## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 107

###### Rashi on Psalms 107:1:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:1:1)

**הוֹדוּ לַה׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Give thanks to the Lord because He is good, etc.**


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:2:1
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**יֹאמְרוּ גְּאוּלֵי ה׳.** כְּשֶׁיִּפְדֵּם מִיַּד צָר :

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Those redeemed by the Lord shall say it** when He redeems them from the hands of an oppressor.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:4:1
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**תָּעוּ בַמִּדְבָּר וְגוֹ׳.** וְהוֹלְכֵי מִדְבָּרוֹת אַף הֵם צְרִיכִין לְהוֹדוֹת, שֶׁהֲרֵי פְּעָמִים שֶׁהֵם תּוֹעִים וּרְעֵבִים וּצְמֵאִים (ברכות נד:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They strayed in the desert, on a road of desolation, etc.** Those who travel in the deserts must also give thanks because sometimes they stray and suffer from hunger and thirst.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:7:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:7:1)

**וַיַּדְרִיכֵם.** וַיְנַהֲגֵם, לְפִיכָךְ יוֹדוּ לַה׳ חַסְדּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And He led them** And He led them; therefore, they shall give thanks to the Lord for His kindness.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:10:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:10:1)

**יוֹשְׁבֵי חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת.** אַף הָאֲסוּרִים בְּבֵית הַסֹּהַר צְרִיכִים לְהוֹדוֹת, כְּשֶׁיּוֹצְאִין מִבֵּית אֲסוּרֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death** Also those imprisoned in a dungeon are required to give thanks when they emerge from their prison.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:11:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:11:1)

**כִּי הִמְרוּ אִמְרֵי אֵל.** אֵין פּוּרְעָנוּת בָּאָה עַל הָאָדָם אֶלָּא בַּעֲוֹנוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For they rebelled against the words of God** Trouble does not befall a person except because of his iniquity.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:16:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:16:1)

**כִּי שִׁבַּר דַּלְתוֹת נְחֹשֶׁת.** שֶׁהָיוּ נְעוּלִים בִּפְנֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For He broke copper doors** that were shut before them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:17:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:17:1)

**אֱוִילִים מִדֶּרֶךְ פִּשְׁעָם.** אֲשֶׁר מֵעֲוֹנוֹתֵיהֶם יִתְעַנּוּ בְּיִסּוּרֵי חֳלָאִים, אַף הֵם מִן הַצְּרִיכִין לְהוֹדוֹת. יֵשׁ סִמָּנִיּוֹת בְּפָרָשָׁה זוֹ (כְּלוֹמַר כְּתוּבוֹת שֵׁשׁ נוני״ן הֲפוּכִין) וּבָאִין לִדְרֹשׁ בִּמְקוֹם אַכִּין וְרַקִּין לְמַעֵט, לוֹמַר צָעֲקוּ קֹדֶם גְּזַר דִּין נַעֲנִין, לְאַחַר גְּזַר דִּין אֵינָם נַעֲנִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Fools, because of the way of their transgression and because of their iniquities, are afflicted** with the agonies of illnesses. They too are among those who are required to give thanks. There are markers in this chapter (i.e., six inverted “nuns” are written) and they come to be expounded upon instead of “buts” and “onlys” to limit [the power of the verse] meaning that if they [the prisoners] cry out before the verdict has been promulgated, they are answered; after the verdict has been promulgated, they are not answered.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:27:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:27:1)

**יָחוֹגּוּ.** לְשׁוֹן שֶׁבֶר הוּא, וְכֵן ״בְּחַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע״ (שיר השירים ב:יד), וְכֵן ״וְהָיְתָה אַדְמַת יְהוּדָה לְמִצְרַיִם לְחָגָּא״ (ישעיהו יט:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They were frightened** Heb. יחוגו. This is an expression of breaking. Similarly (Song 2:14): “in the clefts of (בחגוי) the rock”; and similarly (Isa. l9:17), “And the land of Judah will be to Egypt for a dread (לחגא).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:30:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:30:1)

**וַיִּשְׂמְחוּ כִּי יִשְׁתֹּקוּ.** הַגַּלִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They rejoiced that they were stilled** The waves.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:30:2
[Rashi on Psalms 107:30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:30:2)

**וַיְנַחֵם.** וַיְנַהֲגֵם:


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:30:3
[Rashi on Psalms 107:30:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:30:3)

**מָחוֹז.** לְשׁוֹן גְּבוּל, וּמְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ עִם ״וַחֲזוּתְכֶם אֶת שְׁאוֹל״ (ישעיה כח:יח) – גְּבוּלֵינוּ, שֶׁלֹּא יִכָּנֵס בִּגְבוּלֵינוּ. וְכֵן ״מַחֲזֶה אֶל מַחֲזֶה שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים״ (מלכים א ז:ד). בְּתַנְחוּמָא מָצָאתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the region** Heb. מחוז, an expression of a border, and Menachem (p. 86) associated it with (Isa. 28:18): “and your limit (וחזותכם) with the grave,” your limit, that it should not enter our boundary. Similarly (I Kings 7:4): “an edge (מחזה מול מחזה) opposite an edge,” three times. In Tanchuma, I found [this].


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:32:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:32:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:32:1)

**וִירוֹמְמוּהוּ בִּקְהַל עָם.** צָרִיךְ לְאוֹדוֹיֵי בְּאַפֵּי בֵּי עֲשָׂרָה (ברכות נד:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they shall exalt Him in an assembly of people** He must give thanks in the presence of ten.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:32:2
[Rashi on Psalms 107:32:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:32:2)

**וּבְמוֹשַׁב זְקֵנִים.** וְתָרֵין מִנַּיְיהוּ צוּרְבָא מֵרַבָּנָן (בבא בתרא טו.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and in a sitting of elders** And two of them must be rabbinical scholars.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:33:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:33:1)

**יָשֵׂם נְהָרוֹת לְמִדְבָּר.** כְּלוֹמַר: נוֹתֵן יִשּׁוּבֵי הָאֻמּוֹת לְחֻרְבָּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He makes rivers into a desert** That is to say that He makes the settlements of the nations into ruins.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:34:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:34:1)

**לִמְלֵחָה.** לִהְיוֹת כְּאֶרֶץ מְלֵחָה מֵעֲשׂוֹת פֶּרִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**into a salty waste** To be like a salty land insofar as it does not produce fruit.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:35:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:35:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:35:1)

**יָשֵׂם מִדְבָּר לַאֲגַם מַיִם.** נוֹתֵן יִשּׁוּב חָרֵב לְבִנְיָן וּמַחֲזִירוֹ לְקַדְמוּתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He makes a desert into a pool of water** He makes a ruined settlement into a building and restores it to its original state.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:39:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:39:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:39:1)

**וַיִּמְעֲטוּ וַיָּשֹׁחוּ.** וְהֵם מִתְּחִלָּה הָיוּ שָׁחִין וּמוּעָטִין מֵעֹצֶר רָעָה וְיָגוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Whereas they were few and they sank down** But they, from the beginning, sank down and were few because of dominion, trouble, and sorrow.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:41:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:41:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:41:1)

**וַיָּשֶׂם כַּצֹּאן מִשְׁפָּחוֹת.** וַיָּשֶׂם הָאֶבְיוֹן מִשְׁפַּחַת זַרְעוֹ כַּצֹּאן – רַבִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and made him families like flocks** He made [for] the needy the families of his children as numerous as flocks.


###### Rashi on Psalms 107:42:1
[Rashi on Psalms 107:42:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/107:42:1)

**קָפְצָה.** סָתְמָה, כְּמוֹ ״לֹא תִקְפֹּץ אֶת יָדְךָ״ (דברים טו:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shuts** Heb. קפצה, closes up, like (Deut. 15:7): “and not close up (תקפץ) your hand.”