## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 2

###### Rashi on Psalms 2:1:1
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**לָמָּה רָגְשׁוּ גוֹיִם.** רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (ברכות ז:) דָּרְשׁוּ אֶת הָעִנְיָן עַל מֶלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ, וּלְפִי מַשְׁמָעוֹ יִהְיֶה נָכוֹן לְפוֹתְרוֹ עַל דָּוִד עַצְמוֹ, כְּעֵין שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים כִּי מָשְׁחוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת דָּוִד לְמֶלֶךְ עֲלֵיהֶם וַיִּקָּבְצוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים אֶת מַחֲנֵיהֶם״ (שמואל ב ה:יז), וְנָפְלוּ בְיָדוֹ, וַעֲלֵיהֶם אָמַר **לָמָּה רָגְשׁוּ גוֹיִם** וְנִתְקַבְּצוּ כֻּלָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Why have nations gathered** Our Sages (Ber. 7b) expounded the passage as referring to the King Messiah, but according to its apparent meaning, it is proper to interpret it as referring to David himself, as the matter is stated (II Sam. 5:17): “And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David as king over Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek, etc.,” and they fell into his hands. Concerning them, he says, “Why have nations gathered,” and they all gathered.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:1:2
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**וּלְאֻמִּים יֶהְגּוּ.** בְּלִבָּם רִיק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and kingdoms think** vain things in their heart.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:1:3
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**וּלְאֻמִּים.** מְנַחֵם פָּתַר לְאֻמִּים וְאֻמִּים וְגוֹיִם כֻּלָּם קְרוֹבֵי עִנְיָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and kingdoms** Heb. ולאמים. Menachem interprets לאמים, אמות, and גוים as all closely related.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:2:1
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**יִתְיַצְּבוּ מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ וְרוֹזְנִים נוֹסְדוּ יָחַד וְגוֹ׳. וְרוֹזְנִים.** שִׁינְיוֹ״רְשׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Kings of a land stand up and nobles take counsel, etc.** Heb. רוזנים, senors (seigneurs) in Old French, lords.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:2:2
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**נוֹסְדוּ.** לְשׁוֹן סוֹד, פורקונשילרוו״ט בְּלַעַ״ז. וּמַה הִיא הָעֵצָה?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**take counsel** Heb. נוסדו, an expression of counsel (סוד), furt konsilez in Old French (furent conseilles), they hold counsel (see below 55:15). And what is the counsel?...


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:3:1
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**נְנַתְּקָה אֶת מוֹסְרוֹתֵימוֹ.** דִּישְׁרוֹנְפְרוֹיְמ״שׁ לוֹיְקוֹרַאנְגְל״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז, אֵלּוּ רְצוּעוֹת שֶׁקּוֹשְׁרִין הָעוֹל בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Let us break their bands** Deronproms lor koyongles in Old French (as in Jer. 27:2). These are the bands with which the yoke is tied.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:3:2
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**עֲבוֹתֵימוֹ.** לוֹיִקוֹרְדוֹ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their cords** Heb. עבתימו, lor kordes (leur cordes) in Old French.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:4:1
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**יִשְׂחָק יִלְעַג יְדַבֵּר.** לְשׁוֹן הֹוֶה הֵם מְשַׁמְּשִׁין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**laughs...mocks...speaks** They are meant as the present tense.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:5:1
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**אָז יְדַבֵּר אֵלֵימוֹ.** כְּמוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם, וּמַה הוּא הַדִּבּוּר?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then He speaks to them** Heb. אלימו, like אליהם. And what is the speech?...


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:6:1
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**וַאֲנִי נָסַכְתִּי מַלְכִּי.** לָמָּה רְגַשְׁתֶּם, וַאֲנִי מִנִּיתִי לִי אֶת זֶה לִנְסֹךְ וְלִמְלֹךְ **עַל צִיּוֹן הַר קָדְשִׁי**?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But I have enthroned My king** Why have you gathered together? I have appointed this one for Me to govern and to reign on Zion, My holy mount.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:7:1
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**אֲסַפְּרָה אֶל חוֹק.** אָמַר דָּוִד: חֹק קָצוּב הוּא, וּמְקַבֵּל עָלַי לְסַפֵּר זֹאת וּלְהוֹדִיעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will tell of the decree** Said David, “This is an established decree, and [one] that I have received to tell this and to make known.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:7:2
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**ה׳ אָמַר אֵלַי.** עַל יְדֵי נָתָן וְגָד וּשְׁמוּאֵל (שמואל ב ז:ד; שמואל א ג:כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Lord said to me** through Nathan, Gad, and Samuel.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:7:3
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**בְּנִי אַתָּה.** רֹאשׁ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, הַקְּרוּיִין בַּתּוֹרָה ״בְּנִי בְכוֹרִי״ (שמות ד:כב), וְהֵם יִתְקַיְּמוּ עַל יָדְךָ. כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּאַבְנֵר (שמואל ב ג:יח): ״כֹּה אָמַר ה׳ בְּיַד דָּוִד עַבְדִּי אוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל״, וּבִשְׁבִילָם אַתָּה לְפָנַי כְּבֵן, שֶׁכֻּלָּם תְּלוּיִין בְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You are My son** The head over Israel, who are called “My firstborn son.” And they will endure through you, as is stated concerning Abner (II Sam. 3:18): “for God said, etc., ‘By the hand of My bondsman David shall I deliver...Israel.’” And for their sake, you are before Me as a son because they are all dependent upon you.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:7:4
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**אֲנִי הַיּוֹם.** שֶׁהִמְלַכְתִּיךָ עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**this day have I** for I have enthroned you over them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:7:5
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**יְלִדְתִּיךָ.** לִהְיוֹת קָרוּי בְּנִי, וְחָבִיב עָלַי כְּבֵן בִּשְׁבִילָם; כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברי הימים א יד:ב) ״וַיֵּדַע דָּוִיד כִּי הֱכִינוֹ ה׳ לְמֶלֶךְ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכִי נִשֵּׂאת מַלְכוּתוֹ בַּעֲבוּר עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל״, וּמָצִינוּ בְּמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַחֲבִיבִין לְפָנָיו שֶׁקְּרוּיִין בָּנִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמואל ב ז:יד) בִּשְׁלֹמֹה ״הוּא יִהְיֶה לִּי לְבֵן וַאֲנִי אֶהְיֶה לּוֹ לְאָב״. וְעוֹד מָצִינוּ בְּדָוִד בְּמִזְמוֹר פ״ט ״הוּא יִקְרָאֵנִי אָבִי אָתָּה אֵלִי וְצוּר יְשׁוּעָתִי״ (תהלים פט:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**begotten you** to be called My son and to be beloved to Me as a son for their sake, as it is stated (I Chronicles 14:2): ‘And David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of His people Israel.’ And we find that the kings of Israel who were beloved before Him were called sons, as it is stated (II Sam. 7:14) concerning Solomon: “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to Me a son.” We find further concerning David (Ps. 89:27) “He shall call Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’”


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:8:1
[Rashi on Psalms 2:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/2:8:1)

**שְׁאַל מִמֶּנִּי.** הִתְפַּלֵּל אֵלַי בְּכָל עֵת שֶׁאַתָּה בָּא לְהִלָּחֵם בְּאוֹיְבֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Request of Me** Pray to Me whenever you come to battle your enemies.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:9:1
[Rashi on Psalms 2:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/2:9:1)

**תִּרְעֵם.** תְּרוֹצְצֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You shall break them** Heb. תרעם [like] תרוצצם.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:9:2
[Rashi on Psalms 2:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/2:9:2)

**בְּשֵׁבֶט בַּרְזֶל.** הִיא הַחֶרֶב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with an iron rod** That is the sword.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:9:3
[Rashi on Psalms 2:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/2:9:3)

**תְּנַפְּצֵם.** תְּשַׁבְּרֵם, וְהוּא לְשׁוֹן נָפוֹץ בְּכָל הַמִּקְרָא: חֶרֶס הַמְּשֻׁבָּר לִשְׁבָרִים דַּקִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you shall shatter them** Heb. תנפצם, you shall break them, and that is the expression of נפוץ throughout the Scriptures, a potsherd that is bro ken into fine pieces.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:10:1
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**וְעַתָּה מְלָכִים הַשְׂכִּילוּ.** נְבִיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אַנְשֵׁי רַחֲמִים, וּמוֹכִיחִים אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם לָסוּר מֵרָעָתָם (תנחומא, בלק א), שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא פּוֹשֵׁט יָד לָרְשָׁעִים וְלַצַּדִּיקִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And now, [you] kings, be wise** The Jewish prophets are merciful people. They reprove the heathens to turn away from their evil, for the Holy One, blessed be He, extends His hand to the wicked and to the righteous.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:11:1
[Rashi on Psalms 2:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/2:11:1)

**וְגִילוּ בִּרְעָדָה.** כְּשֶׁתָּבוֹא אוֹתָהּ רְעָדָה שֶׁכָּתוּב בָּהּ (ישעיהו לג:יד) ״אָחֲזָה רְעָדָה חֲנֵפִים״, תָּגִילוּ וְתִשְׂמְחוּ אִם עֲבַדְתֶּם אֶת ה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and rejoice with quaking** When the quaking, about which it is written (Isa. 33:14): “Trembling seized the flatterers,” comes, you will rejoice and be happy if you have served the Lord.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:12:1
[Rashi on Psalms 2:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/2:12:1)

**נַשְּׁקוּ בַר.** זָרְזוּ עַצְמְכֶם בְּבַר לֵב. (נוסח אחר) **נַשְּׁקוּ בַר.** אַרְנִישְׁמְנְט בְּלַעַ״ז, וּמְנַחֵם פָּתַר אוֹתוֹ לְשׁוֹן תַּאֲוָה כְּמוֹ ״וְאֶל אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ״ (בראשית ג:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Arm yourselves with purity** Arm yourselves with purity of the heart. Some explain נשקו as garnimont in Old French, equipping. (This is from the verb, garnir. Garnimont means to provide, as in Gen. 41:40). Menachem (p. 179) interprets it as an expression of desire, as (in Gen. 3:16): “Your longing (תשוקתך) shall be for your husband.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:12:2
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**פֶּן יֶאֱנַף.** פֶּן יִקְצֹף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lest He become angry** Heb. יאנף, lest He become angry.


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:12:3
[Rashi on Psalms 2:12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/2:12:3)

**וְתֹאבְדוּ דֶרֶךְ.** כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים תֹּאבֵד״ (תהלים א:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you perish in the way** Like the matter that is stated (above 1:16): “but the way of the wicked shall perish.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 2:12:4
[Rashi on Psalms 2:12:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/2:12:4)

**כִּי יִבְעַר כִּמְעַט אַפּוֹ.** כִּי בְרֶגַע מוּעָט יִבְעַר אַפּוֹ עֲלֵיכֶם פִּתְאוֹם, וְאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה **אַשְׁרֵי כָּל חוֹסֵי בוֹ** – יִהְיוּ נִכָּרִים אִשּׁוּרֵי הַחוֹסִים בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for in a moment His wrath will be kindled** For in a short moment His wrath will suddenly be kindled against them, and at that time, the praises of all those who take refuge in Him will be discerned, the praises of all who take refuge in Him.