## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 49

###### Rashi on Psalms 49:2:1
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**שִׁמְעוּ זֹאת כָּל הָעַמִּים.** לְפִי שֶׁמִּזְמוֹר זֶה מְיֻסָּד עַל בְּנֵי אָדָם הַבּוֹטְחִים בְּעָשְׁרָם, אָמַר: **כָּל הָעַמִּים**, שֶׁכֻּלָּם צְרִיכִים יִסּוּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Hear this, all you peoples** Because this psalm is based on people who rely on their riches, he says, “all you peoples,” for they all require admonition.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:2:2
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**חָלֶד.** הִיא הָאָרֶץ, עַל שֵׁם שֶׁהִיא נוֹשֶׁנֶת וַחֲלוּדָה, רדוייל״ייא בְּלַעַ״ז; וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ (חולין קכז.): עַל שֵׁם הַחוּלְדָּה, שֶׁהִיא בַּיַּבָּשָׁה וְאֵינָהּ בַּיָּם; דְּתָנוּ רַבָּנָן (חולין קכז.): כָּל שֶׁיֵּשׁ בַּיַּבָּשָׁה יֵשׁ בַּיָּם, חוּץ מִן הַחוּלְדָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**earth** Heb. חלוד. That [term] is [used to describe] the earth because it is old and rusty (חלודה), rodile in Old French, rust, rouille in modern French. But our Sages explained that it is because of the weasel (חֻלְדָה), which frequents the dry land but is not found in the sea, for the Rabbis taught (Hul. 127a): Whatever is on the dry land is found in the sea, except the weasel.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:3:1
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**גַּם בְּנֵי אָדָם.** בְּנֵי אַבְרָהָם, שֶׁנִּקְרָא ״הָאָדָם הַגָּדוֹל בָּעֲנָקִים״ (יהושע יד:טו): בְּנֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל וּבְנֵי קְטוּרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Both the sons of “adam”** The sons of Abraham, who was called (Josh. 14:15): “the greatest man (האדם) among the giants”; the sons of Ishmael and the sons of Keturah.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:3:2
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**גַּם בְּנֵי אִישׁ.** בְּנֵי נֹחַ, שֶׁנִּקְרָא ״אִישׁ צַדִּיק״ (בראשית ו:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the sons of “ish”** The sons of Noah, who was called (Gen. 6:9): “a righteous man (איש צדיק).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:4:1
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**וְהָגוּת לִבִּי.** מַחְשְׁבוֹת לִבִּי, **תְּבוּנוֹת** הֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the thoughts of my heart are understanding** The thoughts of my heart are understanding.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:5:1
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**אַטֶּה לְמָשָׁל אָזְנִי.** לְדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה, שֶׁנִּקְרֵאת ״מְשַׁל הַקַּדְמוֹנִי״ (שמואל א כד:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will bend my ear to a parable** To the words of Torah, which is called (I Sam. 24:13), “the parable of the Ancient One.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:5:2
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**אֶפְתַּח.** לָכֶם **חִידָתִי** זֹאת **בְּכִנּוֹר**, וְזוֹ הִיא הַחִידָה: **לָמָּה** אֲנִי צָרִיךְ לִירָא **בִּימֵי רָע** בְּיוֹם פְּקֻדַּת עָוֹן? לְפִי שֶׁ**עֲוֹן עֲקֵבַי יְסוּבֵּנִי**. עֲוֹנוֹת שֶׁאֲנִי דָּשׁ בֶּעָקֵב, שֶׁאֲנִי מְזַלְזֵל בָּהֶם, שֶׁהֵם בְּעֵינַי עֲבֵרוֹת קַלּוֹת – הֵם מַרְשִׁיעוֹת אוֹתִי בַּדִּין. וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן הָעֲשִׁירִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will solve** this my riddle for you with a lyre. And this is the riddle: Why must I fear in days of misfortune, on the day of the visitation for iniquity? Because the iniquity of my heels surrounds me. The iniquities that I tread with my heels, that I treat lightly, that I view as minor sinsthey condemn me in judgment, and surely the wealthy.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:7:1
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**הַבּוֹטְחִים עַל חֵילָם.** וּמָה בֶּצַע בְּמָמוֹנָם, הֲלֹא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Those who rely on their possessions** Of what use is their money? Is it not so that...


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:8:1
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**אָח.** לֹא יוּכַל לִפְדּוֹת אֶת אָחִיו בְּמָמוֹנוֹ, לְפִי שֶׁאִם בָּאִים לִפְדּוֹת אִישׁ אֶת אָחִיו יִתְיַקֵּר פִּדְיוֹן נַפְשָׁם מִכָּל הוֹן. לְפִיכָךְ עַל כָּרְחוֹ חָדֵל הוּא לְעוֹלָם מִלְּפַדּוֹתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A brother** cannot ransom his brother with money because the ransom of their soul is dearer than any possession. Therefore, perforce, his redemption is forever unattainable.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:9:1
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**וְיֵקַר.** (שֶׁיִּחְיֶה לָנֶצַח וְלֹא יִרְאֶה הַשַּׁחַת) וּמְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ לְשׁוֹן מְנִיעָה כְּמוֹ ״אוֹקִיר אֱנוֹשׁ מִפָּז״ (ישעיה יג:יב), ״וְהָלַכְתִּי עִמָּכֶם בַּחֲמַת קֶרִי״ (ויקרא כו:כח), כְּלוֹמַר וְיִמָּנַע **פִּדְיוֹן נַפְשָׁם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will be too dear** that he will live forever and not see the Pit. Menachem (p. 158) associated it as an expression of withholding, as (Isa. 13:12): “I will make mortal man dearer (אוקיר) than fine gold”; (Lev. 26:21), “I will go with them with wrath of withdrawal (קיר)” i.e., the ransom of their soul will be withheld.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:11:1
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**כִּי יִרְאֶה חֲכָמִים יָמוּתוּ.** וְאֵין נִצּוֹלִין מִן הַמָּוֶת, לְפִיכָךְ עַל כָּרְחוֹ הוּא חָדֵל לִיגַע וְלִטְרֹחַ עַל פִּדְיוֹן אָחִיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For he sees that wise men die** and are not saved from death. So, perforce, he stops wearying himself and toiling for his brother’s ransom.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:11:2
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**חֵילָם.** מָמוֹנָם. בַּחֲכָמִים נֶאֱמַר מִיתָה, שֶׁאֵינָם מֵתִים בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה אֶלָּא הַגּוּף בִּלְבַד, וּבִכְסִיל וּבַעַר נֶאֱמַר אֲבֵדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their possessions** Heb. חילם, their money. Death is mentioned in reference to the wise men, because in this world they die only in the body, whereas concerning the fool and the boorish man, perishing is mentioned, because both body and soul perish.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:12:1
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**קִרְבָּם בָּתֵּימוֹ לְעוֹלָם.** מַחְשְׁבוֹתָם לִבְנוֹת לָהֶם בָּתִּים שֶׁיִּתְקַיְּמוּ לְעוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In their heart, their houses are forever** Their thoughts are to build for themselves houses that will exist forever.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:12:2
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**קָרְאוּ בִשְׁמוֹתָם.** אֶת בָּתֵּיהֶם שֶׁהֵם בּוֹנִים לְמַעַן יִהְיֶה לָהֶם לְזִכָּרוֹן, ״וְיִקְרָא שֵׁם הָעִיר כְּשֵׁם בְּנוֹ חֲנוֹךְ״ (בראשית ד:יז). אַנְטִיוֹכוּס בָּנָה אַנְטוֹכִיָא, סְלִיקוּס בָּנָה סְלִיקִיָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they call by their names** their houses that they build so that they will have a memorial. (Gen. 4:17): “and named the city after his son Enoch.” Antiochus built Antioch; Seleucus built Seleucia.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:13:1
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**בִּיקָר.** לְשׁוֹן יְקָר וְתִפְאֶרֶת (ס״א אינו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in his glory** Heb. ביקר, an expression of glory and majesty.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:13:2
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**נִמְשַׁל.** לְשׁוֹן מָשָׁל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he is compared** Heb. נמשל, an expression of a parable (משל).


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:13:3
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**נִדְמוּ.** לְשׁוֹן דְּמָמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**silenced** Heb. נדמו, an expression of silence.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:14:1
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**כֵּסֶל.** שִׁטּוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**folly** Heb. כסל, madness.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:14:2
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**וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם בְּפִיהֶם יִרְצוּ סֶלָה.** וְהַבָּאִים אַחֲרֵיהֶם יְדַבְּרוּ בָהֶם וִיסַפְּרוּ בְּפִיהֶם מַה אֵרַע לָרִאשׁוֹנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and after them they will tell with their mouth forever** And those who come after them will speak of them and tell with their mouth what happened to the earlier ones.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:14:3
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**יִרְצוּ.** לְשׁוֹן הַרְצָאַת דְּבָרִים, רטרירונ״ש בְּלַעַ״ז, וַחֲזַ״ל פֵּרְשׁוּ (שבת לא:): זֶה דַּרְכָּם שֶׁל רְשָׁעִים שֶׁסּוֹפָם אֲבוּדִים, אֲבָל **כֵּסֶל לָמוֹ** – חֵלֶב יֵשׁ לָהֶם עַל כִּסְלֵיהֶם וּמְכַסּוֹת אֶת כִּלְיוֹתֵיהֶם וְאֵינָן יוֹעֲצוֹת אוֹתָם לָשׁוּב מֵרָעָתָם. וְשֶׁמָּא תֹּאמַר שִׁכְחָה הִיא לָהֶם עַל שֶׁשָּׁכְחוּ שֶׁסּוֹפָם לָמוּת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם בְּפִיהֶם יִרְצוּ**, כְּלוֹמַר: יוֹם אַחֲרִיתָם תָּמִיד בְּפִיהֶם, וְאֵין חֲרֵדִים מִמֶּנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will tell** Heb. ירצו, an expression of narration, retreyront in Old French, But our Sages (Shab. 32b) explained: This is the way of the wicked: they perish in the end but כֶסֶל is theirs. They have fat on their flanks (כסליהם), which covers their kidneys, and they [their kidneys] do not advise them to repent of their evil. Perhaps you will say that it is forgetfulness, that they have forgotten that ultimately they will die? Scripture therefore states: and their end they tell with their mouth; i.e., the day of their end is constantly in their mouth and they are not afraid of it.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:15:1
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**כַּצֹּאן לִשְׁאוֹל שַׁתּוּ.** כַּצֹּאן הַמִּתְאַסֵּף לַדִּיר כֵּן הֵם לִשְׁאוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Like sheep, they are destined to the grave** Like sheep that are gathered to the shed, so are they into the grave.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:15:2
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**שַׁתּוּ.** דְּגוּשׁוֹת הַתָּי״ו בִּמְקוֹם תָּי״ו שְׁנִיָּה: לִשְׁאוֹל שׁוֹתְתוּ, לְשׁוֹן שְׁתוּתֶיהָ שֶׁל שְׁאוֹל, לַמַּדְרֵגָה הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה. וְכֵן ״שַׁתּוּ בַשָּׁמַיִם פִּיהֶם״ (תהלים עג:ט), גַּם הוּא לְשׁוֹן שְׁתוּת: קָבְעוּ בַשָּׁמַיִם פִּיהֶם, לְשׁוֹנָם הָרָע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they are destined** Heb. שתו. The “tav” is punctuated with a “dagesh,” in place of the second “tav.” שּׁוֹתתוּ into the midst of the foundations (שתותיה) of the nether world, to the lowest level. Likewise (above 73:9): “They have set their mouth against heaven,” is also an expression of foundations; they set their mouth in heaven; their slander.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:15:3
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**מָוֶת יִרְעֵם.** מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת יֹאכְלֵם, וְאַל תִּתְמַהּ עַל לְשׁוֹן אֲכִילָה זוֹ, שֶׁכֵּן מָצִינוּ בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר ״יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכוֹר מָוֶת״ (איוב יח:יג). לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: לְשׁוֹן רְצִיצָה, כְּמוֹ ״הֲיָרֹעַ בַּרְזֶל״ (ירמיה טו:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**death will devour them** Heb. ירעם. The angel of death will devour them. Do not wonder about this expression of eating because we find elsewhere (Job 18:13): “the prince of death shall devour his branches.” Another explanation: [It is] an expression of breaking, as (Jer. 15:12): “Will iron break (הירע)?”


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:15:4
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**וַיִּרְדּוּ בָם יְשָׁרִים לַבֹּקֶר.** לְיוֹם הַגְּאֻלָּה, כְּשֶׁיִּזְרַח בָּקְרָם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל יִהְיוּ רוֹדִים בָּהֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְעַסּוֹתֶם רְשָׁעִים וְגוֹ׳״ (מלאכי ג:כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the upright will rule over them in the morning** On the day of the redemption, when the morning of Israel shines, they will rule over them, as it is stated (Malachi 3:21): “And You shall crush the wicked, etc.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:15:5
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**וְצוּרָם לְבַלּוֹת שְׁאוֹל.** צוּרָתָם שֶׁל רְשָׁעִים תְּבַלֶּה אֶת הַשְּׁאוֹל, גֵּיהִנֹּם כָּלֶה וְהֵם אֵינָם כָּלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and their form will outlast the grave** The form of the wicked will outlast the grave. Gehinnom will end, but they will not end.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:15:6
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**מִזְּבֻל לוֹ.** מִהְיוֹת לָהֶם מָדוֹר; וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מוֹצִיא חַמָּה מִנַּרְתִּיקָהּ וּמְלַהֶטֶת אוֹתָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְלִהַט אֹתָם הַיּוֹם הַבָּא״ (מלאכי ג:יט). וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ **מִזְּבֻל לוֹ** עַל שֶׁפָּשְׁטוּ יְדֵיהֶם בַּזְּבוּל, שֶׁהֶחֱרִיבוּ אֶת בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ (מדרש תהלים מט:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as his dwelling place** From being a dwelling place for them. And the Holy One, blessed be He, takes the sun out of its case, and it will burn them up, as it is stated (Mal. 3:19, Ned. 8b). Our Sages, however, explained מִזְבֻל לוֹ to mean that because they stretched out their hand on His dwelling place, they destroyed the Temple (Mid. Ps. 49:3).


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:16:1
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**אַךְ אֱלֹהִים יִפְדֶּה נַפְשִׁי.** אֲבָל אֲנִי, שֶׁהִטֵּיתִי לְמָשָׁל אָזְנִי (תהלים מט:ה), אֱלֹהִים יִפְדֶּה נַפְשִׁי שֶׁלֹּא אֵלֵךְ אֶל שְׁאוֹל, **כִּי יִקָּחֵנִי** בְּחַיַּי לָלֶכֶת בִּדְרָכָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But God will redeem my soul** But I, who have bent my ear to the parable—God will redeem my soul so that I do not go to the grave, because He will take me in my lifetime to go in His ways.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:19:1
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**כִּי נַפְשׁוֹ בְּחַיָּיו יְבָרֵךְ.** הָרָשָׁע מְבָרֵךְ אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ בְּחַיָּיו וְאוֹמֵר: שָׁלוֹם עָלֶיךָ נַפְשִׁי (תנחומא, משפטים ב), לֹא יְאֻנְךָ לָךְ שׁוּם רָעָה. אֲבָל אֲחֵרִים אֵין אוֹמְרִים עָלָיו כֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because in his lifetime he blesses himself** The wicked man blesses himself during his lifetime and says, “All will be well with you, my soul. No harm will befall you.” But others do not say so about him.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:19:2
[Rashi on Psalms 49:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/49:19:2)

**וְיוֹדוּךָ כִּי תֵיטִיב לָךְ.** וְאַתָּה, אִם תִּשְׁמַע לִדְבָרַי, הַכֹּל יוֹדוּךָ, כִּי תֵיטִיב לְנַפְשְׁךָ לְיַשֵּׁר אֶת דְּרָכֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but [all] will praise you, for you will benefit yourself** But you, if you hearken to my words, all will praise you, for you will benefit your soul by straightening your way.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:20:1
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**תָּבוֹא עַד דּוֹר אֲבוֹתָיו.** כְּשֶׁתַּשְׁלִים יָמֶיךָ וְתָמוּת, תָּבֹא וְתִרְאֶה אֶת דּוֹר הָרְשָׁעִים אֲבוֹתָיו שֶׁל רָשָׁע נִדּוֹנִים בַּגֵּיהִנֹּם (סנהדרין קד:), אֲשֶׁר **עַד נֵצַח לֹא יִרְאוּ אוֹר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You shall come to the generation of his forefathers** When you complete your days and die, you will come and see the generation of the wicked man being judged in Gehinnom, so that they will not see light to eternity.


###### Rashi on Psalms 49:21:1
[Rashi on Psalms 49:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/49:21:1)

**אָדָם בִּיקָר וְלֹא יָבִין.** דֶּרֶךְ הַחַיִּים נְתוּנָה לְפָנָיו, שֶׁאִם יֵלֵךְ בָּהּ הֲרֵי נִכְבָּד, אֵינוֹ מֵבִין אֶת הַטּוֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Man is in his glory but he does not understand** The way of life is placed before him; if he follows it, he will be honored, but he does not understand the good [resulting therefrom].