## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 61

###### Rashi on Psalms 61:3:1
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**מִקְּצֵה הָאָרֶץ.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֲנִי רָחוֹק מֵאֲנָשַׁי שֶׁאֲנִי מְשַׁלֵּחַ עַל אוֹיְבַי לַמִּלְחָמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**From the end of the earth** although I am far from my men whom I send against my enemies in battle.


###### Rashi on Psalms 61:3:2
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**אֵלֶיךָ אֶקְרָא בַּעֲטֹף לִבִּי.** עֲלֵיהֶם. וְעַל מָה אֲנִי קוֹרֵא לְךָ? שֶׁתַּנְחֵנִי **בְּצוּר** – שֶׁהוּא רָם וְחָזָק מִמֶּנִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I call out to You when my heart becomes faint** because of them. Now, about what do I call out to You? That You lead me on a rock, which is higher and stronger than I.


###### Rashi on Psalms 61:5:1
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**אָגוּרָה בְאָהָלְךָ עוֹלָמִים.** זַכֵּנִי בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וּבָעוֹלָם הַבָּא (בכורות לא:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I shall dwell in Your tent to eternity** Grant me the privilege in this world and in the world to come.


###### Rashi on Psalms 61:6:1
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**נָתַתָּ יְרֻשַּׁת יִרְאֵי שְׁמֶךָ.** הֶחֱזַרְתָּ עָרֵי יְרֻשָּׁתָם עַל יָדִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You have given the heritage of those who fear Your name** You have restored the cities of their heritage through me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 61:7:1
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**יָמִים עַל יְמֵי מֶלֶךְ תּוֹסִיף.** אִם נִגְזַר עָלַי לָמוּת בָּחוּר, הוֹסִיף יָמִים עַל יָמַי, עַד שֶׁשְּׁנוֹתַי יִהְיוּ שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה **כְּמוֹ** שְׁנֵי **דֹר וָדֹר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Add days to the days of the king** If it has been decreed upon me to die young, add days to my days until my years will equal seventy years, as the years of every generation.


###### Rashi on Psalms 61:8:1
[Rashi on Psalms 61:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/61:8:1)

**יֵשֵׁב.** הַמֶּלֶךְ לְעוֹלָם לִפְנֵי אֱלֹהִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**May he dwell** [May] the king dwell forever before God.


###### Rashi on Psalms 61:8:2
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**חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת.** שֶׁהוּא עוֹסֵק בָּהֶם, יִהְיוּ מְזֻמָּנִים לְנָצְרוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**kindness and truth** with which he engages himself will be prepared to guard him.


###### Rashi on Psalms 61:8:3
[Rashi on Psalms 61:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/61:8:3)

**מָן.** הַזְמָנָה, כְּמוֹ ״וַיְמַן ה׳ קִיקָיוֹן״ (יונה ד:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**should be prepared** Heb. מן. Preparation, as (Jonah 4:6): “And the Lord...appointed (וימן) a kikayon.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 61:9:1
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**כֵּן אֲזַמְּרָה.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁתֵּיטִיב לִי, כֵּן אֲזַמְּרָה שִׁמְךָ, לִהְיוֹתִי מְשַׁלֵּם **נְדָרַי יוֹם יוֹם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**So will I sing praises** Just as You will benefit me, so will I sing praises to Your name by paying my vows every day.