## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 63

###### Rashi on Psalms 63:1:1
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**בְּמִדְבַּר יְהוּדָה.** בּוֹרֵחַ מִפְּנֵי שָׁאוּל (שמואל א כב-כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the desert of Judah** when he was fleeing from Saul.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:2:1
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**אֲשַׁחֲרֶךָּ.** אֲבַקֵּשׁ וְאֶדְרוֹשׁ לְךָ, כְּמוֹ ״וְשִׁחַרְתַּנִי וְאֵינֶנִּי״ (איוב ז:כא), ״אִם אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל אֵל״ (איוב ח:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I seek You** Heb. אשחרך, I seek and search for You, as (Job 7:21): “and You shall seek me (ושחרתני), but I am not here”; (Job 8:5), “If you seek (תשחר) God.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:2:2
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**צָמְאָה לְךָ נַפְשִׁי.** צָמֵא וְתָאֵב אֲנִי לָבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ בְּבֵית תְּפִלָּתְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My soul thirsts for You** I thirst and long to come to You in Your house of prayer.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:2:3
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**כָּמַהּ לְךָ בְשָׂרִי.** לְשׁוֹן תַּאֲוָה, וְאֵין לוֹ דִּמְיוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my flesh longs for You** Heb. כמה, an expression of desire. There is no similar [Scriptural expression].


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:2:4
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**בְּאֶרֶץ צִיָּה.** בַּמִּדְבָּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in an arid land** in the desert.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:3:1
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**כֵּן בַּקֹּדֶשׁ חֲזִיתִיךָ וְגוֹ׳.** כְּמוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר: צָמֵאתִי לִרְאוֹת עֻזְּךָ וּכְבוֹדְךָ כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁחֲזִיתִיךָ בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ, מִשְׁכַּן שִׁילֹה; תִּשְׂבַּע נַפְשִׁי בְּמַרְאוֹת עֻזְּךָ וּכְבוֹדֶךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As I saw You in the Sanctuary, etc.** Heb. כן, like כאשר, as. I thirst to see Your strength and Your glory as I saw You in the Sanctuary, the Tabernacle of Shiloh. My soul will be sated with the visions of Your strength and Your glory.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:5:1
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**כֵּן אֲבָרֶכְךָ בְחַיָּי.** כְּמוֹ אָז, כִּי ״אָז״ (דברים כט:יט) מְתַרְגְּמִינָן: ״וּבְכֵן״. כְּלוֹמַר: אָז, כְּשֶׁאָבוֹא לְפָנֶיךָ, אֲבָרֶכְךָ כָּל יְמֵי חַיַּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then I shall bless You in my lifetime** Heb. כן, like אָז, then, because אָז is translated ובכן. That is to say: Then, when I come before You, I shall bless You all the days of my life.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:5:2
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**בְּשִׁמְךָ אֶשָּׂא כַפָּי.** לְהִתְפַּלֵּל וּלְהַלֵּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in Your name I shall lift my hands** to pray and laud.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:6:1
[Rashi on Psalms 63:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/63:6:1)

**וְשִׂפְתֵי רְנָנוֹת.** לְשׁוֹנוֹת שֶׁל רְנָנוֹת, כְּמוֹ ״וַיְהִי כָל הָאָרֶץ שָׂפָה אֶחָת״ (בראשית יא:א) דִּמְתַרְגְּמִינַן: ״לִישָׁנָא חַד״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when my mouth praises with expressions of song** Heb. ושפתי, languages of songs, as (Gen. 11: 1): “And all the earth was of one language (שפה),” which is translated: לישן חד.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:7:1
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**עַל יְצוּעָי.** כְּשֶׁאֲנִי שׁוֹכֵב עַל מִשְׁכָּבִי, אֲנִי זוֹכֵר אַהֲבָתְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on my couch** When I lie on my couch, I remember Your love.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:7:2
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**בָּאַשְׁמֻרוֹת.** הַלַּיְלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the watches** of the night.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:7:3
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**אֶהְגֶּה בָּךְ.** אֶחְשֹׁב בְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I meditate about You** Heb. אהגה. I think about You.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:9:1
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**בִּי תָּמְכָה יְמִינֶךָ.** שֶׁלֹּא אֶפּוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your right hand has supported me** that I should not fall.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:10:1
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**וְהֵמָּה.** אוֹיְבַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But they** My enemies.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:10:2
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**לְשׁוֹאָה יְבַקְשׁוּ נַפְשִׁי.** בָּאִים עָלַי בְּמַאֲרָב בְּיוֹם אֲפֵלָה, שֶׁלֹּא אַרְגִּישׁ בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**seek my soul to make it desolate** They come upon me in ambush on a dark day so that I should not sense their presence.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:10:3
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**יָבֹאוּ בְּתַחְתִּיּוֹת הָאָרֶץ.** בְּמָקוֹם שָׁפָל, שְׁאוֹל וְשׁוּחָה, יָבֹאוּ וְיִפְּלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**may they come into the depths of the earth** In a low place; let them come and fall into the grave and the pit.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:11:1
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**יְגִירוּהוּ עַל יְדֵי חָרֶב.** יָבוֹאוּ עַל רוֹדְפֵי אוֹיְבִים, וִיגִירוּהוּ כָּל אֶחָד מֵהֶם עַל יְדֵי חֶרֶב שֶׁיָּמִיתוּ אוֹתוֹ. וּמִקְרָא קָצָר הוּא זֶה שֶׁלֹּא פֵּירֵשׁ מִי יְגִירוּהוּ. **יְגִירוּהוּ** לְשׁוֹן גְּרִירָה, כְּמוֹ ״מוֹגָרִים בַּמּוֹרָד״ (מיכה א:ד), ״פָּרַץ נַחַל מֵעִם גָּר״ (איוב כח:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**May he be dragged by the sword** May enemies come upon my pursuers and drag each one of them with a sword, killing him. This is an elliptical verse, since it does not explain who will drag him. יגירהוּ is an expression of dragging, as (Micah 1:4): “as water poured down (המוגרים) a steep place”; (Job. 28:4), “A stream bursts forth from the place of its flow (גר).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:11:2
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(מָצָאתִי **מְנָת שׁוּעָלִים.** יִשּׁוּבָם חָרֵב, שׁוּעָלִים יֵלְכוּ בוֹ (איכה ה:יח)):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the portion of foxes** (I found: the portion of foxes May their dwellings be destroyed, that foxes should walk there.)


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:12:1
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**וְהַמֶּלֶךְ יִשְׂמַח.** עַל עַצְמוֹ הָיָה אוֹמֵר, שֶׁהֲרֵי כְּבָר הָיָה נִמְשַׁח:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And may the king rejoice** He says this about himself because he had already been anointed.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:12:2
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**יִתְהַלֵּל כָּל הַנִּשְׁבָּע בּוֹ.** כְּשֶׁיִּרְאוּ שֶׁתּוֹשִׁיעֵנִי, יִתְהַלְּלוּ וְיִתְפָּאֲרוּ כָּל הַדְּבֵקִים בְּךָ וְנִשְׁבָּעִים בִּשְׁמֶךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**may all who swear by Him boast** When they see that You will save me, all those who cleave to You and swear by Your name will boast and praise themselves.


###### Rashi on Psalms 63:12:3
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**כִּי יִסָּכֵר.** יִסָּתֵם, כְּמוֹ ״וַיִּסָּכְרוּ כָּל מַעְיְנוֹת תְּהוֹם רַבָּה״ (בראשית ח:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for...will be closed** Heb. יסכר, will be closed up, as (Gen. 8:2). “The fountains of the great deep...were closed (ויסכרו).”