## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 4

###### Rashi on Psalms 4:1:1
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**לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינוֹת.** מִזְמוֹר זֶה יָסַד דָּוִד, שֶׁיֹּאמְרוּהוּ בְּנֵי לֵוִי הַמְנַצְּחִין בִּנְגִינוֹת בְּשִׁיר עַל הַדּוּכָן. לְשׁוֹן נִצּוּחַ נוֹפֵל בַּמִּתְחַזְּקִים בָּעֲבוֹדָה, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״יַעַמְדוּ הַלְוִיִּם מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה לְנַצֵּחַ עַל מְלֶאכֶת בֵּית ה׳״ (עזרא ג:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To the conductor with melodies** David established this psalm so that the Levites who conduct the melodies when singing on the platform should recite it. The expression of נצוח denotes those who apply themselves to the service, as the matter is stated (Ezra 3:8): “and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and upwards to conduct the work of the house of the Lord.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:2:1
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**בַּצָּר הִרְחַבְתָּ לִּי.** בַּיָּמִים שֶׁעָבְרוּ עָלַי, וּמֵעַתָּה חָנֵּנִי וּשְׁמַע תְּפִלָּתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in my distress You have relieved me** in the days that have passed over me. From now on, be gracious to me and hearken to my prayer.


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:3:1
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**בְּנֵי אִישׁ.** בְּנֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב הַקְּרוּיִים אִישׁ, בְּאַבְרָהָם נֶאֱמַר (בראשית כ:ז) ״הָשֵׁב אֶת אֵשֶׁת הָאִישׁ״, בְּיִצְחָק נֶאֱמַר (בראשית כד:סה) ״מִי הָאִישׁ הַלָּזֶה״, בְּיַעֲקֹב נֶאֱמַר (בראשית כה:כז) ״אִישׁ תָּם״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Sons of man** The sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are called man. About Abraham it is stated (in Gen. 20:7): “Restore the man’s wife.” About Isaac it is stated (ibid. 24:65): “Who is that man...?” About Jacob, it is stated (ibid. 25:27): “and Jacob was a plain man.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:3:2
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**עַד מֶה כְבוֹדִי לִכְלִמָּה.** עַד מָתַי אַתֶּם מְבַזִּים אוֹתִי? הֲרְאִיתֶם אֶת בֶּן יִשַׁי (שמואל א כב:ט), ״מִי דָוִד וּמִי בֶן יִשָׁי״ (שמואל א כה:י), ״בִּכְרָת בְּנִי עִם בֶּן יִשַׁי״ (שמואל א כב:ח), ״כִּי בוֹחֵר אַתָּה לְבֶן יִשַׁי״ (שמואל א כ:ל), אֵין לִי שֵׁם?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**how long will my honor be disgraced** How long will you disgrace me? (I Sam. 20:30): “that you choose the son of Jesse”; (ibid. 22:8), “when my son made a covenant with the son of Jesse”; (ibid. verse 9), “I saw the son of Jesse”; (ibid. 25:10), “Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse?” I have no name.


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:3:3
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**תְּבַקְשׁוּ כָזָב.** תִּרְדְּפוּ לִמְצוֹא כְּזָבִים, כְּגוֹן הַזִּיפִים שֶׁמַּלְשִׁינִים עָלַי, וְלִי הָיוּ מַרְאִים שָׁלוֹם, וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָהֶם דִּילָטוֹרִין שֶׁהָיוּ בִּימֵי שָׁאוּל: ״הֲלֹא דָוִד מִסְתַּתֵּר בְּגִבְעַת הַחֲכִילָה״ (שמואל א כג:יט), וְכֵן הַרְבֵּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will you constantly seek lies** Will you chase to find lies, e.g., the Ziphites, who inform on me, yet show me friendliness, and other informers like them who were in Saul’s time (I Sam. 23:19): “Is David not hiding...in the hill of Hachilah?” And so, many.


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:4:1
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**הִפְלָה.** הִבְדִּיל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**has set apart** Heb. הפלה, has separated.


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:5:1
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**רִגְזוּ.** חִרְדוּ מִלִּפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, **וְאַל תֶּחֱטָאוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Quake** Tremble before the Holy One, blessed be He, and do not sin.


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:5:2
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**אִמְרוּ בִלְבַבְכֶם עַל מִשְׁכַּבְכֶם.** הָשִׁיבוּ עַל לְבַבְכֶם שֶׁהִזְהִיר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עַל כָּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**say [this] in your heart on your bed and be forever silent** Bring back to your heart [the thought] that the Holy One, blessed be He, admonished [you] concerning that.


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:6:1
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**זִבְחוּ זִבְחֵי צֶדֶק.** הַצְדִּיקוּ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם, וַהֲרֵי אַתֶּם כִּמְקְרִיבִים זְבָחִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Offer up sacrifices of righteousness** Perform righteous deeds, and it will be as if you are offering up sacrifices.


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:6:2
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**וּבִטְחוּ אֶל ה׳.** שֶׁיַּשְׁפִּיעַ לָכֶם טוֹבָה, וְאַל תֶּחֱטָאוּ לוֹ בִּשְׁבִיל מָמוֹן, שֶׁאַתֶּם מְצַפִּים לְקַבֵּל שָׂכָר מֵאֵת שָׁאוּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and trust in the Lord** to lavish upon you goodness, and do not sin against Him for money, in the hope that you will be rewarded by Saul.


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:7:1
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**רַבִּים אוֹמְרִים מִי יַרְאֵנוּ טוֹב.** רַבִּים מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל יֵשׁ שֶׁרוֹאִין רְשָׁעִים בְּעֹשֶׁר וּבְשַׁלְוָה וְאוֹמְרִים: מִי יַרְאֵנוּ טוֹב לִהְיוֹת עֲשִׁירִים וּמַשִּׂיגֵי תַּאֲוָה כָּאֵלּוּ?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Many say, “Who will show us goodness?”** There are many Jews who see the nations of the world in wealth and tranquility, and say, “Who will show us goodness,” to be wealthy and achieve desires like these people?


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:7:2
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**נְסָה עָלֵינוּ.** הָרֵם עָלֵינוּ לְנֵס אֶת אוֹר פָּנֶיךָ, לְשׁוֹן ״הָרִימוּ נֵס״ (ישעיהו סב:י), ״אָרִים נִסִּי״ (ישעיהו מט:כב). לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: **נְסָה עָלֵינוּ.** רֶפְלַנְבִּי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּמוֹ ״אַבְנֵי נֵזֶר מִתְנוֹסְסוֹת״ (זכריה ט:טז). אֲבָל אֲנִי אֵינִי מְקַנֵּא בָּהֶם, כִּי שִׂמְחָה נְתוּנָה בְלִבִּי מֵעֵת דְּגָנָם וְתִירוֹשָׁם רַבּוּ. בָּטוּחַ אֲנִי: אִם לְמַכְעִיסִים כָּךְ, לְעוֹשֵׂי רְצוֹנוֹ עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה, לֶעָתִיד, שֶׁהוּא יוֹם קִבּוּל שְׂכָרָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Raise up over us** Heb. נסה Raise up over us for a banner the light of Your countenance, an expression of (Isa. 62:10): “lift up a banner (נס)”;(ibid. 49:22), “I will raise My standard (נסי).” Another interpretation: נסה is reflordir(?) (resplendir) in Old French, gleam, as (Zech. 9:16), “crown stones gleam (מתנוססות).” But I do not envy them, for joy has been given into my heart from the time that the corn and the wine of the nations have increased. I am confident that if those who anger Him [have] such [tranquility], how much more will those who perform His will have it in the future, which is the day of the reception of their reward!


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:9:1
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**בְּשָׁלוֹם יַחְדָּו אֶשְׁכְּבָה וְאִישָׁן.** אִם הָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּשָׁלוֹם יַחְדָּו עִמִּי, הָיִיתִי שׁוֹכֵב וְיָשֵׁן בֶּטַח וְלֹא הָיִיתִי יָרֵא מִכָּל צַר וְאוֹיֵב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In peace together, I would lie down and sleep** If Israel were in peace together with me, I would lie down and sleep in confidence, and I would not fear any adversary or enemy.


###### Rashi on Psalms 4:9:2
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**לְבָדָד לָבֶטַח.** כְּמוֹ ״בֶּטַח בָּדָד עֵין יַעֲקֹב״ (דברים לג:כח), לְשׁוֹן מִבְטָח וָשֶׁקֶט הוּא, שֶׁאֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לְהוֹשִׁיב גְּיָסוֹת עִמּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**alone in safety** As (in Deut. 33:28): “secure and alone, the fountain of Jacob.” It is an expression of safety and tranquility, that he need not station troops with him.