## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 62

###### Rashi on Psalms 62:1:1
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**עַל יְדוּתוּן.** שֵׁם כְּלִי שִׁיר, וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה : עַל הַדָּתוֹת וְעַל הַדִּינִין הַנִּגְזָרִים עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאוֹיְבֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on jeduthun** The name of a musical instrument. The Midrash Aggadah, though, [explains it to mean]: concerning the ordinances (דתות) and laws that are decreed upon Israel by their enemies.


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:2:1
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**דּוּמִיָּה נַפְשִׁי.** מְצַפָּה נַפְשִׁי, כְּמוֹ ״דּוֹם לַה׳ וְהִתְחוֹלֵל לוֹ״ (תהלים לז:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**does my soul hope** Heb. דומיה. My soul hopes, as (above 37:7): “Wait (דום) for the Lord and hope for Him.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:3:1
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**לֹא אֶמּוֹט רַבָּה.** מְטוֹת גְּדוֹלוֹת, וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה: רַבָּה גֵּיהִנֹּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I shall not falter greatly** Great falterings. According to the Midrash Aggadah (Mid. Ps. 62: 2), “greatly” refers to Gehinnom.


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:4:1
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**תְּהוֹתְתוּ.** מְנַחֵם פֵּירֵשׁ מִגִּזְרַת ״הֵתָיוּ לְאָכְלָה״ (ירמיהו יב:ט), ״וַיֵּתֵא רָאשֵׁי עָם״ (דברים לג:כא): עַד אָנָה תֵּאָסְפוּ עַל אִישׁ. וְלִי נִרְאֶה שֶׁיֵּשׁ לְפוֹתְרוֹ לְשׁוֹן ״הַוּוֹת״ (תהלים ה:י), וִיהֵא הֵ״א וְתָי״ו שֹׁרֶשׁ: כַּאֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר מִן ׳מֵת׳ – ׳מוֹת׳, כָּךְ נֹאמַר מִן יְסוֹד ׳הֵת׳ – ׳הוֹת׳, וּלְשׁוֹן רַבִּים ׳הַוּוֹת׳; וְהוּא לְשׁוֹן מַחֲשֶׁבֶת שֶׁבֶר וְתַרְמִית. וְיֵשׁ מְפָרְשִׁין: **תְּהוֹתְתוּ** כְּמוֹ תַּאֲרִיכוּ לְשׁוֹנְכֶם עַל בְּנֵי אָדָם בְּרַע. וְדִמּוּהָּ לִלְשׁוֹן הָעֲרָב כְּשֶׁמַּרְבֶּה בִּדְבָרִים (ס״א אינו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will you plan destruction** Heb. תהותתו. Menachem (p. 69) explained it as derived from (Jer. 12: 9): “come (התיו) to eat”; (Deut. 33:21), “He came (ויתא) to the head of the people.” How long will you gather against a man? But it appears to me that it should be interpreted as an expression of הַוּוֹת destruction, and the “hey” and “tav” are the radical. As one says from מֵת, מוֹת, so shall we say from the root הֵת, הוֹת, and the plural is הוּוֹת. It is an expression of a destructive and deceitful plot. Others explain תְּהוֹתֲתוּ as “you extend.” i.e., you extend your tongue on the sons of men with evil, and they compared it to Arabic, when one speaks overly much.


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:4:2
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**כְּקִיר נָטוּי.** הַמּוּכָן לִיפּוֹל עַל בְּנֵי אָדָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as a leaning wall** which is ready to fall upon the sons of men.


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:5:1
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**מִשְּׂאֵתוֹ.** לְפִי שֶׁאַתֶּם יְגוּרִים מִן בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁמָּא יִמְלֹךְ וִישַׁלֵּם גְּמוּלְכֶם, יְעַצְתֶּם לְהַדִּיחַ עָלָיו הָרָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because of his loftiness** Because you are afraid of people (sic) perhaps he will reign and repay you your recompense, and your counsel is to cause harm to fall upon him.


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:5:2
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**בְּפִיו.** שֶׁל כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד מֵהֶם **יְבָרֵכוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with his mouth** of each of them they bless.


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:5:3
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**וּבְקִרְבָּם.** וּבְמַחְשְׁבוֹתָם **יְקַלְלוּ סֶלָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but inwardly** But in their thoughts they curse forever.


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:10:1
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**אַךְ הֶבֶל בְּנֵי אָדָם.** וְאַל תִּירְאוּ מֵהֶם מֵאַחַר שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַחֲסֶה לָנוּ בְּעֵת צָרָה סֶלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The sons of men are but vanity** Do not fear them, since God is forever our shelter in time of trouble.


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:10:2
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**בְּמֹאזְנַיִם לַעֲלוֹת.** אִם בָּאוּ לַעֲלוֹת בְּמֹאזְנַיִם וְהַבְלֵיהֶם שָׁוִים, כֵּן פְּשׁוּטוֹ. וּמִדְרָשׁוֹ לְעִנְיַן הַזּוּגוֹת (ויקרא רבה כט:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were they to be put on a scale** If they came to go up on a scale, they and their vanities would be equal. This is the simple meaning, but midrashically, it is interpreted as concerning couples (Lev. Rabbah 29:8).


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:11:1
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**חַיִל כִּי יָנוּב.** אִם תִּרְאוּ רְשָׁעִים שֶׁמָּמוֹנָם מַצְלִיחַ וְגָדֵל, **אַל תָּשִׁיתוּ לֵב**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**if wealth burgeons** If you see wicked men whose money prospers and increases, pay it no heed.


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:11:2
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**חַיִל.** מָמוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
חיל is money.


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:11:3
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**יָנוּב.** יִצְמַח, לְשׁוֹן ״תְּנוּבָה״ (ישעיה כז:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**burgeons** Heb. ינוב, grows, an expression of produce (תנובה).


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:12:1
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**אַחַת דִּבֶּר אֱלֹהִים.** שֶׁשָּׁמַעְתִּי מִתּוֹכָהּ שְׁתַּיִם, וּמָה הֵן שְׁתַּיִם? **כִּי עֹז** לְךָ לְשַׁלֵּם **לְאִישׁ כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ**, וְהַשֵּׁנִי **כִּי לְךָ ה׳ הַחֶסֶד.** וּמֵאֵיזֶה דִּבּוּר שְׁמַעְנוּם? מִדִּבּוּר שֵׁנִי שֶׁל עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְּרוֹת שָׁמַעְנוּ מִמֶּנּוּ, שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא פּוֹקֵד עָוֹן וְנוֹצֵר חֶסֶד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ (שמות כ:ה) ״פֹּקֵד עֲוֹן אָבוֹת וְגוֹ׳״. לְכָךְ בָּטוּחַ אֲנִי שֶׁיְּשַׁלֵּם שָׂכָר טוֹב לַצַּדִּיקִים וּפֻרְעָנוּת לָרְשָׁעִים. זוֹ לָמַדְתִּי מִיסוֹדוֹ שֶׁל ר׳ מֹשֶׁה הַדַּרְשָׁן. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דְּרָשׁוּהוּ (מכילתא יתרו בחדש ז) בְּזָכוֹר וְשָׁמוֹר בְּדִבּוּר אֶחָד נֶאֶמְרוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**God spoke one thing** I heard two things from it, and what are the two things? First, that God has strength to repay a man according to his deed. Second, that You, O Lord, have kindness. Now, from which statement do we derive this? From the second commandment of the Decalogue. We derive from it that the Holy One, blessed be He, punishes iniquity and preserves kindness, as it is stated therein: “I visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, etc.” Therefore, I am confident that He will pay a good reward to the righteous and punishment to the wicked. I learned from the work of Rabbi Moshe Hadarshan, but our Sages interpreted it as referring to [the maxim that] “Remember” and “Keep” were stated in a single utterance.


###### Rashi on Psalms 62:13:1
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**וּלְךָ אֲדֹנָי חָסֶד.** וּמַהוּ הַחֶסֶד? **כִּי אַתָּה תְשַׁלֵּם לְאִישׁ כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ**, וְלֹא מַעֲשֵׂהוּ מַמָּשׁ אֶלָּא מִקְצָתוֹ, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי אַתָּה אֱלֹהֵינוּ חָשַׂכְתָּ לְמַטָּה מֵעֲוֹנֵנוּ״ (עזרא ט:יג). כָּךְ נִדְרַשׁ בְּאַגָּדַת תְּהִלִּים (מדרש תהלים סב:ד). וְיֵשׁ לִפְתֹּר עוֹד: **וּלְךָ ה׳** הַחֶסֶד, כִּי יֵשׁ בְּיָדְךָ לְשַׁלֵּם **לְאִישׁ כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And You, O Lord, have kindness** And what is the kindness? That You repay a man according to his deed; not really his deed but part of it, as the matter that is stated (Ezra 9:13): “for You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities [deserve].” In this manner it is interpreted in Aggadath Tehillim (Mid. Ps. 62:4). It may also be interpreted: And You, O Lord, have kindness because You have the power to repay a man according to his deed.