## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 59

###### Rashi on Psalms 59:1:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:1:1)

**אַל תַּשְׁחֵת.** כָּךְ קָרָא שֵׁם הַמִּזְמוֹר, עַל שֵׁם שֶׁהָיָה קָרוֹב לָמוּת וְלִהְיוֹת נִשְׁחָת, מְבַקֵּשׁ רַחֲמִים עַל הַדָּבָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**al tashcheth** He called the psalm by this name because he was close to dying and to being destroyed, and he begged for mercy in the matter.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:1:2
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**וַיִּשְׁמְרוּ אֶת הַבַּיִת.** כְּשֶׁאָמְרָה לָהֶם מִיכַל: ״חוֹלֶה הוּא״ (שמואל א יט:יד), וְהִבְרִיחַתּוֹ בַּלַּיְלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they guarded the house** when Michal told them that he was ill (I Sam. 19:14) and she allowed him to flee at night.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:4:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:4:1)

**יָגוּרוּ עָלַי.** לָנִים בְּבֵיתִי לְשָׁמְרֵנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[they] lodge against me** to enter my house, to guard me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:5:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:5:1)

**בְּלִי עָוֹן.** לֹא חָטָאתִי לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Without iniquity** I did not sin against them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:5:2
[Rashi on Psalms 59:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:5:2)

**וְיִכּוֹנָנוּ.** מְזֻמָּנִים לַהֲרוֹג:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and prepare themselves** Ready to kill.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:6:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:6:1)

**הָקִיצָה לִפְקֹד כָּל הַגּוֹיִם.** וְאֶת הָרְשָׁעִים שְׁפוֹט כְּמִשְׁפְּטֵי הַגּוֹיִם, וַעֲלֵיהֶם **אַל תָּחֹן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**arise to visit upon all the nations** And judge these wicked men according to the statutes of the nations. Do not be gracious to them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:7:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:7:1)

**יָשׁוּבוּ לָעֶרֶב וְגוֹ׳, הִנֵּה יַבִּיעוּן בְּפִיהֶם.** פִּתְרוֹן שְׁנֵי מִקְרָאוֹת הַלָּלוּ נוֹפֵל זֶה עַל זֶה, **יָשׁוּבוּ לָעֶרֶב** לֹא דַיָּם מַה שֶּׁעָשׂוּ בַּיּוֹם אֶלָּא אַף לָעֶרֶב יָשׁוּבוּ עַל רָעָתָם לִשְׁמֹר שֶׁלֹּא אֶבְרַח וְאֵצֵא מִן הָעִיר, וּמַה עָשׂוּ בַּיּוֹם? הִנֵּה כָּל הַיּוֹם יַבִּיעוּ בְּפִיהֶם לְרַגֵּל עָלַי אֶל שָׁאוּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They return in the evening, etc...** **Behold, they spew forth with their mouth** The interpretation of these two verses connects one to the other. **They return in the evening** What they did by day does not suffice them; in the evening they repeat their evil: guarding me that I do not escape and leave the city Now what did they do by day? Behold, all day they spew forth with their mouth, to spy on me to Saul.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:8:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:8:1)

**חֲרָבוֹת בְּשִׂפְתוֹתֵיהֶם.** וְאוֹמְרִים בְּלִבָּם: **מִי שׁוֹמֵעַ**?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**swords in their lips** and they think to themselves, “Who hears?”


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:9:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:9:1)

**וְאַתָּה ה׳.** אֲשֶׁר **תִּלְעַג תִּשְׂחַק** גַּם לָרְשָׁעִים הַלָּלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But You, O Lord** Who will scoff at all the nations, will mock these wicked men as well.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:10:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:10:1)

**עֻזּוֹ אֵלֶיךָ אֶשְׁמֹרָה.** עֻזּוֹ וְתָקְפּוֹ שֶׁל אוֹיְבִי הֶחָזָק עָלַי, **אֵלֶיךָ אֶשְׁמֹרָה** וַאֲצַפֶּה לְעָזְרֵנִי הֵימֶנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[Because of] his strength** The strength and might of my enemy, who is stronger than I. **I hope for You** and I wait [for You] to rescue me from him.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:11:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:11:1)

**יְקַדְּמֵנִי.** יַקְדִּים לִי עֶזְרָתִי קוֹדֶם שֶׁתִּשְׁלוֹט בִּי יַד שׂוֹנְאַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will precede** He will give me His help before the hand of my enemy overwhelms me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:11:2
[Rashi on Psalms 59:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:11:2)

**יַרְאֵנִי בְשׁוֹרְרָי.** מַה שֶּׁאֲנִי תָּאֵב לִרְאוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will allow me to see in those who watch me** what I long to see.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:12:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:12:1)

**אַל תַּהַרְגֵם.** שֶׁאֵין זוֹ נְקָמָה הַנִּכֶּרֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do not kill them** because this is not recognizable [as] revenge.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:12:2
[Rashi on Psalms 59:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:12:2)

**פֶּן יִשְׁכְּחוּ עַמִּי.** כִּי כָל הַמֵּתִים מִשְׁתַּכְּחִים, אֶלָּא **הֲנִיעֵמוֹ** מִנִּכְסֵיהֶם שֶׁיִּהְיוּ עֲנִיִּים, וְהִיא נְקָמָה שֶׁתִּזָּכֵר לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lest my people forget** because all the dead are forgotten. Instead, deprive them of their possessions, so that they are impoverished. That is the revenge that will be long remembered.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:13:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:13:1)

**חַטַּאת.** שֶׁל פִּיהֶם הוּא **דְּבַר שְׂפָתֵימוֹ**, וְנִלְכָּדִים בִּגְאוֹנָם הָעֲנִיִּים הַנִּרְדָּפִים עַל יְדֵיהֶם, מִפְּנֵי הָאָלָה וְהַכַּחַשׁ שֶׁהֵם מְסַפְּרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The sin** of their mouth is the word of their lips, and the poor who are pursued by them because of the curse and the lies that they tell, are seized through their haughtiness.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:14:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:14:1)

**כַּלֵּה.** אוֹתָם בַּחֲמָתְךָ מֶלֶךְ הַשּׁוֹפֵט, **וְיֵדְעוּ כִּי אַתָּה מוֹשֵׁל בְּיַעֲקֹב**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Destroy [them] with wrath** Destroy them with Your wrath, O King Who judges, and let them know that You rule over Jacob.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:15:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:15:1)

**וְיָשׁוּבוּ לָעֶרֶב.** מְחֻבָּר לַמִּקְרָא הָעֶלְיוֹן **חֲטַאת פִּימוֹ**, הֵם מְדַבְּרִים בַּיּוֹם, וְלָעֶרֶב הֵם שָׁבִים לֶאֱרֹב אוֹתָם שֶׁהִלְשִׁינוּ עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they will return in the evening** This is attached to the preceding verse. The sin of their mouth they speak by day, and in the evening, they return to ambush those whom they slandered.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:16:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:16:1)

**הֵמָּה יְנִיעוּן לֶאֱכֹל.** כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ הַכְּלָבִים כָּל הַלַּיְלָה אִם אֵינָם שְׂבֵעִים, שֶׁיָּלִינוּ מִתּוֹךְ שָׂבְעָם וְיִישְׁנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They will roam about to eat** as the dogs do all night if they are not sated, so that they can lodge out of satiety, and sleep.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:17:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:17:1)

**וַאֲנִי.** כְּשֶׁאֶמָּלֵט מֵהֶם לַבֹּקֶר, **אָשִׁיר עֻזֶּךָ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I** when I escape them, I will sing of Your power in the morning.


###### Rashi on Psalms 59:18:1
[Rashi on Psalms 59:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/59:18:1)

**עֻזִּי אֵלֶיךָ.** אֵלֶיךָ שֶׁאַתָּה ״עֻזִּי וּמָעוּזִּי״ (ירמיה טז:יט), אֵלֶיךָ אֲזַמֵּרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My strength! To You** To You, Who are my strength and my stronghold, to You I will sing.