1
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**גְּבוּל שַׂמְתָּ.** לָהֶם הַחוֹל אֲשֶׁר סָבִיב שְׂפָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You set a boundary** for them, viz. the sand that is around its shore.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:12:1
[Rashi on Psalms 104:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:12:1)

**עֲלֵיהֶם עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יִשְׁכּוֹן.** עַל הַמַּעְיָנוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Beside them the fowl of the heavens dwell** Beside the springs.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:12:2
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**מִבֵּין עֳפָאיִם.** עַנְפֵי אִילָנוֹת, וְכֵן ״עָפְיֵּהּ שַׁפִּיר״ (דניאל ד:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from between the branches** Heb. עפאים, the branches of the trees, and so (Dan. 4:11): “its branches were (עפיה) beautiful.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:15:1
[Rashi on Psalms 104:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:15:1)

**מַצְמִיחַ חָצִיר וְגוֹ׳. וְיַיִן** אֲשֶׁר **יְשַׂמַּח לְבַב אֱנוֹשׁ** גַּם אוֹתוֹ יוֹצִיא **מִן הָאָרֶץ**, וְשֶׁמֶן **לְהַצְהִיל** בּוֹ **פָּנִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And wine** which cheers man’s heart, that too He brings forth from the earth, and oil to cause the face to radiate.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:15:2
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**וְלֶחֶם.** אֲשֶׁר לֵב **אֱנוֹשׁ יִסְעָד**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and bread** which sustains man’s heart.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:16:1
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**עֲצֵי ה׳.** בְּגַן עֵדֶן (בראשית רבה טו, א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Lord’s trees** in the Garden of Eden.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:17:1
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**צִפֳּרִים יְקַנֵּנוּ.** יִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁכְּנוּ שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**birds nest** Israel will dwell there.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:17:2
[Rashi on Psalms 104:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:17:2)

**יְקַנֵּנוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ״קַן צִפּוֹר״ (דברים כב:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
יְקַנֵנוּ is an expression of a bird’s nest (קן צפור).


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:18:1
[Rashi on Psalms 104:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:18:1)

**הָרִים הַגְּבֹהִים.** בָּרָא **לַיְּעֵלִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The lofty mountains** He created for the ibexes.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:18:2
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**מַחְסֶה.** כָּל לְשׁוֹן מַחְסֶה לְשׁוֹן צֵל וּמַחְבָּא, שֶׁאָדָם מִתְכַּסֶּה שָׁם מִן הַזֶּרֶם וּמִן הַמָּטָר (ישעיהו כה:ד). אַבְרִ״י בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shelter** Every expression of מַחְסֶה is an expression of a shadow and a hiding place, where a person covers himself from flood and rain.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:19:1
[Rashi on Psalms 104:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:19:1)

**לְמוֹעֲדִים.** לִמְנוֹת בּוֹ זְמַנִּים וּרְגָלִים (ראש השנה כה.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He made the moon for the appointed seasons** To count with it the times and the festivals.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:19:2
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**שֶׁמֶשׁ יָדַע מְבוֹאוֹ.** אֲבָל יָרֵחַ לֹא יָדַע מְבוֹאוֹ, פְּעָמִים שֶׁבָּא בַּאֲרֻכָּה, פְּעָמִים שֶׁבָּא בַּקְּצָרָה (ראש השנה כה.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the sun knows its setting** But the moon does not know its setting, because sometimes it comes through a long way and sometimes it comes through a short way.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:20:1
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**תָּשֶׁת חֹשֶׁךְ וִיהִי לָיְלָה.** בְּכָל יוֹם אַתָּה מַחְשִׁיךְ וּמַעֲרִיב אֶת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְהָיָה לָיְלָה, וּ**בּוֹ תִּרְמֹשׂ כָּל חַיְתוֹ יָעַר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You make darkness and it is night** Every day You darken and block out the sun and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest move about.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:22:1
[Rashi on Psalms 104:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:22:1)

**תִּזְרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ יֵאָסֵפוּן.** בַּמִּסְתָּרִים וְנֶחְבָּאִים שָׁם מִבְּנֵי אָדָם, וְאָז כָּל אָדָם יוֹצֵא לְפָעֳלוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When the sun rises they gather in** into the secret places and hide there from the sons of men; then every man goes forth to his work.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:24:1
[Rashi on Psalms 104:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:24:1)

**קִנְיָנֶךָ.** מִקְנֵה קִנְיָן שֶׁלְּךָ, כְּמוֹ ״קוֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ״ (בראשית יד:יט). הַכֹּל קָנוּי לְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your possessions** Heb. קנינך, the acquisition that you have acquired, like (Gen. 14:19): “Owner (קנה) of heaven and earth.” All is acquired by You.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:25:1
[Rashi on Psalms 104:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:25:1)

**וּרְחַב יָדָיִם.** רָחָב מָקוֹם, לְרֵיי״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and wide** Heb. ורחב ידים. Wide of place, large in French, broad.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:26:1
[Rashi on Psalms 104:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:26:1)

**לְשַׂחֶק בּוֹ.** שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁעוֹת בַּיּוֹם, כָּךְ אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה (עבודה זרה ג:), וְכָךְ מְפֹרָשׁ בְּסֵפֶר אִיּוֹב: ״הֲתְשַׂחֶק בּוֹ כַּצִּפּוֹר״ (איוב מ:כט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with which to sport** three hours during the day. So did our Sages say in tractate Avodah Zarah (3b), and so it is written explicitly in the Book of Job (40:29): “Will you play with him like a bird?”


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:29:1
[Rashi on Psalms 104:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:29:1)

**תּוֹסֵף רוּחָם.** לְשׁוֹן כִּלָּיוֹן, כְּמוֹ ״סָפוּ תַמּוּ״ (תהלים עג:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You gather in their spirit** Heb. תסף, an expression of destruction, as (above 73:19): “They were completely consumed (ספו).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:30:1
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**תְּשַׁלַּח רוּחֲךָ.** בִּתְחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You will send forth Your spirit** with the resurrection of the dead.


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:32:1
[Rashi on Psalms 104:32:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:32:1)

**יִגַּע בֶּהָרִים וְיֶעֱשָׁנוּ.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּסִינַי: ״וְהַר סִינַי עָשַׁן כֻּלּוֹ״ (שמות יט:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He touches the mountains and they emit smoke** as is depicted of Sinai (Exod. 19:18): “And Mount Sinai was all in smoke.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:33:1
[Rashi on Psalms 104:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/104:33:1)

**בְּעוֹדִי.** כְּמוֹ ״בְּעוֹדֶנִּי חַי״ (דברים לא:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as long as I exist** Heb. בעדי, like (Deut. 31:27): “When I am still (בעודני) alive.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 104:35:1
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**יִתַּמּוּ חַטָּאִים.** חוֹטְאִים (ברכות י.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Sinners will be destroyed** Heb. חטאים, sinners [rather than sins, but see Tal. Ber. 10a].