## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 56

###### Rashi on Psalms 56:1:1
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**יוֹנַת אֵלֶם רְחוֹקִים.** עַל עַצְמוֹ אָמַר, שֶׁהָיָה רָחוֹק מֵאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵצֶל אָכִישׁ, וְהָיוּ אֶחָיו שֶׁל גָּלְיָת מְבַקְּשִׁים רְשׁוּת מֵאָכִישׁ לְהָרְגוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״הֲלֹא זֶה דָּוִד מֶלֶךְ הָאָרֶץ״ (שמואל א כא:יב), וְהוּא הָיָה בֵּינֵיהֶם כְּיוֹנָה אִלֶּמֶת (סוטה י:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**yonath elem rehokim** He said this concerning himself, for he was with Achish, far from the land of Israel, and Goliath’s brothers were requesting permission from Achish to kill him, as it is said (I Sam. 21:12): “Is this not David, the king of the land?” And he was among them as a mute dove.


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:2:1
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**שְׁאָפַנִי.** מְצַפִּים לְבָלְעֵנִי, גולושי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּמוֹ ״שָׁאֲפָה רוּחַ״ (ירמיה ב:כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**yearn** Heb. שאפנו, yearn to swallow me up, goloseir or goloser, to long, to be impatient. (Cf. Rashi to Amos 2:7.) As (Jer. 2:24): “that snuffs up (שאפה) the wind.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:2:2
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**לֹחֵם.** לְשׁוֹן מִלְחָמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the warrior** Heb. לחם, an expression of war (מלחמה).


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:3:1
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**מָרוֹם.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁהוּא יוֹשֵׁב מָרוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O Most High** The Holy One blessed be He, Who dwells on High.


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:5:1
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**בֵּאלֹהִים אֲהַלֵּל דְּבָרוֹ.** אַף בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהוּא בָּא עִמִּי בְּמִדַּת הַדִּין, אֲהַלֵּל דְּבָרוֹ וְאֶבְטַח בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**With God, I will praise His word** Even when He deals with me with the Divine standard of justice I will praise His word and trust in Him.


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:6:1
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**כָּל הַיּוֹם דְּבָרַי יְעַצֵּבוּ.** מְעַצְּבִים אוֹתִי רוֹדְפַי, עַד שֶׁכָּל דִּבְרֵי פִּי עֶצֶב וּצְעָקָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**All day long, my words grieve [me]** My pursuers grieve me until all the words of my mouth are grief and cries.


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:7:1
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**יָגוּרוּ יִצְפּוֹנוּ.** הֵמָּה אוֹרְבִים וְלָנִים בַּמָּקוֹם שֶׁהֵם מְקַוִּים שֶׁאֲנִי אֵלֵךְ שָׁם, וְשׁוֹמְרִים אֶת עֲקֵבַי, טר״צש בְּלַעַ״ז, לְרַגְּלֵנִי וּלְהוֹלִיךְ רוֹדְפַי שָׁם. כָּל זֶה הָיָה מְקֻבָּל עַל רִשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָאוֹרְבִים לוֹ, וּמֵאֵימָתָם בָּרַח אֵצֶל אָכִישׁ (שמואל א כא:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They lodge, they hide** They lurk and lodge in the place they hope I will go, and they watch my steps (traces in French, tracks, explained in Gen. 49:19, Song of Songs 1:8) to spy on me and to lead pursuers there. All this he would complain about the wicked of Israel: that they would lie in wait for him and out of fear of them he had fled to Achish.


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:7:2
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**יָגוּרוּ.** יָלִינוּ:


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:7:3
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**יִצְפּוֹנוּ.** יֶאֱרֹבוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they hide** They lurk.


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:7:4
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**כַּאֲשֶׁר קִוּוּ נַפְשִׁי.** כְּשֶׁהֵם יוֹדְעִים וּמְקַוִּים לִי: דֶּרֶךְ זוֹ יֵלֵךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when they hope for my life** When they know [that I will pass] and hope for me, “He will go this way.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:8:1
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**עַל אָוֶן פַּלֶּט לָמוֹ.** לִמְצוֹא הַצָּלָה וְעֹשֶׁר עַל דְּבַר עָוֹן וָרֶשַׁע, **פַּלֶּט** כְּמוֹ לְפַלֵּט; מְצַפִּים שָׂכָר מֵאֵת שָׁאוּל עַל כָּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For iniquity, they expect rescue** To find rescue and riches for a matter of iniquity and wickedness. And פַלֶט is like לפלט, to rescue. They expect reward from Saul for that.


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:8:2
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**בְּאַף עַמִּים הוֹרֵד.** בְּאַפְּךָ הוֹרֵד אוּמָּה זוֹ שֶׁאֲנִי בְּתוֹכָם מֵחָכְמָתָם וּמִמַּחְשְׁבוֹתָם, שֶׁאוֹמְרִים לְהָרְגֵנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Bring down...with anger** With Your anger, bring down this nation in whose midst I am, from their wisdom and from the plots that they devise to kill me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:9:1
[Rashi on Psalms 56:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/56:9:1)

**נוֹדִי סָפַרְתָּה.** אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ מִנְיַן הַמְּקוֹמוֹת שֶׁנָּדַדְתִּי לִבְרֹחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You counted my wanderings** You know the number of the places to which I wandered, to flee.


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:9:2
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**שִׂימָה דִמְעָתִי בְנֹאדֶךָ.** שִׂים דִּמְעָתִי בְּנֹאד שֶׁלְּךָ, וּתְהֵא שְׁמוּרָה לְפָנֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**place my tears in Your flask** Place my tears in Your flask, and let them be preserved before You.


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:9:3
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**הֲלֹא בְּסִפְרָתֶךָ.** בְּמִנְיָנְךָ תִּתְּנֶנָּה, לִמְנוֹתָהּ עִם שְׁאָר צָרוֹתַי. (וּמְנַחֵם חֲבֵרוֹ לְשׁוֹן סֵפֶר מַמָּשׁ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is it not in Your accounting** Place them in Your accounting, to count them with the rest of my troubles. Menachem, however, associated it (p. 128) as an expression of an actual book.


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:11:1
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**בֵּאלֹהִים אֲהַלֵּל, בַּה׳ אֲהַלֵּל.** עַל מִדַּת הַדִּין וְעַל מִדַּת הָרַחֲמִים אֲהַלֵּל (ירושלמי ברכות ט,ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**With God I will praise a word; with the Lord I will praise** For the Divine standard of justice and for the Divine standard of mercy I will praise.


###### Rashi on Psalms 56:14:1
[Rashi on Psalms 56:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/56:14:1)

**בְּאוֹר הַחַיִּים.** לָשׁוּב לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the light of life** To return to the Land of Israel.