## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 65

###### Rashi on Psalms 65:2:1
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**לְךָ דֻמִיָּה תְהִלָּה.** הַשְּׁתִיקָה תְּהִלָּה לְךָ, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין קֵץ לְשִׁבְחֲךָ; וְהַמַּרְבֶּה בְּשֶׁבַח אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא גּוֹרֵעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Silence is praise to You** Silence is praise to You; because there is no end to Your praise, the more one praises, the more one detracts.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:2:2
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**אֱלֹהִים בְּצִיּוֹן.** אֱלֹהִים הַשּׁוֹכֵן בְּצִיּוֹן, (מצאתי ״שִׂימוּ כָבוֹד תְּהִלָּתוֹ״ (תהלים סו:ב), לֹא יוֹתֵר מִדַּאי, אַךְ **דֻּמִיָּה תְהִלָּה**, וְכִמְדוּמֶּה הַלְלוּהוּ בְּאֵימָה בִּלְשׁוֹן הַלְלוּיָהּ שֵׁם בֶּן שְׁתֵּי אוֹתִיּוֹת, מְתֻרְגָּם ״דְּחִילָא״ ״עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ״ (שמות טו:ב) ״וְיָד עַל כֵּס יָהּ״ (שמות יז:טז) וְלָשׁוֹן ״וְגִילוּ בִּרְעָדָה״ (תהלים ב:יא) דּוֹמֶה לָזֶה) דָּבָר אַחֵר **לְךָ דֻמִיָּה תְהִלָּה אֱלֹהִים בְּצִיּוֹן** אֶת אֲשֶׁר דּוֹמַמְתָּ וְהֶחֱרַשְׁתָּ עַל מַה שֶּׁעָשָׂה אוֹיְבֶיךָ בְּצִיּוֹן תְּהִלָּה הָיָה לְךָ שֶׁהַיְּכֹלֶת בְּיָדְךָ לְהִנָּקֵם וְאַתָּה מַאֲרִיךְ אַף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O God in Zion** God, Who dwells in Zion. [I found the following: **make glorious His praise** Not effusion, but silence is praise. It appears that דמיה means “praise God with awe,” with the expression “praise Ya-h.” The name consisting of two letters is translated (Exod. 15:2) as, the fear of God, for “My strength and my praise is God (י-ה).” Also (Exod. 17:16), “For a hand is on the throne of God (י-ה).” And the expression (above 2:11): “and rejoice with quaking” resembles this. Shem Ephraim comments: It appears to me that Rashi should read as follows: **Make glorious, etc.** But silence to God is praise, and its interpretation is: Praise Him with awe, etc.” The intention is that the word דמיה is divided into two words. For it was difficult for him to understand why it should appear that one is to recite any praise of the Holy One, blessed be He. Therefore he says, “Make glorious His praise,” but not excessively, for that is equivalent to detracting. Therefore he says, “To You is silence (דום),” meaning that silence is fitting, but י-ה is praise, i.e., with the name consisting of two letters. His statement that the expression, “rejoice with quaking” resembles this, should read: “Worship the Lord with awe and rejoice with quaking.” His intention is that both verses mean that one may worship the Lord with awe; that is, one may worship the Holy One, blessed be He, with the name י-ה. Otherwise, worship with love is superior. It is also possible that the reading, “and it appears that, etc.” is a copyist’s error. It should read instead: “But be silent and praise Him with the name י-ה, in the expression Hallelujah. But this needs study. Later I found (below 68:5) that Rashi writes something similar. There, for him to write that the expression “and rejoice with quaking” resembles this is more appropriate, because there it says: “and rejoice before Him.” Compare. Therefore, it appears to me that this entire statement was erroneously copied here.) The gloss belongs below 66:2.] Another explanation: **To You is silence praise, O God, in Zion** That You were silent and still concerning Your enemies’ deeds in Zion is praise to You, for You are able to take revenge, yet You are slow to anger.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:4:1
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**דִּבְרֵי עֲוֹנוֹת גָּבְרוּ מֶנִּי.** וְאֵין אָנוּ יְכוֹלִים לְהַסְפִּיק לְסַדֵּר כֻּלָּם לְפָנֶיךָ, לְפִי שֶׁהֵם רַב, אֶלָּא בִּכְלָל אֶחָד אָנוּ מִתְפַּלְּלִים לְפָנֶיךָ, שֶׁ**פְּשָׁעֵינוּ אַתָּה תְכַפְּרֵם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Words of iniquities have overcome me** and we cannot manage to arrange them all before You because they are many. However, we offer a general prayer before You that You atone for our transgressions.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:5:1
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**אַשְׁרֵי.** מִי אֲשֶׁר תִּבְחַר וּתְקָרֵב, אֲשֶׁר **יִשְׁכֹּן בַּחֲצֵרֶיךָ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Praiseworthy is** he whom You choose and draw near, who will dwell in Your courts.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:5:2
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**נִשְׂבְּעָה בְּטוּב.** שֶׁבְּבֵיתֶךָ וּמִקְּדֻשַּׁת הֵיכָלֶךָ, שֶׁשְּׁכִינָתְךָ שׁוֹרָה שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**let us be sated with the goodness** that is in Your house and of the sanctity of Your Temple, in which Your Shechinah dwells.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:6:1
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**נוֹרָאוֹת בְּצֶדֶק תַּעֲנֵנוּ.** בְּצִדְקָתְךָ תַּעֲנֵנוּ, לַעֲשׂוֹת נוֹרָאוֹת בַּגּוֹיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**With awesome deeds, through [Your] charity You shall answer us** Through Your charity, You shall answer us by performing awesome deeds upon the heathens.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:6:2
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**מִבְטָח.** אַתָּה וּמָנוֹס לְכָל יוֹשְׁבֵי קַצְווֹת אֶרֶץ, מִקְּצֵה הָאָרֶץ וְעַד קָצֵהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the trust** You are [the trust] and the refuge of all the dwellers of the ends of the earth, from one end of the earth to the other.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:6:3
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**וְיָם רְחוֹקִים.** אֲפִלּוּ לָרְחוֹקִים שֶׁבַּיָּם אַתָּה **מִבְטָח**, שֶׁבְּכָל מָקוֹם מֶמְשַׁלְתְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**distant...and the sea** Even to the distant ones in the sea You are the trust, for Your rule is everywhere.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:7:1
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**מֵכִין הָרִים בְּכֹחוֹ.** שֶׁמַּצְמִיחַ הֶהָרִים, שֶׁהֵם קָשִׁים, בְּכֹחוֹ, וּמְזַמֵּן וּמֵכִין בָּהֶן מְזוֹנוֹת וּמֵכִין מָטָר, כְּדִכְתִיב (תהלים קמז:ח) ״הַמֵּכִין לָאָרֶץ מָטָר הַמַּצְמִיחַ הָרִים״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who sets mountains with His strength** With His strength, He makes the mountainswhich are hardsprout, and He prepares and readies food through them and prepares rain, as it is written (below 147:8): “Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes the mountains grow grass.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:7:2
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**נֶאֱזָר בִּגְבוּרָה.** לְפִי שֶׁבָּא לְהַזְכִּיר גְּבוּרַת גְּשָׁמִים, אָמַר: נֶאֱזָר בִּגְבוּרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who is girded with might** Because he wishes to mention the mighty deeds of the rains, he says, “Who is girded with might.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:8:1
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**מַשְׁבִּיחַ.** מַשְׁפִּיל, וְכֵן ״וְחָכָם בְּאָחוֹר יְשַׁבְּחֶנָּה״ (משלי כט:יא), ״בְּשׂוֹא גַלָּיו אַתָּה תְשַׁבְּחֵם״ (תהלים פט:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who humbles** Heb. משביח, He humbles. Similarly (Prov. 29:11): “but afterwards, a wise man will quiet it (ישבחנה) ; (below 89:10), “When it raises its waves, You humble them (תשבחם).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:9:1
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**מוֹצָאֵי בֹקֶר וָעֶרֶב תַּרְנִין.** לְךָ אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת יוֹשְׁבֵי הַקְּצָווֹת, בַּבֹּקֶר אוֹמְרִים בָּרוּךְ יוֹצֵר הַמְּאוֹרוֹת, וּבָעֶרֶב בָּרוּךְ הַמַּעֲרִיב עֲרָבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with the emergence of the morning and evening, You cause [them] to sing praises** [You cause] the creatures who dwell at the extremes to sing praises. In the morning, they say, “Blessed is He Who formed the luminaries,” and in the evening “Blessed is He Who brings about evening.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:10:1
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**פָּקַדְתָּ הָאָרֶץ.** כְּשֶׁאַתָּה חָפֵץ לְהֵיטִיב, אַתָּה פּוֹקֵד אֶת הָאָרֶץ וּמַשְׁקֶה אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You remember the earth** When You wish to do good, You remember the earth and water it.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:10:2
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**רַבַּת תַּעְשְׁרֶנָּה.** הַרְבֵּה אַתָּה מְעַשְּׁרָהּ מִפֶּלֶג שֶׁלְּךָ, שֶׁהוּא **מָלֵא מָיִם** (תענית ח:), וְתָכִין בּוֹ **דְּגָנָם** שֶׁל יוֹשְׁבֵי קְצָווֹת, כִּי בְּכֵן אַתָּה מֵכִין אוֹתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You enrich it greatly** You enrich it greatly from Your stream, which is full of water, and You prepare therewith the corn of the dwellers of “the ends,” for therewith You prepare it.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:11:1
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**תְּלָמֶיהָ.** הֵן שׁוּרוֹת הַמַּחֲרֵשָׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its furrows** Heb. תלמיה. They are the rows of the plowshare.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:11:2
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**רַוֵּה.** כְּמוֹ לְרַוָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To sate** Heb. רוה, like לרוה.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:11:3
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**נַחֵת גְּדוּדֶיהָ.** כְּמוֹ לְנַחֵת גְּדוּדֶיהָ, לְהָנִיחַ לִגְדוּדֶיהָ לַעֲשׂוֹת נַחַת לַבְּרִיּוֹת. אַתָּה **תְּמֹגְגֶנָּה** בִּרְבִיבִים שֶׁל מָטָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to afford pleasure to its troops** Heb. נחתגדודה, like לְנַחֵתגְדוּדֶהָ, to give rest to its troops. To afford pleasure to its creatures, You dissolve it with drops of rain.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:11:4
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**תְּמֹגְגֶנָּה.** לְשׁוֹן הֲמָסָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You dissolve it** Heb. תמגגנה, an expression of melting.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:12:1
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**עִטַּרְתָּ שְׁנַת טוֹבָתֶךָ.** עַל יְדֵי הַגְּשָׁמִים אַתָּה מְעַטֵּר בְּכָל טוֹב אֶת הַשָּׁנָה שֶׁאַתָּה חָפֵץ לְהֵיטִיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You crowned a year of Your goodness** Through the rains, You crown with total goodness the year that You wish to benefit.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:12:2
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**וּמַעְגָּלֶיךָ.** הֵם הַשָּׁמַיִם, שֶׁהֵם אֲבַק רַגְלֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Your paths** They are the heavens, which are the dust of Your feet.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:12:3
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**יִרְעֲפוּן.** יִטְּפוּן:


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:12:4
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**דָּשֶׁן.** שׁוּמָן:


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:13:1
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**יִרְעֲפוּ.** הַשָּׁמַיִם בִּנְאוֹת הַמִּדְבָּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They drip** The heavens [drip] upon the dwellings of the desert.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:14:1
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**לָבְשׁוּ כָרִים הַצֹּאן.** יִתְלַבְּשׁוּן הַשָּׁרוֹן וְהָעֲרָבָה מִן הַצֹּאן, הַבָּאִים לִרְעוֹת הַדֶּשֶׁא אֲשֶׁר הִצְמִיחַ הַמָּטָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Meadows are clothed with flocks** The Sharon and the Arabah are clothed with the flocks that come to graze on the grass that the rain causes to grow.


###### Rashi on Psalms 65:14:2
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**וַעֲמָקִים יַעַטְפוּ בָר.** עַל יְדֵי הַמָּטָר יִהְיוּ מְעֻטָּפִים הָעֲמָקִים בִּתְבוּאָה, וְאָז יִתְרוֹעֲעוּ הַבְּרִיּוֹת תְּרוּעַת שִׂמְחָה וְיָשִׁירוּ מֵרֹב הַבְּרָכָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and valleys are enwrapped with corn** Through the rain, the valleys will be enwrapped with grain. Then the creatures will shout with shouts of joy and sing because of the abundant blessing.