## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 105

###### Rashi on Psalms 105:1:1
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**עֲלִילוֹתָיו.** מַעֲלָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**His deeds** Heb. עלילותיו, His deeds.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:3:1
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**הִתְהַלְלוּ בְּשֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ.** הִתְפָּאֲרוּ בְּמָעוֹז שֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָכֶם פַּטְרוֹן כָּמוֹהוּ. **הִתְהַלְלוּ** פוֹרְוַונְטִי״ץ וו״ש בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Boast of His holy name** Boast of the stronghold of His holy name that you have a patron like Him. התהללוּ is “porvontez vous” in Old French, [vantez vous in modern French, boast].


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:8:1
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**דָּבָר צִוָּה לְאֶלֶף דּוֹר.** הַתּוֹרָה, אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה לְהוֹדִיעָהּ בָּעוֹלָם לְאַחַר אֶלֶף דּוֹר; וְרָאָה שֶׁאֵין הָעוֹלָם מִתְקַיֵּם בְּלֹא תּוֹרָה, וְהֶעֱבִיר מֵהֶם תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת וְשִׁבְעִים וְאַרְבָּעָה דּוֹרוֹת. וְיֵשׁ לִפְתֹּר כִּפְשׁוּטוֹ: **זָכַר** לְיִשְׂרָאֵל **בְּרִיתוֹ** אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה, וְהִבְטִיחַ לִשְׁמֹר לָהֶם לְאֶלֶף דּוֹר, כְּעִנְיָן ״שֹׁמֵר הַבְּרִית וְהַחֶסֶד לְאֹהֲבָיו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵי מִצְוֹתָיו לְאֶלֶף דּוֹר״ (דברים ז:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the word He had commanded to the thousandth generation** The Torah, which He commanded to make known in the world after a thousand generations, but He saw that the world could not exist without Torah, so he skipped 974 generations of them. It may also be interpreted according to its simple meaning: He remembered for Israel His covenant, which He commanded and promised to keep for them for a thousand generations, as the matter of (Deut. 7:9): “Who keeps the covenant and the kindness for those who love Him and who keep His commandments, to a thousand generations.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:11:1
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**לֵאמֹר לְךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וְגוֹ׳.** הוּא הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת לָהֶם (בראשית טו:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Saying, “To you I shall give, etc.”** That is the covenant that He made for them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:13:1
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**וַיִּתְהַלְּכוּ מִגּוֹי אֶל גּוֹי.** אַבְרָהָם גָּר בְּאֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וּבְמִצְרַיִם וּבְאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן (בראשית כא:לד; יב:י; יג:יב), וְכֵן יִצְחָק (בראשית כו:א-לה), וְכֵן יַעֲקֹב (בראשית מב:א-לח; מו:א-לד). כֻּלָּם גָּלוּ מִגֵּרוּת לְגֵרוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they walked from nation to nation** Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines, in Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, and so Isaac, and so Jacobthey all were exiled from one strange place to another strange place.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:14:1
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**וַיּוֹכַח עֲלֵיהֶם מְלָכִים.** ״וַיְנַגַּע ה׳ אֶת פַּרְעֹה״ (בראשית יב:יז), ״כִּי עָצוֹר עָצַר ה׳ בְּעַד כָּל רֶחֶם לְבֵית אֲבִימֶלֶךְ״ (בראשית כ:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and He reproved kings on their account** (Gen. 12:17): “And the Lord plagued Pharaoh”; (ibid. 20:18), “For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:15:1
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**אַל תִּגְּעוּ בִמְשִׁיחָי.** בִּגְדוֹלַי, כָּל מְשִׁיחָה לְשׁוֹן שְׂרָרָה וּגְדֻלָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My anointed ones** My great ones. Every [expression of] anointing is an expression of rulership and greatness.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:16:1
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**וַיִּקְרָא רָעָב.** כְּדֵי לְהַגְלוֹתָם לְמִצְרַיִם (בראשית מב:א-ב) (מצאתי):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He called a famine** in order to exile them to Egypt (I found).


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:17:1
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**שָׁלַח לִפְנֵיהֶם אִישׁ.** וַיִּשְׁלָחֵנִי אֱלֹהִים לִפְנֵיכֶם (בראשית מה:ה), וְאֵיזֶה אִישׁ? יוֹסֵף שֶׁנִּמְכַּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He sent a man before them** (Gen. 45:5): “And God sent me before you.” Now who was the man? Joseph, who was sold.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:18:1
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**בַּרְזֶל בָּאָה נַפְשׁוֹ.** אָמַר רַבִּי הוּנָא בַּר אִידִי (תנחומא, וישב ח): שַׁרְתּוֹעַ עָשְׂתָה לוֹ תַּחַת זְקָנוֹ, שֶׁאִם יַרְכִּין פָּנָיו הַשַּׁרְתּוֹעַ מַכֵּהוּ. שַׁרְתּוֹעַ פֵּרוּשׁ שַׁפּוּד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his soul was placed in irons** Said Rav Huna the son of Idi: She [Potiphar’s wife] made him a “shirtua” under his beard, so that if he bent his face over, the “shirtua” would wound him. שרתוע means a forked, suspended spear.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:19:1
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**עַד עֵת בֹּא דְבָרוֹ.** שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְקַיֵּם גְּזֵרָתוֹ, שֶׁיִּתְגַּלְגֵּל הַדָּבָר וְיֵרְדוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִצְרַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Until His word came** [The word] of the Holy One, blessed be He, to fulfill His decree that the matter should “roll” and Israel should descend to Egypt.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:19:2
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**אִמְרַת ה׳ צְרָפָתְהוּ.** בְּחָנַתְהוּ לְיוֹסֵף, שֶׁנִּתְנַסָּה וְכָבַשׁ אֶת יִצְרוֹ בְּאֵשֶׁת אֲדוֹנָיו (בראשית לט:ז-יב), וְעָלֶיהָ נִתְיַיסֵּר וְנִצְרַף בְּיִסּוּרִין לְתִתּוֹ אֶל בֵּית הַסֹּהַר (בראשית לט:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the saying of the Lord purified him** It tried Joseph, for he was tested and he overcame the temptation [to sin] with his master’s wife, and he was tortured because of her and purified with tortures to place him in the dungeon.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:20:1
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**שָׁלַח מֶלֶךְ וַיַּתִּירֵהוּ.** שָׁלַח פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם שְׁלוּחָיו וַיַּתִּירֵהוּ, שָׁלַח **מוֹשֵׁל עַמִּים** הוּא פַּרְעֹה **וַיְפַתְּחֵהוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A king sent and released him** Pharaoh, king of Egypt, sent his messengers and released him. A ruler of peoples, viz. Pharaoh, [sent] and loosed his bonds.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:22:1
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**לֶאֱסֹר שָׂרָיו בְּנַפְשׁוֹ.** לְשׁוֹן חִבָּה הוּא זֶה, כְּמוֹ ״וְנֶפֶשׁ יְהוֹנָתָן נִקְשְׁרָה בְּנֶפֶשׁ דָּוִד״ (שמואל א יח:א). כְּשֶׁפָּתַר הַחֲלוֹם חִבְּבוּהוּ כֻּלָּם. אָמַר רַבִּי אִידִי: שָׂרוֹ כְּתִיב, זֶה הָיָה פּוֹטִיפַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To bind up his princes with his soul** This is an expression of endearment, as (I Sam. 18:1): “that Jonathan’s soul had become attached to David’s soul.” When he interpreted the dream, they all loved him. Said Rabbi Idi: It is written שָׂרוֹ, his prince. This was Potiphar.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:24:1
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**וַיֶּפֶר.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא **אֶת עַמּוֹ**, הִפְרָה וְהִרְבָּה אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And He made...fruitful** The Holy One, blessed be He, [made] His people [fruitful]. He made them fruitful and caused them to multiply.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:28:1
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**וְלֹא מָרוּ אֶת דְּבָרוֹ.** הַמַּכּוֹת שֶׁצִּוָּה עֲלֵיהֶם בָּאוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְלֹא שִׁנּוּ אֶת דְּבָרוֹ (תנחומא, בא א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they did not disobey His word** The plagues, that He commanded upon them, came according to His commandments and did not deviate from His word.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:30:1
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**שָׁרַץ אַרְצָם צְפַרְדְּעִים.** אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן (שמות רבה י:ד): בְּכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁהָיוּ רוֹבְצִים מַיִם, הָיוּ רוֹבְצִים צְפַרְדְּעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Their land swarmed with frogs** Said Rabbi Johanan: Wherever water would lie, frogs would lie.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:40:1
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**שָׁאַל וַיָּבֵא שְׂלָיו.** שָׁאַל יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּשָׂר, וַיָּבֵא לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שְׂלָוִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They asked, and He brought quails** Israel asked for meat, and the Holy One, blessed be He, brought them quails.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:41:1
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**הָלְכוּ בַצִּיּוֹת נָהָר.** הָלְכוּ נְהָרוֹת מִן הַבְּאֵר בְּאֶרֶץ צִיָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the deserts ran rivers** Rivers flowed from the well in an arid land.


###### Rashi on Psalms 105:42:1
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**כִּי זָכַר.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא **אֶת דְּבַר קָדְשׁוֹ** אֲשֶׁר עִם **אַבְרָהָם עַבְדּוֹ**, שֶׁהִבְטִיחוֹ (בראשית טו:יד,טז) ״וְאַחֲרֵי כֵן יֵצְאוּ בִּרְכֻשׁ גָּדוֹל״, ״וְדוֹר רְבִיעִי יָשׁוּבוּ הֵנָּה״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For He remembered** The Holy One, blessed be He, [remembered] His holy word, which was with Abraham His servant, which He promised him (Gen. 15:14, 17): “and afterwards they will go out with many possessions...and a fourth generation will return here.”