## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 111

###### Rashi on Psalms 111:1:1
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**הַלְלוּיָהּ וְגוֹ׳.** מִזְמוֹר זֶה הוּסַד בְּאָלֶף בֵּית, אוֹת אֶחָד בְּרֹאשׁ הַפָּסוּק וְאֶחָד בְּאֶמְצָעוּתָיו, וְכֵן כֻּלָּם מֵאָלֶ״ף וְעַד תָּי״ו, וּכְמוֹ כֵן מִזְמוֹר הַשֵּׁנִי. הָרִאשׁוֹן מְדַבֵּר בְּשִׁבְחוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וְהַשֵּׁנִי מְסַפֵּר בְּשִׁבְחוֹ שֶׁל צַדִּיק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Hallelujah, I shall thank, etc.** This psalm was based on the alphabet, one letter at the beginning of the verse and one in the middle of it, and so all of them [this psalm’s verses are] from “aleph” to “tav,” and so too is the second psalm. The first one speaks in praises of the Holy One, blessed be He, and the second one speaks in praise of a righteous, God-fearing person.


###### Rashi on Psalms 111:4:1
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**זֵכֶר עָשָׂה.** קָבַע לְיִשְׂרָאֵל שַׁבָּתוֹת וּמוֹעֲדִים וּמִצְווֹת שֶׁנֶּאֶמְרוּ בָּהֶם ״וְזָכַרְתָּ כִּי הָיִיתָ בְּמִצְרָיִם״ (דברים טו:טו), לְפִי שֶׁהוּא **חַנּוּן וְרַחוּם** עַל בָּנָיו וְחָפֵץ לְהַצְדִּיקָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He made a memorial** He set down for Israel Sabbaths and festivals and commandments, of which was stated (Deut. 5:15): “And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt,” because He is gracious and merciful to His children, and He wishes to make them righteous.


###### Rashi on Psalms 111:5:1
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**טֶרֶף נָתַן.** מָזוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He gave food** Heb. טֶרֶף, food.


###### Rashi on Psalms 111:6:1
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**כֹּחַ מַעֲשָׂיו הִגִּיד לְעַמּוֹ.** כְּשֶׁנָּתַן **לָהֶם נַחֲלַת גּוֹיִם** הוֹדִיעָם כֹּחוֹ וּגְבוּרָתוֹ. וּמִדְרַשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא (תנחומא, בראשית יא) כָּתַב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל מַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית, לְהוֹדִיעָם שֶׁהָאָרֶץ שֶׁלּוֹ וּבְיָדוֹ לְהוֹשִׁיב בָּהּ כָּל מִי שֶׁיִּרְצֶה וְלַעֲקֹר אֵלּוּ וּלְהוֹשִׁיב אֲחֵרִים, שֶׁלֹּא יוּכְלוּ הָאֻמּוֹת לוֹמַר לְיִשְׂרָאֵל גַּזְלָנִים אַתֶּם שֶׁכְּבַשְׁתֶּם אֶרֶץ שִׁבְעָה גּוֹיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The strength of His works He related to His people** When He gave them the inheritance of the nations, He let them know His strength and His might. And Midrash Tanchuma (Buber, Bereishith 11): He wrote for Israel [about] the Creation to let them know that the earth is His and that it is in His power to settle in it anyone He wishes, and to move these out and settle others, so that the nations will not be able to say to Israel, “You are thieves, for you conquered the land of the seven nations.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 111:8:1
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**סְמוּכִים.** הֵם פְּקוּדָיו עַל סֶמֶךְ עֹז, מְחֻזָּקִין בָּעֳנָשִׁין וְאַזְהָרוֹת, וְהַפָּרָשִׁיּוֹת קְבוּעוֹת זוֹ עַל זוֹ כְּסֵדֶר וְלִדְרֹשׁ. וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר שְׁלֹמֹה: ״שׁוֹקָיו עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ וְגוֹ׳״ (שיר השירים ה:טו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Steadfast** are His commandments, supported by might, strengthened with punishments and warnings, and the chapters are set one next to the other in sequence and to expound on them. This is what Solomon said (Song 5:15): “His thighs are pillars of marble, etc.”