## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 109

###### Rashi on Psalms 109:1:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:1:1)

**אֱלֹהֵי תְהִלָּתִי אַל תֶּחֱרַשׁ.** עַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶאֱמַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O God of my praise, be not silent** This was said regarding all Israel.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:2:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:2:1)

**כִּי פִי רָשָׁע.** עֵשָׂו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the mouth of a wicked man** Ishmael.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:4:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:4:1)

**תַּחַת אַהֲבָתִי** אוֹתְךָ **יִשְׂטְנוּנִי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Instead of my love** for You, they hinder me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:4:2
[Rashi on Psalms 109:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:4:2)

**וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּה.** וַאֲנִי מִתְפַּלֵּל אֵלֶיךָ תָּמִיד (מצאתי):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but I am at prayer** But I pray to You constantly. I found:


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:5:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:5:1)

**רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה.** שִׁבְעִים פָּרִים אֲנִי מַקְרִיב בְּכָל שָׁנָה בִּשְׁבִיל שִׁבְעִים אֻמּוֹת, וּמְבַקֵּשׁ לִגְשָׁמִים, וְהֵם מְרֵיעִים לִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**evil instead of good** I sacrifice seventy bulls every year for the seventy nations, and we request rain, yet they harm us. Shocher Tov (109:4).


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:7:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:7:1)

**בְּהִשָּׁפְטוֹ.** לְפָנֶיךָ **יֵצֵא** מִדִּינְךָ מְחֻיָּב וְ**רָשָׁע**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When he is judged** before You, may he emerge from Your judgment guilty and wicked.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:8:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:8:1)

**פְּקֻדָּתוֹ.** גְּדֻלָּתוֹ, פְּרוֹבוֹשְׁטִיאָ״ה בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּמוֹ ״וְיַפְקֵד הַמֶּלֶךְ פְּקִידִים״ (אסתר ב:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his office of dignity** Heb. פקדתו, his greatness, provostie or pruvote in Old French, like (Esther 2: 3): “And let the king appoint officers (פקידים).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:10:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:10:1)

**וְשָׁאֲלוּ וְדָרְשׁוּ מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶם.** הַכֹּל יִשְׁאֲלוּ עֲלֵיהֶם: מַה נִּהְיְתָה בִּפְלוֹנִי וּפְלוֹנִי? מִתּוֹךְ קוֹל חוּרְבָּה שֶׁיָּצָא עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and [people] should ask and search from their ruins** Everyone will ask about them, what happened to So-and-so and So-and-so, because of the rumor of ruin that emerged about them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:10:2
[Rashi on Psalms 109:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:10:2)

**וְדָרְשׁוּ.** מַשְׁמָע: מֵאֵת אֲחֵרִים, שֶׁהֲרֵי נָקוּד חֲטַף קָמַץ, וְכֵן **וְשִׁאֵלוּ.** מִפִּי אֲחֵרִים הוּא מַשְׁמָע, שֶׁיִּשְׁאֲלוּ אֲחֵרִים עֲלֵיהֶם. וְיֵשׁ לִפְתּוֹר **וְשִׁאֵלוּ**, מִמִּשְׁקַל חָזָק: יִהְיוּ מְשַׁאֲלִים עַל הַפְּתָחִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
And “search” (וְדָרְשוּ) means from others, because it is vowelized with a short “kamatz,” and וְשִׁאֵלוּ also means from others, that others should ask about them. This can also be interpreted as וְשִׁאֵלוּ, of the intensive conjugation, meaning that they will go around by the doors [to beg for alms].


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:11:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:11:1)

**יְנַקֵּשׁ נוֹשֶׁה לְכָל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ.** אָדָם הַטּוֹרֵחַ מְחַזֵּר וְלָהוּט לַעֲשׂוֹת דָּבָר, נוֹפֵל בּוֹ לָשׁוֹן מִתְנַקֵּשׁ, כְּלוֹמַר: מֻטְרָף וּמִתְלַבֵּט, כְּמוֹ ״וְאַרְכֻּבָּתֵהּ דָּא לְדָא נָקְשָׁן״ (דניאל ה:ו), וְכֵן ״פֶּן תִּנָּקֵשׁ אַחֲרֵיהֶם״ (דברים יב:ל). אַף כָּאן יִהְיֶה הַנּוֹשֶׁה בְּעֵשָׂו אֶת עֲבוֹדָתוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְרַב יַעֲבֹד צָעִיר״ (בראשית כה:כג). לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: יִהְיֶה הַנּוֹשֶׁה נוֹגֵעַ וְנִקְרָב **לְכָל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ**, יְנַקֵּשׁ שייטאצופי״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז. יְהִי מִשְׁפַּט הַנּוֹשֶׁה נוֹקֵשׁ וְנִשְׁעָן עַל כָּל מָמוֹנוֹ, וְזֶהוּ יַעֲקֹב הַנּוֹשֶׁה בְּעֵשָׂו אֶת עֲבוֹדָתוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְרַב יַעֲבֹד צָעִיר״ (בראשית כה:כג) מָצָאתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**May a creditor search out all he has** Heb. ינקש. A person who toils and searches, and longs passionately to do something is described by the expression מִתְנַקֵשׁ, i.e., shaken and going from place to place, like (Dan. 5:6): “and his knees knocked (נקשן) against each other.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:13:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:13:1)

**בְּדוֹר אַחֵר.** שֶׁיָּבֹא אַחַר כּוֹרְתוֹ, יִמַּח שְׁמוֹ וְטִבְעוֹ, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ זִכָּרוֹן לֹא יִפֹּל עָלָיו בְּפִי הַדּוֹר הַנּוֹלָד בָּעוֹלָם לְאַחַר שֶׁנִּשְׁחַת שְׁמוֹ. שארטרמיר״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in another generation** that will come after his being cut off, his name and his fame will be blotted out so that not even a remembrance will remain of him in the mouth of the generation that is born in the world after his name will be destroyed, sa retremure in Old French, its extirpation.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:14:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:14:1)

**עֲוֹן אֲבוֹתָיו.** עָוֹן שֶׁהֶעֱוָה עַל אֲבוֹתָיו, לְאַבְרָהָם שֶׁגָּרַע חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים מֵחַיָּיו (בראשית רבה סג,יב), וּלְאָבִיו גָּרַם כִּהְיוֹן עֵינַיִם (בראשית רבה סה,ד-ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the iniquity against his forefathers** The iniquity that he sinned against his forebears, to Abraham, whose life he shortened by five years, and to his father he caused blindness.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:14:2
[Rashi on Psalms 109:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:14:2)

**וְחַטַּאת אִמּוֹ.** שֶׁהִשְׁחִית רַחְמָהּ וְשֶׁגָּרַם לְהַעֲלִים יוֹם קְבוּרָתָהּ מִן הַבְּרִיּוֹת, שֶׁלֹּא יְקַלְלוּהָ שֶׁיָּצָא מִכְּרֵסָהּ עֵשָׂו, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית לה:ח) ״וַתָּמָת דְּבוֹרָה מֵינֶקֶת רִבְקָה וְגוֹמֵר אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת״, בִּלְשׁוֹן יְוָנִי קוֹרִין לְאַחֵר אַלּוֹן, שֶׁאֵבֶל אַחֵר הָיָה לְיַעֲקֹב עִם שֶׁל דְּבוֹרָה, שֶׁמֵּתָה אִמּוֹ וְהֶעֱלִימוּ מִיתָתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the sin against his mother** that he destroyed her womb, and that he caused the day of her burial to be concealed from the people, lest they curse her for Esau emerged from her womb, as it is said (Gen. 35:8): “Deborah, Rebecca’s nurse, died...the Plain of Weeping.” In Greek, another is called “allon,” for Jacob had another mourning along with that of Deborah, for his mother died and they concealed her death.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:15:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:15:1)

**יִהְיוּ.** הָעֲוֹנוֹת הָאֵלֶּה **נֶגֶד ה׳ תָּמִיד**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**May they be** [May] these iniquities [be] before the Lord constantly.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:15:2
[Rashi on Psalms 109:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:15:2)

**וְיַכְרֵת מֵאֶרֶץ זִכְרָם.** שֶׁל עֵשָׂו וְאַלּוּפָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and may He cut off their remembrance from the earth** [the remembrance] of Esau and his chieftains.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:16:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:16:1)

**יַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹא זָכַר עֲשׂוֹת חָסֶד.** לַעֲסוֹק בְּאֵבֶל אָבִיו, כְּמוֹ שֶׁעָשָׂה יַעֲקֹב נְזִיד עֲדָשִׁים לְנַחֵם אֶת יִצְחָק (בראשית כה:כט), שֶׁבְּאוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם מֵת אַבְרָהָם (בבא בתרא טז:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because he did not remember to do kindness** to engage in the mourning of his father, as Jacob had made a pottage of lentils to console Isaac, for on that day Abraham had died.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:16:2
[Rashi on Psalms 109:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:16:2)

**אִישׁ עָנִי.** יִשְׂרָאֵל:

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


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:17:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:17:1)

**וַיֶּאֱהַב קְלָלָה.** קִלְלָתוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁכָּפַר בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he loved a curse** [Esau loved] the curse of the Holy One, blessed be He, Whose existence he denied.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:18:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:18:1)

**וַיִּלְבַּשׁ קְלָלָה.** הִכְנִיס עַצְמוֹ בִּקְלָלָה, וְנוֹחָה לוֹ פְּרִיקַת עֹל הַקָּרְבָּן וּבִרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים וְקִלְלַת הָאֻמּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he donned a curse** He brought himself into a curse and was satisfied with breaking off the yoke of the sacrifice and the priestly blessing and the curse of the heathens.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:19:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:19:1)

**תְּהִי לוֹ.** הַקְּלָלָה מַעֲטֶה כְּבֶגֶד (מצאתי):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**May it be to him** [May] the curse [be to him] as an envelopment like a garment. [This] I found.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:19:2
[Rashi on Psalms 109:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:19:2)

**וּלְמֵזַח תָּמִיד.** חֲגוֹרָה, וְכֵן ״וּמְזִיחַ אֲפִיקִים רִפָּה״ (איוב יב:כא) אֵזוֹר הַחֲזָקִים פִּתֵּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and as a girdle...constantly** Heb. ולמזח, a girdle, and so, (Job 12:21): “and loosens the belt (מזיח) of the strong.” He loosens the belt of the strong.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:23:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:23:1)

**כְּצֵל כִּנְטוֹתוֹ.** לְעֵת עֶרֶב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Like a shadow when it lengthens** at eventide.


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:23:2
[Rashi on Psalms 109:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:23:2)

**נִנְעַרְתִּי.** לְשׁוֹן תִּשְׁנוֹק וְטֵרוּף וְאֹטֶם **כָּאַרְבֶּה** שֶׁהוּא נוֹדֵד וְנָע וּמְטֹרָף (ירושלמי ברכות ד.) (מצאתי):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I was stirred up** an expression of stirring and mixing and astonishment, like a locust, which wanders to and fro and is stirred up. [This] I found:


###### Rashi on Psalms 109:29:1
[Rashi on Psalms 109:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/109:29:1)

**וְיַעֲטוּ כַמְעִיל.** הָעוֹטֶה וְעוֹטֵף כָּל הַגּוּף לְכָל לְבוּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and enwrap themselves...like a cloak** which enwraps and envelops the entire body.