## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 5

###### Rashi on Psalms 5:1:1
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**אֶל הַנְּחִילוֹת.** מְנַחֵם פָּתַר בְּכֻלָּן: נְחִילוֹת וַעֲלָמוֹת, גִּתִּית, יְדוּתוּן – כֻּלָּם שְׁמוֹת כְּלֵי זֶמֶר הֵם, וּנְעִימַת הַמִּזְמוֹר הָיְתָה לְפִי שִׁיר הָרָאוּי לְאוֹתוֹ כְּלִי. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה יֵשׁ מְפָרְשִׁים נְחִילוֹת לְשׁוֹן נַחֲלָה; וְאֵין זֶה מַשְׁמָעוּת הַתֵּיבָה, וְגַם עִנְיַן הַמִּזְמוֹר אֵינוֹ מְדַבֵּר בְּנַחֲלָה. וְיִתָּכֵן לִפְתּוֹר נְחִילוֹת – גְּיָסוֹת, כְּמוֹ נָחִיל שֶׁל דְּבוֹרִים (בבא קמא י:); וּכְמוֹ ״וְנַחֲלֵי בְלִיַּעַל״ (שמואל ב כב:ה), וְתִרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״סִיעַת חַיָּבִין״. תְּפִלָּה בִּשְׁבִיל גְּיָסוֹת אוֹיְבִים הַבָּאִים עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל; וְאוֹמֵר הַמְשׁוֹרֵר מִזְמוֹר הַזֶּה בִּשְׁבִיל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on nehiloth** Menachem interpreted all of them: nehiloth, alamoth, gittith, jeduthun, that they are all names of musical instruments, and the melody of the psalm was according to the melody fit for that instrument. However, [in the] Midrash Aggadah (Mid. Ps. 5:1,2,4) some explain “nehiloth” as an expression of heritage, but that is not the meaning of the word; moreover, the contents of the psalm do not deal with heritage. It is, however, possible to interpret נחלות as troops, like “a swarm (נחיל) of bees,” (Bava Kamma 114a, 81b), and like (II Sam. 22:5), “Bands (נחלי) of scoundrels would affright me,” which Jonathan renders: Bands (סיען) of sinners. [This is] a prayer concerning the bands of the enemies that come upon Israel, and the Psalmist recited this psalm on behalf of all Israel.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:2:1
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**אֲמָרַי הַאֲזִינָה ה׳.** כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ בִּי כֹּחַ לִשְׁאֹל צְרָכַי לְפָנֶיךָ, וּכְשֶׁאֵין בִּי כֹּחַ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל לְפָנֶיךָ וְהַדְּאָגָה עֲצוּרָה בְּלִבִּי, **בִּינָה הֲגִיגִי.** הָבֵן הֲגִיוֹן לִבִּי. כָּךְ מְפֹרָשׁ בַּמִּדְרָשׁ. כָּל בִּינָה שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא הַטַּעַם תַּחַת הַנּוּ״ן, חוּץ מִזֶּה וַחֲבֵרוֹ (איוב לד:טז) ״וְאִם בִּינָה שִׁמְעָה זֹאת״, שֶׁאֵינוֹ שֵׁם דָּבָר אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן הָבֵן, כְּמוֹ (משלי כג:א) ״בִּין תָּבִין אֶת אֲשֶׁר לְפָנֶיךָ״, לְפִיכָךְ הַטַּעַם תַּחַת הַבֵּי״ת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Give ear to my words, O Lord** when I have strength to ask before You and, when I have no strength to pray before You and the worry is confined to my heart...**consider my meditation** Heb. בינה. Consider the meditation of my heart. So it is explained in Midrash [Psalms 5:6]: In every [instance of] בינה in Scripture, the accent is under the “nun,” except this one and its fellow (in Job 34: 16): “And if you wish, understand (בִּנָה), hearken to this,” which is not a noun but an expression of “understand,” like (Prov. 23:1): “you should understand well (בין תבין) who is in front of you.” Therefore, the accent is under the “beth.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:4:1
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**בֹּקֶר תִּשְׁמַע קוֹלִי.** בַּבֹּקֶר אֲנִי קוֹרֵא לְךָ עֲלֵיהֶם, שֶׁהוּא עֵת מִשְׁפָּט בָּרְשָׁעִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״לַבְּקָרִים אַצְמִית כָּל רִשְׁעֵי אָרֶץ״ (תהלים קא:ח), ״הֱיֵה זְרוֹעָם לַבְּקָרִים״ (ישעיהו לג:ב), ״כִּי בַבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר יַעֲבֹר״ (ישעיהו כח:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the morning You shall hearken to my voice** In the morning, I call out to You about them, because it is a time of judgment for the wicked, as it is stated (below 101:8): “Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land”; (Isa: 33:2), “Be their arm every morning”; (ibid. 28:19), “for every morning it shall pass.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:4:2
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**בֹּקֶר אֶעֱרָךְ לְךָ.** תְּפִלָּתִי עַל זֹאת, אֶעֱרֹךְ לְשׁוֹן מַעֲרָכָה הוּא, כָּךְ חִבְּרוֹ מְנַחֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the morning I shall arrange to You** my prayer concerning this. [The word]: אערך is an expression of arrangement (מערכה). Menachem (p. 138) classifies it in this manner.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:4:3
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**וַאֲצַפֶּה.** שֶׁתַּעֲשֶׂה בָּהֶם מִשְׁפָּטִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I shall look forward** that You execute justice upon them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:5:1
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**כִּי לֹא אֵל חָפֵץ רֶשַׁע אָתָּה.** וְנָאֶה לְךָ לְאַבֵּד הָרִשְׁעָה מִן הָעוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For You are not a God Who desires wickedness** Therefore, I arrange my prayer to You in the morning (appears only in certain editions) and it befits You to destroy wickedness from the world.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:5:2
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**לֹא יְגֻרְךָ רָע.** לֹא יָגוּר אֶצְלְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**evil does not abide with You** Heb. יגרך, it will not abide beside You.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:6:1
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**הוֹלְלִים.** מִשְׁתַּטִּים, וּבִלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה מְעֻרְבָּבִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Confused people** who make themselves mad, and in the language of the Mishnah, מערבבין, confused.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:7:1
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**אִישׁ דָּמִים וּמִרְמָה.** זֶה עֲמָלֵק וְזַרְעוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a man of blood and deceit** This [refers to] Esau and his descendants.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:8:1
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**וַאֲנִי אָבוֹא בֵיתְךָ.** לְהוֹדוֹת לְךָ **בְּרֹב חַסְדְּךָ** שֶׁהִפְלֵאתָ עָלֵינוּ, לְהַרְאוֹתֵנוּ נְקָמָה מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I...shall enter Your House** to thank You for Your great loving-kindness that You have wondrously bestowed upon us, to grant us revenge upon them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:9:1
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**שׁוֹרְרָי.** עוֹיְנַי הַמְּצַפִּים שֶׁאֶבְגּוֹד בְּךָ וְתַעַזְבֵנִי, שׁוֹרְרָי כְּמוֹ ״אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ וְלֹא קָרוֹב״ (במדבר כד:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those who lie in wait for me** Heb. שוררי, those who look after me, who look forward to my betraying You, so that You should forsake me. [The word] שוררי is like (Num. 24:17): “I behold it (אשורינו), but it is not near.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:10:1
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**כִּי אֵין בְּפִיהוּ נְכוֹנָה.** נִרְאִים כְּאוֹהֲבִים, וְהֵם אוֹיְבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For there is no sincerity in his mouth** They appear as friends but they are enemies.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:10:2
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**קִרְבָּם הַוּוֹת.** מַחְשְׁבוֹתָם מִרְמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there is malice in their heart** Their thoughts are deceitful.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:10:3
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**קֶבֶר פָּתוּחַ גְּרוֹנָם.** לִבְלֹעַ יְגִיעַ אֲחֵרִים כְּקֶבֶר הַבּוֹלֵעַ אֶת הַגּוּף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their throat is an open grave** to swallow others’ toil, like a grave that swallows up the body.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:10:4
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**יַחֲלִיקוּן.** דִּבְרֵי חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they make their tongue smooth** with words of flattery.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:11:1
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**מִמּוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶם.** שֶׁהֵם יוֹעֲצִים עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאָז יִשְׂמְחוּ כָּל חוֹסֵי בָךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**by their own counsels** which they formulate against Israel. Then all who take shelter in You shall rejoice.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:12:1
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**וְתָסֵךְ עָלֵימוֹ.** תָּגוֹנֵן וּתְסוֹכֵךְ עָלֵימוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and You shall shelter them** You shall shield and shelter them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:12:2
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**וְיַעַלְצוּ בְךָ.** כְּשֶׁיִּרְאוּ שֶׁאַתָּה תְּבָרֵךְ רֵעֶיךָ וְאוֹהֲבֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**exult in You** when they see that You bless the righteous man, Jacob, and his seed.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:13:1
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**כַּצִּנָּה.** הַמַּקֶּפֶת שָׁלֹשׁ רוּחוֹתָיו שֶׁל אָדָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a shield** which encompasses a man from three sides.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:13:2
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**רָצוֹן.** נַחַת רוּחַ, אֵפִּימַנְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will** satisfaction, apayement in Old French; appeasement, kindness, peace of heart.


###### Rashi on Psalms 5:13:3
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**תְּעַטְּרֶנּוּ.** תְּסוֹבְבֶנּוּ, כְּמוֹ (שמואל א כג:כו) ״וְשָׁאוּל וַאֲנָשָׁיו עוֹטְרִים אֶל דָּוִד וְאֶל אֲנָשָׁיו״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You shall encompass him** תעטרנו, You shall encompass him (in Sam. 23:26): “but Saul and his men were encircling (עוטרים) David and his men.”