## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 143

###### Rashi on Psalms 143:1:1
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**בֶּאֱמוּנָתְךָ.** לְהַאֲמִין הַבְטָחָה שֶׁהִבְטַחְתַּנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with Your faith** to realize the promise that You promised me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 143:3:1
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**כִּי רָדַף אוֹיֵב נַפְשִׁי.** כְּלוֹמַר: אִם חָטָאתִי לְךָ, הֲרֵי לָקִיתִי. וּכְנֶגֶד כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶאֱמַר מִזְמוֹר זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For an enemy pursued my soul** That is to say: If I have sinned before You, behold, I have suffered. This psalm was recited as referring to all of Israel in Babylon.


###### Rashi on Psalms 143:4:1
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**יִשְׁתּוֹמֵם.** לְשׁוֹן אֹטֶם וְתִמָּהוֹן, כְּמוֹ ״וָאֵשֵׁב שָׁם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים מַשְׁמִים בְּתוֹכָם״ (יחזקאל ג:טו); ״וַתֵּשֶׁב תָּמָר וְשֹׁמֵמָה״ (שמואל ב יג:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is appalled** Heb. ישתומם, an expression of daze and astonishment, like (Ezek. 3:15): “and I remained there overwhelmed (משמים) among them seven days.” Also (II Sam. 13:20): “and Tamar sat, overwhelmed (ושוממה).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 143:5:1
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**זָכַרְתִּי יָמִים מִקֶּדֶם.** שֶׁהִפְלֵיתָ לָנוּ נִסִּים רַבִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I remember the days of yore** when You performed for us many wondrous miracles.


###### Rashi on Psalms 143:6:1
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**כְּאֶרֶץ עֲיֵפָה.** בַּגּוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a weary land** in exile.


###### Rashi on Psalms 143:7:1
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**כָּלְתָה רוּחִי.** הַמִּתְאַוֶּה וְאֵינוֹ מַשִּׂיג קָרוּי ״כִּלְיוֹן עֵינַיִם״ (דברים כח:סה) וְכִלְיוֹן רוּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my spirit pines** If one longs and does not attain, it is called the pining of the eyes and the pining of the spirit.


###### Rashi on Psalms 143:8:1
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**בַּבֹּקֶר.** בִּצְמֹחַ הַגְּאֻלָּה (מצאתי):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the morning** When the redemption sprouts. (I found.)


###### Rashi on Psalms 143:8:2
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**הוֹדִיעֵנִי דֶרֶךְ זוּ.** נָשָׂאתִי נַפְשִׁי אֵלֶיךָ שֶׁתְּקַבֵּל שְׁאֵלָתִי (ס״א אינו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**let me know the way in which I am to go; I lift up my soul** that You accept my request.


###### Rashi on Psalms 143:9:1
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**אֵלֶיךָ כִסִּיתִי.** תְּלָאוֹתַי, אֲנִי מְכַסֶּה מִכָּל אָדָם לְהַגִּידָם אֵלֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to You I have hidden** My tribulations I conceal from all men to tell them to You.