## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 141

###### Rashi on Psalms 141:2:1
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**מַשְׂאַת כַּפַּי.** מַה שֶּׁאֲנִי נוֹשֵׂא כַּפַּי אֵלֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the lifting of my hands** What I lift up my hands to You.


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:3:1
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**שִׁיתָה ה׳ שָׁמְרָה לְפִי.** בְּהִתְפַּלְּלִי לְפָנֶיךָ, לִהְיוֹתִי מְדַבֵּר צַחוֹת, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O Lord, place a guard for my mouth** when I pray before You, that I should speak poetically, that it should be acceptable.


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:3:2
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**דַּל שְׂפָתָי.** הִיא שָׂפָה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה (כְּמוֹ דְּלָתוֹת שִׂפְתֵי):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the portal of my lips** That is the upper lip (like portals of my lips).


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:4:1
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**אַל תַּט לִבִּי.** אַל יִהְיֶה נוֹטֶה לָרָע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do not incline my heart** May my heart not be inclined toward evil.


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:4:2
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**אֶת אִישִׁים.** עִם אֲנָשִׁים (מצאתי):


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:4:3
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**וּבַל אֶלְחַם בְּמַנְעַמֵּיהֶם.** וְלֹא אֶהְיֶה מֵסֵב בִּסְעוּדָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and may I not partake of their feasts** And I shall not sit at their feasts.


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:5:1
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**יֶהֶלְמֵנִי צַדִּיק חֶסֶד וְיוֹכִיחֵנִי.** טוֹב לִי שֶׁיּוֹכִיחֵנִי וִייַסְּרֵנִי נָבִיא אֱמֶת וְצֶדֶק, שֶׁכָּל מַהֲלוּמָיו וְתוֹכַחְתּוֹ חֶסֶד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**May a righteous man strike me with kindness and reprove me** It is better that a true and righteous prophet reprove me and chastise me, for all his blows and his reproof are kindness.


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:5:2
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**שֶׁמֶן רֹאשׁ אַל יָנִי רֹאשִׁי.** שֶׁמֶן מַלְכוּת שֶׁהוּצַק עַל רֹאשִׁי, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״דִּשַּׁנְתָּ בַשֶּׁמֶן רֹאשִׁי״ (תהלים כג:ה), אַל יָסִיר אֶת רֹאשִׁי מִתּוֹכַחַת הַצַּדִּיק לָלֶכֶת וְלִלְחֹם אֶת פּוֹעֲלֵי אָוֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**may the oil of the anointment of my head not turn my head away** The royal oil that was poured onto my head, as it is said (above 23:5): “You anointed my head with oil,” should not turn my head away from the reproof of the righteous man, to go and eat bread with the workers of iniquity.


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:5:3
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**כִּי עוֹד.** כִּי כָּל עוֹד וּתְפִלָּתִי בְּפִי, הֲרֵי הִיא בִּשְׁבִיל רָעוֹתֵיהֶם שֶׁל פּוֹעֲלֵי אָוֶן, שֶׁלֹּא אֶכָּשֵׁל בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for as long as** For as long as my prayer is in my mouth, it is about the evils of the workers of iniquity, that I should not stumble on them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:6:1
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**נִשְׁמְטוּ בִידֵי סֶלַע שׁוֹפְטֵיהֶם.** כִּי דַיָּנֵיהֶם וּמַנְהִיגֵיהֶם שֶׁל אֵלּוּ נִשְׁמְטוּ מִדֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֹב בְּיַד יֵצֶר הָרָע וְלֵב הָאֶבֶן וְקָשֶׁה כַּסֶּלַע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Their judges were led astray by [their hearts of] stone** For the judges and leaders of these [people] have been led astray from the good way by the evil inclination and the heart of stone, and it is as hard as a rock.


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:6:2
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**וְשָׁמְעוּ אֲמָרַי.** הַנְּעִימִים שֶׁאֲנִי מְדַבֵּר בְּמִצְוֹתָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וְאֵינָם שָׁבִים מִדַּרְכָּם הָרָעָה. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ בִּבְרַיְתָא דְּסִפְרָא דְּרָשׁוּהוּ (ספרי דברים כו) בְּמֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן שֶׁמֵּתוּ עַל יְדֵי הַסֶּלַע (במדבר כ:יב), אֲבָל אֵינִי יָכוֹל לְיַשֵּׁב הַמִּקְרָא סוֹפוֹ לְרֹאשׁוֹ. וְיֵשׁ לְיַשְּׁבוֹ וְלוֹמַר: דּוֹמִין אֵלּוּ לְעִקְּשׁוּת לְאוֹתָן שֶׁמֵּתוּ מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן עַל יְדֵי הַסֶּלַע עַל יְדֵיהֶם, כִּי אַף אֵלּוּ **שָׁמְעוּ אֲמָרַי** נְעִימִים וְאֵינָם שָׁבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**although they heard my words** [my] pleasant [words], which I speak of the commandments, and they do not repent of their evil way. Our Rabbis in the Baraitha of Sifrei (Deut. 3: 23) interpreted it concerning Moses and Aaron, but I cannot reconcile the end of the verse with its beginning. I can perhaps reconcile it and say that in stubbornness, these people equal the stubbornness of those through whom Moses and Aaron died through the rock, for these too heard the pleasant words but do not repent.


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:7:1
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**כְּמוֹ פוֹלֵחַ.** עֵצִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As one who chops** wood.


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:7:2
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**וּבוֹקֵעַ בָּאָרֶץ.** כֵּן נִפְזְרוּ עֲצָמֵינוּ לְהַגִּיעַ לְפֶתַח הַמָּוֶת בִּשְׁבִיל רָעוֹתֵיהֶם שֶׁל עוֹבְרֵי עֲבֵרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and splits on the ground** So were our bones scattered to reach the entrance of death because of the evils of the transgressors.


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:7:3
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**פּוֹלֵחַ.** לְשׁוֹן בִּקּוּעַ, כְּמוֹ ״יְפַלַּח כִּלְיוֹתָי״ (איוב טז:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Chops** Heb. פלח, an expression of splitting, as (Job 16:13): “He splits my kidneys.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:8:1
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**כִּי אֵלֶיךָ ה׳ אֲדֹנָי עֵינָי.** מוּסָב לַמִּקְרָאוֹת שֶׁל מַעְלָה **שִׁיתָה שָׁמְרָה לְפִי** וְ**אַל תַּט, כִּי עָלֶיךָ עֵינָי וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For to You, etc., are my eyes** This goes back to the above verses (3f.): Place a guard for my mouth...Do not incline...for to You...are my eyes, etc.


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:8:2
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**אַל תְּעַר נַפְשִׁי.** אַל תְּשַׁלַּח נַפְשִׁי מִלְּפָנֶיךָ, כְּמוֹ ״וַתְּעַר כַּדָּהּ אֶל הַשֹּׁקֶת״ (בראשית כד:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**do not cast out my soul** Heb. אל תער. Do not cast me from before You, like (Gen. 24:20): “and emptied (ותער) her pitcher into the watering trough.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 141:10:1
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**יִפְּלוּ בְמַכְמוֹרָיו רְשָׁעִים.** יִפּוֹל הָרָשָׁע עַצְמוֹ בְּמַכְמוֹרָיו שֶׁהוּא פּוֹרֵשׂ לְרַגְלִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**May the wicked fall...into his nets** May the wicked man himself fall into his nets that he spreads at my feet.