## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 18

###### Rashi on Psalms 18:1:1
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**בְּיוֹם הִצִּיל ה׳ אוֹתוֹ וְגוֹ׳.** כְּשֶׁהִזְקִין, וּכְבָר עָבְרוּ עָלָיו כָּל צָרוֹתָיו וְנִצּוֹל מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the day the Lord saved him etc.** When he became old and all his troubles had already passed over him and he was saved from them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:1:2
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**וּמִיַּד שָׁאוּל.** וַהֲלֹא שָׁאוּל בִּכְלָל הָיָה? אֶלָּא לְפִי שֶׁהָיָה קָשֶׁה עָלָיו וְרוֹדְפוֹ יוֹתֵר מִכֻּלָּם. כְּיוֹצֵא בַדָּבָר אַתָּה אוֹמֵר: ״וְרָאוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת יְרִיחוֹ״ (יהושע ב:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and from the hand of Saul** Was not Saul included? But [he is mentioned specifically] because he was the harshest to him and pursued him more than all of them. Similarly, you say (in Josh. 2:1): “see the land and Jericho.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:2:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:2:1)

**אֶרְחָמְךָ.** אֲאַהֶבְךָ, כְּדִמְתַרְגֵּם ״וְאָהַבְתָּ״ (ויקרא יט:יח): ״וְתִרְחַם״ (תרגום אונקלוס):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I love You** Heb. ארחמך, I love You, as the Targum renders (Lev. 19:18): “and you shall love your neighbor,” ותרחם.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:3:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:3:1)

**סַלְעִי.** שֶׁעֲזַרְתַּנִי בְּסֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת, כְּשֶׁהָיִיתִי מְצֻמְצָם בֵּין שָׁאוּל וַאֲנָשָׁיו לְהִתָּפֵס, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְשָׁאוּל וַאֲנָשָׁיו עוֹטְרִים אֶל דָּוִד וְגוֹמֵר״ (שמואל א כג:כו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my rock** For You saved me at the Rock of the Divisions (I Sam. 23:28), when I was trapped between Saul and his men, to be caught, as it is stated (in I Sam. 23:26): “but Saul and his men were encircling to David and his men etc.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:3:2
[Rashi on Psalms 18:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:3:2)

**וּמְצוּדָתִי.** לְשׁוֹן מִבְצָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and my fortress** Heb. ומצודתי, an expression of a fortress.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:3:3
[Rashi on Psalms 18:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:3:3)

**צוּרִי.** לְשׁוֹן סֶלַע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my rock** Heb. צורי, an expression of a rock.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:3:4
[Rashi on Psalms 18:3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:3:4)

**אֶחֱסֶה.** אַבְרִיאַיְי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will take refuge** Abrier in French (to protect, cover; cf. Rashi to Isa. 30:2, Joel 4:16).


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:3:5
[Rashi on Psalms 18:3:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:3:5)

**אֶחֱסֶה בּוֹ.** אֶתְכַּסֶּה בְּצִלּוֹ, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וּמִבְּלִי מַחְסֶה חִבְּקוּ צוּר״ (איוב כד:ח) – שֶׁהַסְּלָעִים כִּסּוּי וּמָגֵן לְהוֹלְכֵי דְרָכִים מִן הָרוּחוֹת וּמִזֶּרֶם גְּשָׁמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will take refuge in Him** I will take shelter in His shade, as the matter is stated (in Job 24:8): “and without shelter (מחסה) they embrace the rocks,” because the rocks are a shelter and a shield for the travelers from the winds and from the downpour of rains.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:4:1
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**מְהֻלָּל אֶקְרָא ה׳.** בְּהִלּוּלִים אֶקְרָא וְאֶתְפַּלֵּל לְפָנָיו תָּמִיד, כְּלוֹמַר אַף לִפְנֵי הַתְּשׁוּעָה אֲנִי מְהַלְּלוֹ, לְפִי שֶׁבָּטוּחַ אֲנִי שֶׁ**אִוָּשַׁע** מֵאוֹיְבַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**With praise I call to the lord** With praises I call Him and pray before Him constantly, i.e., even before the salvation I praise Him, because I am confident that I will be saved from my enemies.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:5:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:5:1)

**אֲפָפוּנִי חֶבְלֵי מָוֶת.** פְּעָמִים רַבּוֹת סְבָבוּנִי רְשָׁעִים, אֲפָפוּנִי כְּמוֹ סְבָבוּנִי, וְכֵן ״אָפְפוּ עָלַי רָעוֹת״ (תהלים מ:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Bands of death have encompassed me** On many occasions wicked men have surrounded me. אפפוני is like סבבוני. Similarly (below 40:13), “For countless evils...have encompassed (אפפו) me.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:5:2
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**חֶבְלֵי מָוֶת.** מַחֲנוֹת אוֹיְבִים, כְּמוֹ ״חֶבֶל נְבִיאִים״ בְּסֵפֶר שְׁמוּאֵל (שמואל א י:ה). וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״כְּאִתְּתָא דְּיָתְבָא עַל מַתְבְּרָא״, לְשׁוֹן ״חֶבְלֵי יוֹלֵדָה״ (הושע יג:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Bands of death** Heb. חבלי, camps of enemies, as (in I Sam. 10:5): “a band (חבל) of prophets.” But Jonathan renders: as a woman who sits on a birthstool, an expression of the pangs (חבלי) of a woman in confinement.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:5:3
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**וְנַחֲלֵי בְלִיַּעַל.** אַף הוּא לְשׁוֹן גְּיָסוֹת שׁוֹטְפִים כְּנַחַל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and streams of scoundrels** That too is an expression of troops that flood like a stream.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:6:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:6:1)

**חֶבְלֵי שְׁאוֹל.** כְּמוֹ **חֶבְלֵי מָוֶת** – ״מַשְׁרְיָן רַשִׁיעָן״ (תרגום יונתן שמואל ב כב:ו), וַאֲנִי מָה הָיִיתִי עוֹשֶׂה?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Bands of the nether world** Like “bands of death,” camps of wicked men, and I - what did I do?


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:7:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:7:1)

**בַּצַּר לִי אֶקְרָא.** אֲנִי הָיִיתִי קוֹרֵא לַה׳ תָּמִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When I am in distress, I call** I would always call upon the Lord.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:8:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:8:1)

**וַתִּגְעַשׁ וַתִּרְעַשׁ הָאָרֶץ.** אֵינוֹ מְחֻבָּר לְמִקְרָא עֶלְיוֹן, אֶלָּא מְחֻבָּר רֹאשׁוֹ לְסוֹפוֹ: **כִּי חָרָה לוֹ וַתִּגְעַשׁ וַתִּרְעַשׁ הָאָרֶץ.** כִּי מְשַׁמֵּשׁ בִּלְשׁוֹן כַּאֲשֶׁר: כְּשֶׁחָרָה לוֹ וּבָא לִנְקֹם נִקְמַת עַמּוֹ וַעֲבָדָיו מִפַּרְעֹה וּמֵעַמּוֹ, גָּעֲשָׁה וְרָעֲשָׁה הָאָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The earth shook and quaked** This is not connected to the preceding verse, but its beginning is connected to its end; i.e., when He was angered, the earth shook and quaked. [The word] כי is used as an expression of “when.” When He was angered and came to wreak the vengeance of His people, His servants, on Pharaoh and his people, the earth shook and quaked.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:9:1
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**עָלָה עָשָׁן בְּאַפּוֹ.** אַנְשִׁישְׁנַארִילַ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז, כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ כָּל חֲרוֹן אַף לְהַעֲלוֹת עָשָׁן מִנְּחִירָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Smoke went up in His nostrils** (En ses nariles in Old French, in his nostrils.) So is the custom of every anger, to cause smoke to ascend from his nostrils.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:10:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:10:1)

**וַיֵּט שָׁמַיִם וַיֵּרַד.** לַעֲבוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם. **וַיֵּרַד** כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: אִיאַנְטְבִּ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And He bent the heavens, and He came down** to pass through the land of Egypt. “He came down” is to be understood in its simple meaning. Another explanation is “i atonvit” in Old French, to flatten, as (in Exod. 39:3), and the radical is רדד.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:11:1
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**וַיֵּדֶא.** וַיָּעֹף, כְּמוֹ ״כַּאֲשֶׁר יִדְאֶה הַנָּשֶׁר״ (דברים כח:מט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He swooped** Heb. וידא, He flew, as (in Deut. 28:49), “as the eagle swoops (ידאה).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:12:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:12:1)

**חֶשְׁכַת מַיִם.** שֶׁבְּעָבֵי שְׁחָקִים הֵם חֹשֶׁךְ אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹתָיו. וְשֶׁמָּא תֹּאמַר: לִפְנִים מִן הַחֹשֶׁךְ אֵין אוֹר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **מִנֹּגַהּ אֲשֶׁר נֶגְדּוֹ** וּמִתּוֹךְ מְחִיצָתוֹ, אֶת עָבָיו אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹתָיו בּוֹקְעִים וְעוֹבְרִים **בָּרָד וְגַחֲלֵי אֵשׁ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the darkness of waters** that are in the thick clouds of the skies are the darkness that is about Him. Lest you say that within the darkness there is no light, Scripture tells us: From the brightness before Him, and from within His partition, His thick clouds that are about Him are split, and hail and coals of fire pass through them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:13:1
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**עָבְרוּ.** טְרִישְׁפָּא״שְׁנְט בְּלַעַ״ז, הַבָּרָד בּוֹקֵעַ וְעוֹבֵר עַל הַמִּצְרִיִּים עַל יָם סוּף (שמות יד:כא-כח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**passed** Heb. עברו, trepasant in Old French, passed. The hail split and passes through onto the Egyptians at the Sea of Reeds.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:16:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:16:1)

**וַיֵּרָאוּ אֲפִיקֵי מַיִם.** כְּשֶׁנִּבְקַע הַיָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the depths of the water appeared** when the sea split.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:16:2
[Rashi on Psalms 18:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:16:2)

**וַיִּגָּלוּ מוֹסְדוֹת תֵּבֵל.** שֶׁכָּל מֵימוֹת שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם נִבְקְעוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the foundations of the world were laid bare** for all the waters in the world split.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:16:3
[Rashi on Psalms 18:16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:16:3)

**מִנִּשְׁמַת.** מִנְּשִׁיבַת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**by the blast** from the blowing.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:17:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:17:1)

**יִשְׁלַח מִמָּרוֹם.** מַלְאָכָיו לְהַצִּיל אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן הַיָּם וּמִמִּצְרַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He sent forth from on high** His angels to save Israel from the sea and from the Egyptians.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:17:2
[Rashi on Psalms 18:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:17:2)

**יִמְשֵׁנִי.** לְשׁוֹן הוֹצָאָה, כְּמוֹ ״כִּי מִן הַמַּיִם מְשִׁיתִהוּ״ (שמות ב:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He drew me out** Heb. ימשני, an expression of drawing out, as (in Exod. 2:10), “I drew him out (משיתהו) of the water.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:19:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:19:1)

**יְקַדְּמוּנִי.** אוֹיְבַי הָיוּ מְמַהֲרִין וּמַקְדִּימִין לָבֹא עָלַי <b>בְיוֹם אֵידִי וַיְהִי ה׳ וְגוֹמֵר״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They confronted me** My enemies would hasten and attack me early on the day of my calamity, but the Lord was, etc.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:21:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:21:1)

**כְּצִדְקִי.** כְּצֶדֶק לֶכְתִּי אַחֲרָיו בַּמִּדְבָּר (ירמיהו ב:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**according to my righteousness** According to the righteousness of my following Him in the desert.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:21:2
[Rashi on Psalms 18:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:21:2)

**כְּבֹר.** לְשׁוֹן נְקִיּוּת, כְּמוֹ ״וּבַר לֵבָב״ (תהלים כד:ד). דָּבָר אַחֵר: **יִשְׁלַח מִמָּרוֹם יִקָּחֵנִי** – כְּנֶגֶד עַצְמוֹ אָמַר, עַל שֵׁם הַמַּלְאָךְ שֶׁבָּא בְּסֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת לִפְצוֹת אֶת שָׁאוּל מֵעָלָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וּמַלְאָךְ בָּא אֶל שָׁאוּל וְגוֹמֵר״ (שמואל א כג:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**according to the cleanness** Heb. כבד, an expression of cleanness, as (below 24:4), “and pure of heart.” Another explanation: He sent forth from on high [and] He took me. [David] said this about himself, concerning the angel who came to the Rock of the Divisions (I Sam. 23:27) to turn Saul away from him, as it is stated: “And an angel came to Saul, etc.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:21:3
[Rashi on Psalms 18:21:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:21:3)

**כְּצִדְקִי.** שֶׁלֹּא הֲרַגְתִּיו בְּכָרְתִי אֶת כְּנַף מְעִילוֹ (שמואל א כד:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**according to my righteousness** that I did not slay him when I sliced off the skirt of his coat. [Obviously, Rashi explains verses 8-17 as referring to Israel’s departure from Egypt. Only in verse 17 does he suggest the explanation that David refers to his own experiences.]


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:23:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:23:1)

**כִּי כָל מִשְׁפָּטָיו לְנֶגְדִּי.** תָּמִיד שַׂמְתִּים אוֹתָם לְנֶגֶד עֵינַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For all His ordinances were before me** I always placed them before my eyes.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:26:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:26:1)

**עִם חָסִיד תִּתְחַסָּד.** כְּלוֹמַר: לְפִי שֶׁכֵּן דְּרָכָיו, לִגְמוֹל מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה. **חָסִיד**, תָּמִים, **נָבָר** – כְּנֶגֶד שְׁלֹשָׁה אָבוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**With a kind one, You show Yourself kind** Because so are His ways, to pay a measure for a measure. Kind...sincere...pure, corresponding to the three patriarchs.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:27:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:27:1)

**עִם נָבָר.** נֶאֱמָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**With a pure one** a faithful one.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:27:2
[Rashi on Psalms 18:27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:27:2)

**עִם עִקֵּשׁ.** כְּנֶגֶד פַּרְעֹה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but with a crooked one** alluding to Pharaoh.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:29:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:29:1)

**כִּי אַתָּה תָּאִיר נֵרִי.** כְּשֶׁנִּלְחַם בַּלַּיְלָה בִּגְדוּד עֲמָלֵק הַבָּא עַל צִקְלַג, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיַּכֵּם דָּוִד מֵהַנֶּשֶׁף וְעַד הָעֶרֶב לְמָחֳרָתָם״ (שמואל א ל:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For You light my lamp** when he fought at night with the Amalekite troop that attacked Ziklag, as it is stated (in I Sam. 30:17): “And David smote them from evening until evening to their morrow.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:30:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:30:1)

**כִּי בְךָ.** בְּמִבְטַחֲךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For by You** By Your assurance.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:30:2
[Rashi on Psalms 18:30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:30:2)

**וּבֵאלֹהַי אֲדַלֶּג שׁוּר.** כְּשֶׁבָּא לְהִלָּחֵם עַל יְבוּס וְאָמַר: ״כָּל מַכֵּה יְבוּסִי יִהְיֶה לְרֹאשׁ וּלְשַׂר״ (דברי הימים א יא:ו), הֵבִיא יוֹאָב בְּרוֹשׁ רַעֲנָן וּכּפָפוֹ, וְנִתְלָה בּוֹ וְעָלָה עַל הַחוֹמָה. אָמַר דָּוִד: ״יֶהֶלְמֵנִי צַדִּיק וְגוֹמֵר״ (תהלים קמא:ה), קִצֵּר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶת הַחוֹמָה וְדִלֵּג. בְּמִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and by my God I scale a wall** When he came to wage war against Jebus, and he said (in I Chron. 11:6): “Whoever smites the Jebusites, etc. shall be a leader and a prince.” Joab brought a green juniper tree, bent it over, suspended himself on it, and scaled the wall. Said David (in Ps. 141:5): “May a righteous man smite me with loving-kindness,” and the Holy one, blessed be He, lowered the wall, and he scaled it (Mid. Ps. 18:24).


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:31:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:31:1)

**צְרוּפָה.** בְּרוּרָה; מַבְטִיחַ וְעוֹשֶׂה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**refined** Pure. He promises and He does.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:33:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:33:1)

**וַיִּתֵּן תָּמִים דַּרְכִּי.** הֵסִיר מִדְּרָכַי כָּל תַּקָּלָה וּמִכְשׁוֹל, עַד שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה שָׁלֵם וְכָבוּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and He makes my way perfect** He removed all obstacles from my way until it became perfect and paved.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:34:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:34:1)

**מְשַׁוֶּה רַגְלַי כָּאַיָּלוֹת.** רַגְלֵי הַנְּקֵבוֹת עוֹמְדוֹת בְּיֹשֶׁר יוֹתֵר מִשֶּׁל זְכָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He makes my feet like hinds** The feet of the females stand straighter than those of the males.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:35:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:35:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:35:1)

**וְנִחֲתָה קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָׁה זְרוֹעֹתָי.** וְנִחֲתָה לְשׁוֹן דְּרִיכַת קֶשֶׁת, כְּמוֹ ״חִצֶּיךָ נִחֲתוּ בִי״ (תהלים לח:ג), וּפֹעַל שֶׁלּוֹ נָחַת וּכְשֶׁמִּתְפַּעֵל בָּא דָּגֵשׁ וּמְחַסֵּר אֶת הַנּוּ״ן **וְנִחֲתָה** מִגִּזְרַת נִנְחֲתָה כְּמוֹ ״נִחַר גְּרוֹנִי״ (תהלים סט:ד) מִגִּזְרַת נִנְחַר, כְּמוֹ ״נָחַר מַפֻּחַ״ (ירמיהו ו:כט) נִדַּף מִגִּזְרָה נִנְדַּף, ״עֵינִי נִגְּרָה״ (איכה ג:מט) כְּמוֹ נִנְגְּרָה, נִתְּנָה כְּמוֹ נִנְתְּנָה, נִגַּף מִגִּזְרַת נִנְגַּף. וְאֵין לְפוֹתְרוֹ מִגִּזְרַת חָתָה, שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ לוֹמַר נִחְתְּתָה כְּמוֹ מִן עָשָׂה נֶעֶשְׂתָה מִן עָנָה נַעֲנְתָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **וְנִחֲתָה קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָׁה זְרוֹעֹתָי** חִיֵּת לְשׁוֹן דְּרִיכַת קֶשֶׁת כְּמוֹ ״חִצֶּיךָ נִחֲתוּ״ (תהלים לח:ג) הַנּוּ״ן אֵינָהּ יְסוֹד בַּתֵּבָה אֶלָּא כְּמוֹ נִחֲלוּ וְנִדְרְכָה קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָׁה עַל יְדֵי זְרוֹעוֹתַי, קַשָּׁתוֹת שֶׁל נְחֹשֶׁת הָיוּ תְּלוּיוֹת לוֹ לְדָוִד בְּבֵיתוֹ וְרוֹאִין אוֹתָם מַלְכֵי הָאֻמּוֹת וְאוֹמְרִים זֶה לָזֶה אַתָּה סָבוּר שֶׁיֵּשׁ כֹּחַ בְּיַד דָּוִד לְדוֹרְכָן אֵין זֶה אֶלָּא לְיָרְאֵנוּ, וְהוּא הָיָה שׁוֹמֵעַ וְדוֹרְכָן בִּפְנֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**so that a copper bow is bent by my arms** Heb. ונחתה, an expression of treading the bow, as (below 38:3): “Your arrows were driven (נחתו) into me.” Its radical [or its active voice] is נחת. When it is used in the passive voice, a dagesh comes and causes the “nun” to drop out. Hence נחתה is derived from ננחתה as (below 69:4): “My throat is dried (נחר),” derived from ננחר as (in Jer. 6:29): “The bellows is heated (נחר)”; נדף, rattling (in Lev. 26:36) is derived from ננדף ; “My eyes stream (נגרה)” (in Lam. 3:49), is like ננגרה ; “was given (נתנה)” (Gen. 38:14) is like ננתנה ; “they were smitten (נגף)” (II Sam. 10:15) is derived from ננגף. We cannot interpret it as being of the radical חתת, for then it would say נחתתה, as [it says] נעשתה, was done, from עשה ; נענתה, was answered, from ענה. Another explanation: and a copper bow is bent by my arms: חית is an expression of treading a bow, as (below 38:3): “Your arrows were driven (נחתו).” The “nun” is not of the radical but it is like נחלו “gave for inheritance” (in Jos. 14:1), and the copper bow was bent by my arms. Copper bows were hanging in David’s house. The kings of the nations would see them and say to each other, “Do you think that David has the strength to bend them? This is only to frighten us.” But he would hear [them] and bend the bows before them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:36:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:36:1)

**וְעַנְוָתְךָ תַרְבֵּנִי.** הִרְבֵּיתָה מִדַּת עֲנָוְתְךָ לְהִתְנַהֵג בָּהּ עִמִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and You have treated me with great humility** You have dealt with me with great humility.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:37:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:37:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:37:1)

**תַּרְחִיב צַעֲדִי תַחְתָּי.** הַמַּרְחִיב צְעָדָיו אֵינוֹ נוֹחַ לִיפּוֹל, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר ״בְּלֶכְתְּךָ לֹא יֵצַר צַעֲדֶךָ״ (משלי ד:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You have enlarged my step[s] beneath me** One who widens his steps does not fall easily. Similarly, Scripture states (in Prov. 4:12): “When you walk, your steps will not be hampered (יצר) .”


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:37:2
[Rashi on Psalms 18:37:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:37:2)

**מָעֲדוּ.** אִיקְלוֹרְגִירִינְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**slipped** Heb. מעדו aluverjert in Old French, to slip.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:37:3
[Rashi on Psalms 18:37:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:37:3)

**קַרְסֻלָּי.** הֵם הָרַגְלַיִם מִן הָאִסְתּוֹרִין, שֶׁקּוֹרִין קָבִילָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז, וּלְמַטָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my ankles** Heb. קרסלי. They are the feet from the ankle which is called keville (cheville) in Old Frenchand below [to the heel].


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:41:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:41:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:41:1)

**נָתַתָּה לִּי עֹרֶף.** פּוֹנִים לִי עָרְפָּם וּבוֹרְחִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You have given me the back of their necks** They would turn the back of their necks to me and flee.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:42:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:42:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:42:1)

**יְשַׁוְּעוּ.** לַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה שֶׁלָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They pray** to their idols.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:42:2
[Rashi on Psalms 18:42:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:42:2)

**וְאֵין מוֹשִׁיעַ.** שֶׁאֵין בָּהּ יְכֹלֶת, וְחוֹזְרִים וְקוֹרְאִים אֶל ה׳, וְלֹא עָנָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but no one saves them** Because it [their prayer] has no power, and they return and call upon the Lord, but He does not answer them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:43:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:43:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:43:1)

**וְאֶשְׁחָקֵם.** לְשׁוֹן כְּתִישָׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then I ground them** Heb. ואשחקם, an expression of crushing.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:43:2
[Rashi on Psalms 18:43:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:43:2)

**אֲרִיקֵם.** כְּטִיט הַנָּרוּק, שֶׁאֵינוֹ עָב. כְּמוֹ ״הֵם מְרִיקִים שַׂקֵּיהֶם״ (בראשית מב:לה), ״לֹא הוּרַק מִכְּלִי אֶל כֶּלִי״ (ירמיהו מח:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I did pour them** like loose mud, which is not thick, as (in Gen. 42:35): “when they emptied (מריקים) their sacks”; (in Jer. 48:11), “has not been poured (הורק) from one vessel to another vessel.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:44:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:44:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:44:1)

**תְּפַלְּטֵנִי מֵרִיבֵי עָם.** שֶׁלֹּא אֵעָנֵשׁ בְּדִין יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַטּוֹת מִשְׁפָּט, וְלֹא לְשַׁעְבֵּד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל יוֹתֵר מִן הָרְשׁוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You allowed me to escape from the contenders of the people** so that I should not be punished according to Jewish law, for perverting justice or for subjugating an Israelite more than is permitted.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:44:2
[Rashi on Psalms 18:44:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:44:2)

**תְּשִׂימֵנִי לְרֹאשׁ גּוֹיִם.** שֶׁאֵין עֹנֶשׁ בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You shall make me the head over nations** for whom there is no punishment.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:45:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:45:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:45:1)

**לְשֵׁמַע אֹזֶן.** אֲפִילּוּ שֶׁלֹּא בְּפָנַי, אֶלָּא שֶׁיִּשְׁמְעוּ שְׁלִיחוּתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As soon as they hear** Even in my absence, as long as they hear my message.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:45:2
[Rashi on Psalms 18:45:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:45:2)

**יִשָּׁמְעוּ לִי.** יָסוּרוּ אֶל מִשְׁמַעְתִּי, וְיִהְיוּ נִשְׁמָעִים לִדְבָרַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they shall obey me** They shall give heed to my bidding and obey my orders.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:45:3
[Rashi on Psalms 18:45:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:45:3)

**יְכַחֲשׁוּ לִי.** מֵחֲמַת יִרְאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall lie to me** out of fright.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:46:1
[Rashi on Psalms 18:46:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/18:46:1)

**יִבֹּלוּ.** יִלְאוּ, כְּמוֹ ״נָבֹל תִּבֹּל״ (שמות יח:יח), דִּמְתַרְגֵּם ״מִילְאָה תִּילְאָה״. וּמְנַחֵם פֵּירֵשׁ כְּמוֹ ״אַחֲרֵי בְלֹתִי״ (בראשית יח:יב), וְכֵן פֵּירֵשׁ ״נָבֹל תִּבֹּל״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall wither** Heb. יבלו. They shall become weary, as (in Exod. 18:18): “you shall surely wither (נבל תבל),” which the Targum renders: you shall surely weary. Menachem (Machbereth p. 45) explains it as (in Gen. 18:12): “after I have become old (בלתי),” and he explained נבל תבל in the same manner.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:46:2
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**וְיַחְרְגוּ.** לְשׁוֹן אֵימָה. ״מֵחֲדָרִים אֵימָה״ (דברים לב:כה) מְתַרְגְּמִינָן: ״חַרְגַּת מוֹתָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they shall fear** Heb. ויחרגו, an expression of fear; (in Deut. 32:25) “and terror from within,” the Targum renders: חרגת, fear of death.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:46:3
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**מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתֵיהֶם.** מֵחֲמַת יִסּוּרֵי מַסְגְּרוֹת כֶּלֶא שֶׁאֲנִי מַסְגִּירָם שָׁם וּמְיַסְּרָן בָּהֶן. **וְיַחְרְגוּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתֵיהֶם** מְנַחֵם פָּתַר אוֹתוֹ לְשׁוֹן רִפְיוֹן חֲגוֹרָה, וְכֵן פֵּרוּשׁוֹ: וְיִתְרַפּוּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתֵיהֶם. וְדוּנָ״שׁ פָּתַר **וְיַחְרְגוּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתֵיהֶם** וְיִפְסְחוּ מִכַּבְלֵיהֶם הַנְּתוּנִים עַל רַגְלֵיהֶם. וּפִתְרוֹן וְיַחְרְגוּ ״וְיִפְסְחוּ״ (ויקרא כא:יח), כְּדִמְתַרְגְּמִינָן ״חֲגִירָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their imprisonments** Because of the tortures of the imprisonments in the dungeon where I imprison them and where they torture them. Menachem (p. 94) interprets it as an expression of loosening the girdle, and so he explains it: and they will be loosened of their girdles [meaning they will be frightened or weakened]. Dunash interprets ויחגרו ממסגרותיהם, and they will be lamed from their shackles, which are placed on their feet. The meaning of ויחגרו is: they will become lame, as the Aramaic for a lame person is חגר.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:47:1
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**חַי ה׳.** הָעוֹשֶׂה לִי כָּל זֹאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Lord lives** He Who does all this for me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:48:1
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**הַנּוֹתֵן נְקָמוֹת לִי.** נוֹתֵן בִּי כֹּחַ לְהִנָּקֵם מֵאוֹיְבַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who grants me vengeance** Who gives me strength to avenge myself upon my enemies.


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:48:2
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**וַיְדַבֵּר.** וְיַהֲרֹג, לְשׁוֹן דֶּבֶר. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: כְּמוֹ ״וַיִּנְהַג״ (שמות ג:א), דִּמְתַרְגְּמִינַן: ״וּדְבַר״. וְכֵן חִבְּרוֹ מְנַחֵם, וְגַם כֵּן חִבֵּר ״יַדְבֵּר עַמִּים תַּחְתֵּינוּ״ (תהלים מז:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and destroys** Heb. וידבר, and He slew, an expression of דבר, pestilence. Another explanation: as (in Exod. 3:1): “and he led (וינהג),” which is translated into Aramaic as וּדְבַר. Menachem (p. 61) too associated it in this manner. Likewise, he associated (below 47:4), “He leads (יַדְבֵּר) peoples under us.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 18:48:3
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**תַּחְתָּי.** בִּמְקוֹמִי וְחִלּוּפִי, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וָאֶתֵּן אָדָם תַּחְתֶּיךָ״ (ישעיהו מג:ד) – ״נָתַתִּי כָפְרְךָ מִצְרַיִם״ (ישעיהו מג:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**instead of me** Heb. תחתי, in my place and in my stead, as the matter is stated (in Isa. 43:4): “and I give men in your stead (תחתיך), (verse 3), “I have given Egypt as your ransom. [Cush and Seba in your stead (תחתיך)].”