## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 35

###### Rashi on Psalms 35:1:1
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**רִיבָה ה׳ אֶת יְרִיבַי.** עֲשֵׂה מְרִיבָה עִם אוֹתָם שֶׁעוֹשִׂים מְרִיבָה עִמִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O Lord, strive with those who strive against me** Make a quarrel with those who make quarrels with me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:1:2
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**לְחַם.** לְשׁוֹן מִלְחָמָה, וְכֵן **לוֹחֲמַי**: הִלָּחֵם עִם הַנִּלְחָמִים עִמִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**battle** Heb. לחם an expression of war (מלחמה), and so לחמי, battle those who battle with me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:3:1
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**וְהָרֵק חֲנִית.** הִזְדַּיֵּן, כְּמוֹ ״אָרִיק חַרְבִּי״ (שמות טו:ט), ״וַיָּרֶק אֶת חֲנִיכָיו״ (בראשית יד:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And arm Yourself with a spear** Heb. והרק. Arm Yourself, as (in Exod. 15:9) “I will arm myself (אריק) with my sword”; (Gen. 14:14), “And he armed (וירק) his trained men.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:3:2
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**וּסְגֹר לִקְרַאת רֹדְפָי.** הָגֵן בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיהֶם כִּמְחִיצָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and bar the way before my pursuers** Protect between me and them, as a barrier.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:3:3
[Rashi on Psalms 35:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:3:3)

**לְנַפְשִׁי.** אִימוֹיְמֵאִימָ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּמוֹ ״כָּרוּ שׁוּחָה לְנַפְשִׁי״ (ירמיהו יח:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to my soul** A moi meme in French, to myself, as (in Jer. 18:20): “for they have dug a pit for me (לנפשי).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:6:1
[Rashi on Psalms 35:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:6:1)

**חֹשֶׁךְ וַחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת.** שְׁנֵיהֶם יַחַד, כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּחֲלִיקוּ רַגְלֵיהֶם בַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת, וְהַחֹשֶׁךְ אֵינוֹ מַנִּיחָם לְהִשָּׁמֵר מִן הַחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת. כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר ״לָכֵן יִהְיֶה דַרְכָּם לָהֶם כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת בָּאֲפֵלָה יִדָּחוּ וְנָפְלוּ בָהּ״ (ירמיה כג:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**dark and slippery** Both together, so that their feet should slip on the slippery places and the darkness should not allow them to beware of the slippery places, as it is written (in Jer. 23: 12): “Therefore, their way shall be for them like slippery places in the dark: ‘let them be thrust and fall therein.’ “


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:7:1
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**חָפְרוּ לְנַפְשִׁי.** שׁוּחָה לִיפּוֹל בָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they have dug it for my soul** they have dug a pit into which I should fall.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:8:1
[Rashi on Psalms 35:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:8:1)

**שׁוֹאָה.** חֹשֶׁךְ, בְּרוּאִינָ״ה בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**darkness** Heb. שואה, darkness, broine in Old French, obscurity.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:8:2
[Rashi on Psalms 35:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:8:2)

**וְרִשְׁתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר טָמַן.** כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ לִטְמוֹן הָרֶשֶׁת וּלְכַסּוֹתוֹ בְּקַשׁ אוֹ בְּעָפָר, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יַרְגִּישׁ בָּהּ הָעוֹבֵר עָלֶיהָ עַד שֶׁנִּלְכַּד בָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his net that he hid** So is the custom to hide the net and to cover it with straw or with earth, in order that the one who passes over it should not notice it until he is trapped in it.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:9:1
[Rashi on Psalms 35:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:9:1)

**וְנַפְשִׁי תָּגִיל.** כְּשֶׁאֶרְאֶה בְּמַפַּלְתָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And my soul shall exult** when I see their downfall.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:10:1
[Rashi on Psalms 35:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:10:1)

**כָּל עַצְמוֹתַי.** יְקַלְּסוּךָ עַל כָּךְ, כִּי עַתָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**All my bones** will praise You for everything, for now...


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:11:1
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**יְקוּמוּן.** עָלַי תָּמִיד **עֵדֵי חָמָס וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**False witnesses rise up** constantly against me, etc.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:13:1
[Rashi on Psalms 35:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:13:1)

**וּתְפִלָּתִי עַל חֵיקִי תָשׁוּב.** כְּלוֹמַר: וְאִם יֹאמְרוּ לֹא עִנֵּיתִי נַפְשִׁי אֶלָּא לְרָעָתָם, שֶׁיִּכְבַּד עֲלֵיהֶם חָלְיָם, תְּפִלָּתִי שֶׁהִתְפַּלַּלְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם תָּשׁוּב עָלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and may my prayer return upon my bosom** That is to say: If they say that I afflicted myself only for their detriment, that their illness should become more serious, may my prayer that I prayed for them return to me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:14:1
[Rashi on Psalms 35:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:14:1)

**כְּרֵעַ כְּאָח לִי הִתְהַלָּכְתִּי.** כְּאִלּוּ הָיוּ לִי אָחִי וְרֵעִי הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי, מֵיצַר עֲלֵיהֶם עַל צָרָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I walked about as though it were a friend or as though it were my own brother** As though it were my brother or my friend; I walked about depressed because of their distress.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:14:2
[Rashi on Psalms 35:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:14:2)

**כְּאָבֶל.** אִם כְּבֵן הַמִּתְאַבֵּל עַל אִמּוֹ, אוֹ כְּאֵם הַמִּתְאַבֶּלֶת עַל בְּנָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as the mourning of a mother** As a son who mourns for his mother or as a mother who mourns for her son.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:14:3
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**קוֹדֵר.** לְשׁוֹן שַׁחֲרוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with gloom** Heb. קדר, an expression of blackness.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:14:4
[Rashi on Psalms 35:14:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:14:4)

**שַׁחוֹתִי.** לְשׁוֹן שִׁפְלוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I was bowed** An expression of humility.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:15:1
[Rashi on Psalms 35:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:15:1)

**וּבְצַלְעִי שָׂמְחוּ וְנֶאֱסָפוּ.** וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי צוֹלֵעַ, שֶׁשֶּׁבֶר בָּא עָלַי, **שָׂמְחוּ וְנֶאֱסָפוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And, when I limped, they rejoiced and gathered** And when I limped because I suffered a fracture, they rejoiced and gathered [around me].


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:15:2
[Rashi on Psalms 35:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:15:2)

**נֶאֶסְפוּ עָלַי נֵכִים.** אֲנָשִׁים פִּסְחִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָנוּ מְתַרְגְּמִינָן ״נָכֶה״: ״חֲגִירָא״ (תרגום יונתן מלכים ב כג:כט), וּמְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ כְּמוֹ ״נְכָאִים״ (ישעיה טז:ז), אימנויישי״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lame people gathered about me** Heb. נכים, lame people, as we translate “Pharaoh-neco,” חגירא, lame. Menachem (p. 122f.) associated it with (Isa. 16: 7), נכאים, broken-hearted, amenuyze in Old French, crushed.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:15:3
[Rashi on Psalms 35:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:15:3)

**קָרְעוּ וְלֹא דָמּוּ.** אִלּוּ הָיוּ קוֹרְעִין אֶת בְּשָׂרִי, לֹא הָיָה דָמִי שׁוֹתֵת לָאָרֶץ כְּשֶׁמַּלְבִּינִין פָּנַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Were they to tear, they would not draw blood** Were they to tear my flesh, my blood would not flow to the ground when they embarrass me [lit. make my face white].


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:16:1
[Rashi on Psalms 35:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:16:1)

**בְּחַנְפֵי לַעֲגֵי מָעוֹג וְגוֹ׳.** בִּשְׁבִיל חֲנִיפוּת שֶׁל לֵיצָנוּת, אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה, שֶׁמַּחֲנִיפִין לְשָׁאוּל בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁיַּאֲכִילֵם וְיַשְׁקֵם, חוֹרְקִים עָלַי שִׁנֵּיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because of the flattery of scorn for food, they gnash, etc.** Because of the flattery of scorn of eating and drinking, that they flatter Saul in order that he give them to eat and drink, they gnash their teeth against me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:16:2
[Rashi on Psalms 35:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:16:2)

**מָעוֹג.** לְשׁוֹן אֲכִילָה, כְּמוֹ ״אִם יֶשׁ לִי מָעוֹג״ דְּאֵלִיָּהוּ (מלכים א יז:יב). וּמְנַחֵם פָּתַר אוֹתוֹ לְשׁוֹן ״עֻגָה קְטַנָּה״ (מלכים א יז:יג), וְכֵן ״אִם יֶשׁ לִי מָעוֹג״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**food** Heb. מעוג, an expression of eating, as (in I Kings 17:12): “if I have food (מעוג),” written regarding Elijah, but Menachem (p. 130) interpreted it as an expression of a loaf of bread, and so “if I have a cake (מעוג).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:17:1
[Rashi on Psalms 35:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:17:1)

**כַּמָּה תִּרְאֶה.** כַּמָּה אֹרֶךְ אַפַּיִם יֵשׁ לְפָנֶיךָ, לִרְאוֹת כָּל אֵלֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**how long will You look on?** How much patience do You have to look upon all these?


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:17:2
[Rashi on Psalms 35:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:17:2)

**מִשּׁוֹאֵיהֶם.** מֵחֹשֶׁךְ שֶׁלָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from their darkness** Heb. משאיהם, from their darkness.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:17:3
[Rashi on Psalms 35:17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:17:3)

**מִכְּפִירִים יְחִידָתִי.** מוּסָב עַל **הָשִׁיבָה נַפְשִׁי**: הָשִׁיבָה מִכְּפִירִים יְחִידָתִי, (יְחִידָתִי נִשְׁמָתִי ס״א אינו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my only one from young lions** This refers to “Return my soul.” Return my only one from young lions.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:19:1
[Rashi on Psalms 35:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:19:1)

**אוֹיְבֵי שֶׁקֶר.** שֶׁשּׂוֹנְאִין אוֹתִי עַל דְּבַר שֶׁקֶר, שֶׁמְּעִידִין עָלַי מַה שֶּׁלֹּא עָלָה בְמַחֲשַׁבְתִּי מֵעוֹלָם. **אַל יִשְׂמְחוּ** בִּמְפַלְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those who are my enemies for an unjust cause** who hate me because of a false matter, that they testify against me what never entered my mind. Let them not rejoice at my downfall.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:19:2
[Rashi on Psalms 35:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:19:2)

**שׂוֹנְאַי.** שֶׁשּׂוֹנְאִים אוֹתִי, **אַל יִקְרְצוּ עָלַי עָיִן** וְלִלְעוֹג בְּעֵינֵיהֶם עַל מַפַּלְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who hate me** Let those who hate me not wink their eyes at me, to mock my downfall with their eyes.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:19:3
[Rashi on Psalms 35:19:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:19:3)

**יִקְרְצוּ.** צִינַאנְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
יקרצו means seynt in Old French, signal.


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

**עַל רִגְעֵי אֶרֶץ.** עַל דַּכָּאֵי אֶרֶץ, וְכֵן ״רֹגַע הַיָּם״ (ירמיהו לא:לה), ״עוֹרִי רָגַע״ (איוב ז:ה), וְכֵן פֵּרֵשׁ דּוּנַשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and against the crushed people of the earth** Heb. רגעי, on the crushed people of the earth, and so (in Jer. 31:34): “Who stirs up (רגע) the sea”; (Job 7:5), “my skin wrinkled (רגע).” And so did Dunash explain it.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:21:1
[Rashi on Psalms 35:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:21:1)

**הֶאָח הֶאָח.** לְשׁוֹן שִׂמְחָה מִתְהַלֵּל בְּתַאֲוַת לִבּוֹ מֵרוֹב שִׂמְחָתָם שֶׁרוֹאִים תַּאֲוָתָם מִתְקַיֶּמֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Aha! Aha!** Heb. האח, an expression of joy of one who boasts with the lust of his heart, out of their [sic] great joy, that they see their lust gratified.


###### Rashi on Psalms 35:23:1
[Rashi on Psalms 35:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/35:23:1)

**הָעִירָה וְהָקִיצָה.** פַּמַלְיָא שֶׁל מַעְלָה, לִשְׁפּוֹט מִשְׁפָּטִי מֵאוֹיְבַי (סנהדרין לח:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Arouse Yourself and awaken** the heavenly retinue to judge my cause from my enemies.