## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 53

###### Rashi on Psalms 53:1:1
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**עַל מָחֲלַת.** שֵׁם כְּלִי שִׁיר. דָּבָר אַחֵר: עַל מַחֲלָתָן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל, כְּשֶׁיַּחֲרִיב הַבַּיִת. וּכְבָר אָמַר מִזְמוֹר אַחֵר דּוּגְמַת זֶה ״אָמַר נָבָל בְּלִבּוֹ אֵין אֱלֹהִים וְגוֹ׳״ (תהלים יד:א), הָאֶחָד עַל חֻרְבַּן בַּיִת רִאשׁוֹן, וְזֶה עַל בַּיִת שֵׁנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on machalath** The name of a musical instrument. Another explanation: concerning the malady (מחלתן) of Israel when the Temple will be destroyed. He already recited another psalm resembling this one (above 14): “The fool said in his heart, ‘there is no God, etc.’ “, One relates to the destruction of the First Temple and this one, to the Second Temple.


###### Rashi on Psalms 53:2:1
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**אָמַר נָבָל בְּלִבּוֹ.** זֶה עַל טִיטוּס, כְּשֶׁגִּדֵּר אֶת הַפָּרֹכֶת וְחַרְבּוֹ מְטַפְטֵף דָּם. אָמַר: הָרַג אֶת עַצְמוֹ (גיטין נו:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The fool said in his heart** This is Titus; when he cut into the curtain and his sword was dripping with blood, he said that he had killed [God] Himself.


###### Rashi on Psalms 53:4:1
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**כֻּלּוֹ סָג.** לְשׁוֹן ״סִיגִים״ (יחזקאל כב:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**dross** Heb. סג, an expression of סיגים, dross.


###### Rashi on Psalms 53:4:2
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**אֵין גַּם אֶחָד.** מִכָּל חֵילָיו שֶׁיִּמְחֶה בְּיָדוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**not even one** of all his armies will protest against his deeds.


###### Rashi on Psalms 53:5:1
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**הֲלֹא.** יֵשׁ לֵידַע לְאוֹכְלֵי עַמִּי כְּמַאֲכַל לֶחֶם וֵאלֹהִים לֹא קָרָאוּ, שֶׁסּוֹפָם שֶׁיִּפְחֲדוּ שָׁם פַּחַד בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Did not** Should not those who devour My people like a meal of bread, and who did not call upon the Lord, know that ultimately they will experience there a great fear at the end of days?


###### Rashi on Psalms 53:6:1
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**לֹא הָיָה פַחַד.** זֶה כַּפַּחַד הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁאֵרַע לְבֵלְשַׁצַּר, כִּי בַּגְּאֻלָּה זוֹ פִּזַּר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עַצְמוֹת חוֹנָךְ הַחוֹנִים עָלַיִךְ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הָמֵק בְּשָׂרוֹ וְגוֹ׳״ (זכריה יד:יב). וְכֵן פְּתָרוֹ מְנַחֵם, וְדוּנַשׁ פָּתַר אוֹתוֹ כְּמוֹ ״חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר עַל פִּי דַרְכּוֹ״ (משלי כב:ו), וְכָ״ף שֶׁל חוֹנָךְ הִיא יְסוֹד בַּמִּלָּה כְּכָ״ף שֶׁל חֲנוֹךְ (ס״א אינו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there was never such fear** This fear was not like the first fear that came over Belshazzar, for in this redemption the Holy One, blessed be He, scattered the bones of חוֹנָךְ, those who camp around you, Jerusalem, as the matter that is stated (Zech. 14:12): “His flesh will waste away, etc.” Menachem (p. 91) interpreted it that way, but Dunash (pp. 63f.) interpreted it as (Prov. 22:6): “Train (חנך) a child according to his way”; the “chaph” of חוֹנָךְ is a radical as the “chaph” of חֲנֹךְ, train.


###### Rashi on Psalms 53:6:2
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**הֱבִישׁוֹתָה.** אַתָּה ה׳ אֶת כָּל אוֹיְבַי, כִּי מְאַסְתָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You have put them to shame** You, O Lord, have put all my enemies to shame, for You have rejected them.