## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 3

###### Rashi on Psalms 3:1:1
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**מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד בְּבָרְחוֹ.** הַרְבֵּה דְּרָשׁוֹת דָּרְשׁוּ בְּנֵי אַגָּדָה בַּדָּבָר, וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (ברכות ז:): מִשֶּׁאָמַר לוֹ הַנָּבִיא ״הִנְנִי מֵקִים עָלֶיךָ רָעָה מִתּוֹךְ בֵּיתֶךָ״ (שמואל ב יב:יא) הָיָה לִבּוֹ סוֹעֵר שֶׁמָּא עֶבֶד אוֹ מַמְזֵר יָקוּם עָלַי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְרַחֵם עָלַי, כֵּיוָן שֶׁיָּדַע שֶׁבְּנוֹ הוּא שָׂמַח. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה: עַל שֶׁרָאָה טַכְסִיסוֹ קַיֶּמֶת, שֶׁהָיוּ עֲבָדָיו וְהַכְּרֵתִי וְהַפְּלֵתִי, שֶׁהֵם סַנְהֶדְרִין, מַחֲזִיקִים אֲדָנוּתוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם; כְּשֶׁאָמַר לָהֶם ״קוּמוּ וְנִבְרְחָה מִפְּנֵי אַבְשָׁלוֹם״ (שמואל ב טו:יד), מַה כְּתִיב שָׁם? ״כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ הִנֵּה עֲבָדֶיךָ״ (שמואל ב טו:טו); וּכְשֶׁבָּא מַחֲנַיִם, ״וְשֹׁבִי בֶן נָחָשׁ וּמָכִיר בֶּן עַמִּיאֵל וּבַרְזִלַּי הַגִּלְעָדִי״ (שמואל ב יז:כז) יָצְאוּ לִקְרָאתוֹ וְכִלְכְּלוּהוּ שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A song of David, when he fled** The Aggadists expounded many homilies on this matter. Our Sages said (Ber. 7a): When the prophet said to him (in II Sam. 12:11), “Behold I will raise up against you evil out of your own house etc.,” his heart was quaking, perhaps a slave or a mamzer [a child of an illicit union] will rise up against me, who will not have mercy on me. As soon as he found out that it was his son, he was happy. The Midrash Aggadah (Midrash Psalms 3:3) [states]: Because he saw his order intact, for his servants, and the Kerethite and Pelethite, who were the Sanhedrin were affirming his lordship over themselves. When he said to them (ibid. 15:14), “Arise and let us flee etc. from Absalom,” what is written there? (verse 15) “Whatever my lord the king shall choose, behold your servants [are ready to do].” And when he came to Mahanaim (ibid. 17:27), “Shobi, etc. and Machir the son of Amiel, etc. and Barzilai the Gileadite” came to meet him and sustained him there.


###### Rashi on Psalms 3:2:1
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**רַבִּים קָמִים עָלָי.** בְּנֵי אָדָם גְּדוֹלִים בַּתּוֹרָה, גְּדוֹלִים בְּחָכְמָה, גְּדוֹלִים בְּעֹשֶׁר, גְּדוֹלִים בְּקוֹמָה; כְּגוֹן שָׁאוּל (שמואל א טז:ז) וִילִידֵי הָרָפָה (שמואל ב כא:טז-כב), דּוֹאֵג (שמואל א כא:ח) וַאֲחִיתֹפֶל (שמואל ב טו:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Great men rise up against me** Men great in Torah, great in wisdom, great in wealth, tall in stature, such as Saul; the children of Raphah; Doeg, and Ahitophel.


###### Rashi on Psalms 3:3:1
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**אוֹמְרִים לְנַפְשִׁי.** עַל נַפְשִׁי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**say concerning my soul** Heb. לנפשי, concerning my soul.


###### Rashi on Psalms 3:3:2
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**אֵין יְשׁוּעָתָה לּוֹ בֵאלֹהִים סֶלָה.** לְפִי שֶׁבָּא עַל אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“He has no salvation in God to eternity”** Because he was intimate with a married woman.


###### Rashi on Psalms 3:6:1
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**אֲנִי שָׁכַבְתִּי וָאִישָׁנָה.** לִבִּי אָטוּם בִּדְאָגָה וָפַחַד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I lay down and slept** My heart was clogged from worry and fear.


###### Rashi on Psalms 3:6:2
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**הֱקִיצוֹתִי.** מִדְּאָגָתִי, כִּי בָטַחְתִּי **כִּי יְהוָה יִסְמְכֵנִי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I awoke** from my worry, because I trusted that the Lord would support me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 3:7:1
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**שָׁתוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ״שְׁאִיָּה״ (ישעיה כד:יב) גאטירנ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: שָׁתוּ כְּמוֹ שָׂמוּ, כְּמוֹ ״לְמַעַן שִׁתִי אֹתֹתַי״ (שמות י:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have set themselves** Heb. שתו, an expression of desolation, gatiront in Old French, to destroy. Others say that שתו is like שמו, they placed, like (Exod. 10:1): “in order that I set up (שתי) my signs.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 3:8:1
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**כִּי הִכִּיתָ אֶת כָּל אוֹיְבַי לֶחִי.** מַכַּת בִּזָּיוֹן הִיא, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר: ״יִתֵּן לְמַכֵּהוּ לֶחִי״ (איכה ג:ל), ״בַּשֵּׁבֶט יַכּוּ עַל הַלֶּחִי״ (מיכה ד:יד). וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה: מַכַּת הַפֶּה, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר: ״וַיְצַו אֶל בֵּיתוֹ וַיֵּחָנַק״ (שמואל ב יז:כג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for You have struck all my enemies on the cheek** This is a disgraceful blow, as you say (Lam. 3: 30): “Let him offer his cheek to the smiter”; (Micah 4:14), “with a rod they strike...on the cheek.” According to the Midrash Aggadah (Mid. Ps. 3:7), this is a sickness of the mouth, [choking, croup] as you say (II Sam. 17:23): “And he [Ahithophel] gave charge to his household and he strangled himself.


###### Rashi on Psalms 3:8:2
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**שִׁנֵּי רְשָׁעִים.** גְּבוּרָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the teeth of the wicked** Their might.


###### Rashi on Psalms 3:9:1
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**לַה׳ הַיְשׁוּעָה וְגוֹ׳.** עָלָיו לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת עֲבָדָיו וְאֶת עַמּוֹ, וְעַל עַמּוֹ מוּטָּל לְבָרֵךְ וּלְהוֹדוֹת לוֹ **סֶּלָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**It is incumbent upon the Lord to save, etc.** It is incumbent upon Him to save His servants and His people, and it is incumbent upon His people to bless Him and thank Him forever.