## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 7

###### Rashi on Psalms 7:1:1
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**שִׁגָּיוֹן לְדָוִד.** מְנַחֵם אָמַר שֶׁגַּם זֶה אֶחָד מִשְּׁמוֹת הַזֶּמֶר עַל שֵׁם הַכְּלִי, וְכֵן פֵּרֵשׁ ״עַל שִׁגְיֹנוֹת״ (חבקוק ג:א), וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ לְשׁוֹן מִשְׁגֶּה שֶׁנִּתְוַדָּה וְנִתְפַּלֵּל עַל הַשִּׁגָּיוֹן שֶׁאָמַר שִׁירָה עַל מַפַּלְתּוֹ שֶׁל שָׁאוּל כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיְדַבֵּר דָּוִד לַה׳ וְגוֹ׳״ (שמואל ב כב:א), אֲבָל עִנְיַן הַמִּזְמוֹר אֵינוֹ מוֹכִיחַ עַל כָּךְ. וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי שֶׁאֲמָרוֹ עַל עִסְקֵי יִשְׁבִּי בְנֹב (שמואל ב כא:טז) שֶׁבָּא עָלָיו עַל עָנְשׁוֹ שֶׁל שָׁאוּל כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עַל יָדְךָ נִטְרַד דּוֹאֵג הָאֲדוֹמִי עַל יָדְךָ נֶהֱרַג שָׁאוּל וּבָנָיו כוּ׳ (כִּדְאִיתָא בְּחֵלֶק שְׁגִיאוֹת שֶׁבִּקֵּשׁ דָּוִד לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְהִמָּסֵר בְּיַד שׂוֹנֵא וְלֹא יִכְלֶה זַרְעוֹ ס״א אינו), וְהָפַךְ דָּוִד אֶת תְּפִלָּתוֹ וְהִתְפַּלֵּל שֶׁלֹּא יִפֹּל בְּיַד אוֹיֵב. וְכֵן פִּתְרוֹנוֹ מִשְׁגֶּה שָׁר דָּוִד לַה׳ עַל שֶׁשָּׁגַג לוֹמַר לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְמָסְרוֹ בְּיַד אוֹיֵב עַל דִּבְרֵי שָׁאוּל שֶׁנֶּהֱרַג עַל יָדוֹ. דָּבָר אַחֵר: עַל שִׁגָּיוֹן כְּנַף הַמְּעִיל אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת לְשָׁאוּל (שמואל א כד:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A shiggayon of David** Menachem says (p. 170) that this, too, is one of the names of a melody named for the instrument, and so he explained “on shigyonoth,” [in Habakkuk 3:1]. But our Sages (Mid. Ps. 7:18) explained it as an expression of error, that he confessed and prayed about the error that he had [committed by] reciting a song upon Saul’s downfall, as it is stated (in II Sam. 22:1): “And David spoke to the Lord, etc.” The contents of the psalm, however, do not indicate this, because it speaks of the nations (in verse 9): “May the Lord judge the peoples.” I, therefore, say that he recited it concerning Ishbi in Nob (II Sam. 21:16), who came upon him as a punishment for Saul; as our Rabbis explained, that the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him, “Through you, Doeg the Edomite was banished; through you, Saul and his sons were slain, etc.” as is stated in “Chelek” (Sanh. 95a). The errors that David asked of the Holy One, blessed be He, [were] that he [himself] be delivered into the hands of his enemies and that his descendants should not be destroyed. (The last sentence does not appear in all editions.) [Therefore, because his life was endangered,] David reversed his prayer and prayed that he should not fall into the hands of his enemies. Now this is its meaning: An error that David sang to the Lord because he had erred in saying to the Holy One, blessed be He, to deliver him into the hands of his enemies on account of Saul, who was slain because of him. Another explanation: Concerning the error of the skirt of Saul’s coat, which he had severed.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:1:2
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**כּוּשׁ.** מַה כּוּשִׁי מְשֻׁנֶּה בְּעוֹרוֹ, אַף שָׁאוּל מְשֻׁנֶּה בְּמַעֲשָׂיו (מועד קטן טז:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Cush** Just as a Cushite has unusual skin, so did Saul have unusual deeds.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:3:1
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**פּוֹרֵק.** לְשׁוֹן ״פָּרְקוּ נִזְמֵי הַזָּהָב״ (שמות לב:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**rending it to pieces** Heb. פרק, an expression of (Exod. 32:2): “Break off (פרקו) the golden rings.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:4:1
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**אִם עָשִׂיתִי זֹאת.** מַה שֶּׁמְפֹרָשׁ אַחֲרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**if I have done this** What is delineated after it.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:5:1
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**אִם גָּמַלְתִּי שׁוֹלְמִי רָע.** אִם גְּמַלְתִּיו כִּגְמוּלוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**if I repaid the one who did evil to me** If I repaid him according to his deeds.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:5:2
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**וָאֲחַלְּצָה צוֹרְרִי רֵיקָם.** שִׁחַתִּי אֶת חֲלִיצָתוֹ בְּכָרְתִּי אֶת כְּנַף מְעִילוֹ, אִם לְהַשְׁחִית וּלְחַלְּצוֹ וּלְהַעֲמִידוֹ רֵיקָם וּבְשִׂנְאָה עָשִׂיתִי? אֶלָּא לְהוֹדִיעוֹ, שֶׁהָיָה מָסוּר בְּיָדִי לְהָרְגוֹ וְלֹא הֲרַגְתִּיו. **וָאֲחַלְּצָה** לְשׁוֹן הַפְשָׁטָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I stripped my adversary into emptiness** I destroyed his garment when I severed the skirt of his coat. Did I do it to destroy and to strip him and cause him to stand empty, and [was it done] with hatred? Only to let him know that he was delivered into my hand to kill him, and I did not kill him. [The word] חלצה is an expression of stripping off clothing.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:7:1
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**קוּמָה ה׳ בְּאַפֶּךָ.** עַל שׂוֹנְאַי, כְּגוֹן יִשְׁבִּי וְאֶחָיו וּפְלִשְׁתִּים (שמואל ב כא:טז), שֶׁלֹּא אֶמָּסֵר בְּיָדָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Arise, O Lord, with Your wrath** against my enemies, such as Ishbi and his brothers and the Philistines, that I should not be delivered into their hands.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:7:2
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**הִנָּשֵׂא.** הִתְפָּאֵר לְהַרְאוֹת נִקְמַת עֶבְרָה בְּהִתְעַבֶּרְךָ עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**exalt Yourself** boast, to show me the revenge of Your anger when You become angry with them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:7:3
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**וְעוּרָה אֵלַי.** שֶׁאוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת בָּהֶם **מִשְׁפָּט** נְקָמָה אֲשֶׁר **צִוִּיתָ**, וְהֵיכָן צִוִּיתָ? ״תְּרֹעֵם בְּשֵׁבֶט בַּרְזֶל״ (תהלים ב:ט), ״וְאָיַבְתִּי אֶת אֹיְבֶיךָ״ (שמות כג:כב). זֶה מָצָאתִי בַמִּדְרָשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and awaken for me** that I should be able to execute upon them the judgment of revenge that You commanded. Now where did You command [it]? “You shall break them with an iron rod” (above 2:9). “Then I will be an enemy to your enemies” (Exod. 23:22). I found this in the Midrash (Mid. Ps. 7:6; Tan. Ki Thissa 20, Buber 13 with variations).


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:8:1
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**וַעֲדַת לְאֻמִּים תְּסוֹבְבֶךָּ.** אִם יַחְזְרוּ אַחֲרֶיךָ לְהוֹשִׁיעָם אַל תִּשְׁמַע לְקוֹלָם, הִתְרַחֵק מֵעֲלֵיהֶם וְשׁוּב וְשֵׁב בִּמְקוֹמְךָ בַּמָּרוֹם רפיש״א בְּלַעַ״ז. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **לַמָּרוֹם שׁוּבָה** לְהַרְאוֹת לָהֶם שֶׁיָּדְךָ עֶלְיוֹנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And [if] a congregation of kingdoms surrounds You** If troops of nations follow You to save them, do not hearken to their voice. Distance Yourself from them and go back to sit in Your place on high; repoxa in Old French, repose. Another interpretation: Return on high to show them that You have the upper hand.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:9:1
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**ה׳ יָדִין עַמִּים.** הֲפוֹךְ הַדִּין מֵעָלֵינוּ וּתְנֵהוּ עַל הָרְשָׁעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**May the Lord judge the peoples** Reverse the sentence from upon us and place it upon the nations.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:9:2
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**יָדִין.** לְשׁוֹן יִסּוּרִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**judge** An expression of chastisements.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:9:3
[Rashi on Psalms 7:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/7:9:3)

**שָׁפְטֵנִי ה׳ כְּצִדְקִי.** שְׁפוֹט לְפִי מַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים שֶׁבְּיָדָם וְלֹא לְפִי הָעֲבֵירוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness** But judge Israel according to the good deeds they have done and not according to the sins.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:10:1
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**יִגְמָר.** לְשׁוֹן כִּלָּיוֹן, וְכֵן פָּתַר מְנַחֵם ״גָּמַר אֹמֶר״ (תהלים עז:ט), ״גָּמַר חָסִיד״ (תהלים יב:ב), וְכֵן כֻּלָּם (ס״א אינו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**destroy** Heb. יגמר, lit. finish. An expression of destruction, and so did Menachem (p. 57) interpret: (77:9), “destroyed (גמר) His word”; (12:2), “a pious man has perished (גמר),” and so all of them. (This does not appear in certain editions.)


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:10:2
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**וּתְכוֹנֵן צַדִּיק וּבֹחֵן לִבּוֹת.** אַתָּה יוֹדֵעַ מִי הוּא הַצַּדִּיק שֶׁתְּכוֹנְנֵהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and may You establish the righteous...tests the hearts** You know who is the righteous man that You may establish him.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:10:3
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**אֱלֹהִים צַדִּיק.** כֵּן שְׁמֶךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the righteous God** That is Your name.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:12:1
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**שׁוֹפֵט צַדִּיק.** אַתָּה לִשְׁפּוֹט צֶדֶק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a righteous judge** are You to judge with righteousness.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:12:2
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**זוֹעֵם בְּכָל יוֹם.** כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה אֶת מַעֲשֵׂה הָרְשָׁעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is incensed every day** when He sees the deed of the wicked.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:13:1
[Rashi on Psalms 7:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/7:13:1)

**אִם לֹא יָשׁוּב.** הָרָשָׁע מֵרִשְׁעוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If he does not repent** [i.e., if] the wicked [does not repent] of his wickedness.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:13:2
[Rashi on Psalms 7:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/7:13:2)

**חַרְבּוֹ יִלְטוֹשׁ.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עָלָיו יִלְטוֹשׁ, פוֹרְבִּירָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז, וְיִדְרֹךְ קַשְׁתּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He will whet His sword** The Holy One, blessed be He, [will whet His sword] for him. ילטוש means forbira in Old French, to polish, furbish; and He will tread His bow.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:14:1
[Rashi on Psalms 7:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/7:14:1)

**וְלוֹ.** וְלָרָשָׁע הֵכִין הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא **כְּלֵי מָוֶת**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And...for him** And for the wicked man, the Holy One, blessed be He, has prepared deadly weapons.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:14:2
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**לְדֹלְקִים.** לְרוֹדְפִים, כְּמוֹ ״כִּי דָלַקְתָּ אַחֲרָי״ (בראשית לא:לו). וְכֵן פֵּרוּשׁוֹ: חִצָּיו לַהֲרֹג אֶת הָרְשָׁעִים הַדּוֹלְקִים אֶת הַצַּדִּיקִים יִפְעַל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וְיַזְמִינֵם לַהֲמִיתָם. כָּל דְּלִיקָה לְשׁוֹן רְדִיפָה הִיא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for pursuers** Heb. לדלקים, for pursuers, as (in Gen. 31:36): “that you pursued (דלקת) me.” And this is its meaning: His arrows to slay the wicked who pursue the righteous, the Holy One, blessed be He, will make and prepare them to slay them. Every [instance of] דליקה is an expression of pursuit.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:15:1
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**יְחַבֵּל.** לְשׁוֹן הֵרָיוֹן וְלֵידָה, כְּמוֹ ״שָׁמָּה חִבְּלַתְךָ אִמֶּךָ״ (שיר השירים ח:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold, he travails** Heb. יחבל an expression of conception and birth, as (in Song 8:5): “there your mother was in travail with you (חבלתך).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:15:2
[Rashi on Psalms 7:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/7:15:2)

**וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָׁקֶר.** כָּל מַה שֶּׁהוּא מוֹלִיד וְיָגֵעַ – הַכֹּל מְשַׁקֵּר בּוֹ, שֶׁאֵינוֹ מִתְקַיֵּם בְּיָדוֹ; מַתְלָא אָמַר : כָּל מַה דְּשִׁקְרָא מוֹלִיד, פַּחְתָּא נָסְבָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he conceives mischief, and gives birth to lies** Whatever he begets and toils, everything betrays him. The adage says: Whatever lies beget, diminution takes.


###### Rashi on Psalms 7:18:1
[Rashi on Psalms 7:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/7:18:1)

**אוֹדֶה ה׳ כְּצִדְקוֹ.** כְּשֶׁיַּצְדִּיק הַדִּין הַגָּמוּר לִשְׁפּוֹט הָרְשָׁעִים כְּרִשְׁעָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will thank the Lord according to His righteousness** When He executes strict justice with righteousness, to judge the wicked according to their wickedness.