## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 70

###### Rashi on Psalms 70:1:1
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**לְדָוִד לְהַזְכִּיר.** לְשׁוֹן תְּפִלָּה הוּא, כְּמוֹ ״וַאֲנַחְנוּ בְּשֵׁם ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ נַזְכִּיר״ (תהלים כ:ח), וְכֵן בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ״לְהַזְכִּיר וּלְהוֹדוֹת לַה׳״ (דברי הימים א טז:ד). וּבְמִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים רָאִיתִי: מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁכָּעַס עַל צֹאנוֹ וְסָתַר אֶת הַדִּיר וְהוֹצִיא אֶת הַצֹּאן וְאֶת הָרוֹעֶה. אַחַר זְמַן הֶחֱזִיר אֶת הַצֹּאן וּבָנָה אֶת הַדִּיר, וְלֹא הִזְכִּיר אֶת הָרוֹעֶה. אָמַר הָרוֹעֶה: הֲרֵי הַצֹּאן מֻחְזָר וְהַדִּיר בָּנוּי, וַאֲנִי אֵינִי נִזְכָּר? כָּךְ, לְמַעְלָה מִן הָעִנְיָן נֶאֱמַר ״כִּי אֱלֹהִים יוֹשִׁיעַ צִיּוֹן וְגוֹ׳״ (תהלים סט:לו), ״וְאוֹהֲבֵי שְׁמוֹ יִשְׁכְּנוּ בָהּ״ (תהלים סט:לז): הֲרֵי הַדִּיר בָּנוּי וְהַצֹּאן כָּנוּס, וְהָרוֹעֶה (זֶה דָוִד) לֹא נִזְכָּר. לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר: **לְדָוִד לְהַזְכִּיר אֱלֹהִים לְהַצִּילֵנִי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of David, to make mention** This is an expression of prayer, as (above 20:8): “but we pray (נזכיר) in the name of the Lord our God.” Similarly, in (I) Chronicles (16:4): “to invoke (להזכיר) and to give thanks to the Lord.” In Midrash Psalms (70:1) I saw: This is comparable to a king who became wroth with his flock, and demolished the sheepcote and took out the flock and the shepherd. Sometime later, he restored the flock and rebuilt the sheepcote, but he did not mention the shepherd. Said the shepherd, “Behold, the flock is restored and the sheepcote is rebuilt, but I am not mentioned.” Similarly, in the preceding chapter it says: “When God saves Zion, etc., and those who love His name dwell therein.” Behold the sheepcote is built and the flock is brought into it, but I am not mentioned. Therefore it says: “Of David, to make mention. O God, to save me.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 70:4:1
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**יָשׁוּבוּ עַל עֵקֶב בָּשְׁתָּם.** מִדָּה בְּמִדָּה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁעָשׂוּ לִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Let them return in the path of their shame** Measure for measure, as they did to me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 70:4:2
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**עַל עֵקֶב.** בְּאוֹתוֹ מַעְגָּל עַצְמוֹ, אנציש״טראציש בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the path** In that very same path, en ses trazes, on (their) its footsteps.


###### Rashi on Psalms 70:4:3
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**הָאוֹמְרִים.** עָלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those who say** about me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 70:4:4
[Rashi on Psalms 70:4:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/70:4:4)

**הֶאָח הֶאָח.** לְשׁוֹן חֶדְוָה, בִּרְאוֹתוֹ בְּאוֹיְבוֹ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“Aha”** An expression of joy, when one sees that his wishes concerning his enemy have been fulfilled.


###### Rashi on Psalms 70:6:1
[Rashi on Psalms 70:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/70:6:1)

**חוּשָׁה לִּי.** לְעֶזְרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**hasten to me** to aid [me].