## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 147

###### Rashi on Psalms 147:1:1
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**כִּי טוֹב זַמְּרָה.** כִּי טוֹב לְזַמֵּר לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For it is good to sing** For it is good to sing to Him.


###### Rashi on Psalms 147:9:1
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**לַחְמָהּ.** מַאֲכָלָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its food** Heb. לחמה, lit. its bread.


###### Rashi on Psalms 147:9:2
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**לִבְנֵי עוֹרֵב.** פֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (ויקרא רבה יט, א), שֶׁהוּא אַכְזָרִי עַל בָּנָיו, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְרַחֵם עֲלֵיהֶם וּמַזְמִין לָהֶם יַתּוּשִׁין מִתּוֹךְ צוֹאָתָם וְנִכְנָסִין לְתוֹךְ פִּיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the young ravens** Our Sages explained that he [the raven] is cruel to his offspring, and the Holy One, blessed be He, has pity on them and prepares for them gnats from their excrement, which enter their mouths.


###### Rashi on Psalms 147:10:1
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**לֹא בִגְבוּרַת הַסּוּס יֶחְפָּץ.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He does not desire the might of the horse** [i.e.,] the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Psalms 147:10:2
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**לֹא בְשׁוֹקֵי הָאִישׁ יִרְצֶה.** וְלֹא בְּקַלּוּת מְרוּצַת שׁוֹקֵי הָאִישׁ יִרְצֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**nor does He take pleasure in the legs of man** nor does He want the swiftness of the running of the legs of man.


###### Rashi on Psalms 147:14:1
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**חֵלֶב חִטִּים.** טוּב חִטִּים שְׁמֵנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the best of the wheat** Heb. חלב, lit. fat. The best, fat wheat kernels.


###### Rashi on Psalms 147:16:1
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**כְּפוֹר.** גְּלִיזָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**hoarfrost** Heb. כפור, jelede in Old French.


###### Rashi on Psalms 147:17:1
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**מַשְׁלִיךְ קַרְחוֹ כְפִתִּים.** הַמַּיִם מַגְלִידִים וְנַעֲשִׂין פְּתִיתִין פְּתִיתִין, וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה **כְפִתִּים** הַכֹּל לְפִי מַשָּׂא הַבְּרִיּוֹת: הֶעָנִי לְפִי חוֹסֶר מַלְבּוּשָׁיו מֵיקֵל עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He hurls His ice like crumbs** The water congeals and becomes crumbs. [According to] Midrash Aggadah: **like crumbs** Everything [is] according to the burden of the people: the poor man—according to his lack of clothing, He is lenient with him.


###### Rashi on Psalms 147:17:2
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**מִי יַעֲמֹד.** שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא צוֹנֵן בְּקָרָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who can stand** that he should not become chilled from His cold?


###### Rashi on Psalms 147:18:1
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**יִשְׁלַח דְּבָרוֹ וְיַמְסֵם.** לְאוֹתָם פִּתִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He sends His word and melts them** those crumbs.


###### Rashi on Psalms 147:18:2
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**יָשֵּׁב רוּחוֹ.** רוּחַ מַעֲרָבִי לְהַשְׁבִּית הַקֶּרַח, וְ**יִזְּלוּ מָיִם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He blows His wind** The west wind, to get rid of the ice, and water runs.