## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 77

###### Rashi on Psalms 77:1:1
[Rashi on Psalms 77:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:1:1)

**עַל יְדוּתוּן.** עַל הַדָּתוֹת וְעַל הַדִּינִין הָעוֹבְרִים עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on jeduthun** Concerning the decrees and the laws that pass over Israel.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:3:1
[Rashi on Psalms 77:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:3:1)

**יָדִי.** מַכָּתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my wound** Heb. ידי, lit. my hand; my wound.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:3:2
[Rashi on Psalms 77:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:3:2)

**לַיְלָה נִגְּרָה.** בַּגָּלוּת זֶה שֶׁהוּא כְּלַיְלָה, הִיא נִגְּרָה לֵחָה וּמָרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my wound oozes** In this exile, which is like night, it oozes pus and gall.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:3:3
[Rashi on Psalms 77:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:3:3)

**וְלֹא תָפוּג.** וְלֹא תִדְמֶה נִגְּרָתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and does not abate** Its oozing does not abate.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:4:1
[Rashi on Psalms 77:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:4:1)

**אֶזְכְּרָה אֱלֹהִים.** הַחֶסֶד שֶׁהָיָה רָגִיל לַעֲשׂוֹת לִי בִּימֵי חִבָּתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I remember God** The kindness that He used to do for me in the days of my love.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:4:2
[Rashi on Psalms 77:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:4:2)

**אָשִׂיחָה.** בְּאוֹתָן חֲסָדִים וְטוֹבוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I speak** about those acts of kindness and the favors.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:4:3
[Rashi on Psalms 77:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:4:3)

**וְתִתְעַטֵּף רוּחִי.** פַּשְׁמִי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and my spirit becomes faint** Pasmer in Old French, to faint or swoon.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:5:1
[Rashi on Psalms 77:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:5:1)

**אָחַזְתָּ שְׁמֻרוֹת עֵינָי.** שְׁמוּרוֹת לְשׁוֹן אַשְׁמוּרוֹת הַלַּיְלָה, שֶׁאָדָם נֵעוֹר מִשְּׁנָתוֹ וְדַעְתּוֹ מְיֻשֶּׁבֶת וְלִבּוֹ חוֹזֵר עָלָיו. וַאֲנִי אֵינִי כֵּן בַּלַּיְלָה זוֹ שֶׁל גָּלוּת: תָּמִיד עֵינַי נִדְבָּקוֹת, כְּאָדָם נִרְדָּם מֵאֹטֶם לֵב. בַּצָּרוֹת שֶׁאֲנִי רוֹאֶה נִפְעֲמָה רוּחִי וְאֵין הַדִּבּוּר בִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You held fast the awakenings of my eyes** Heb. שמרות, an expression of the watch (אשמרת) of the night, for [when] a person awakens from his sleep his mind is settled and his heart returns to him, but I am not like that. In this night of exile, my eyes are always stuck together, like a man sleeping from a clogged heart, and in the troubles that I see, my spirit throbs and I have no speech within me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:6:1
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**חִשַּׁבְתִּי יָמִים מִקֶּדֶם.** לִזְכֹּר הַחֲסָדִים שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ עִם אֲבוֹתֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I think of the days of yore** to remember the kind acts that You performed for our forefathers.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:7:1
[Rashi on Psalms 77:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:7:1)

**אֶזְכְּרָה נְגִינָתִי בַּלָּיְלָה.** בִּימֵי הַגָּלוּת הַזֶּה הַדּוֹמֶה לַלַּיְלָה אֲנִי זוֹכֵר אֶת נְגִינוֹתַי שֶׁהָיִיתִי מְנַגֵּן בִּימֵי קֶדֶם בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I recall my music at night** In the days of this exile, which is like night, I remember my melodies that I used to play in days of yore in the Temple.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:7:2
[Rashi on Psalms 77:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:7:2)

**עִם לְבָבִי אָשִׂיחָה.** אֲנִי מְחַשֵּׁב וְרוּחִי מְחַפֵּשׂ (פסיקתא רבתי יז), מַה הִיא כֵּן מִדָּתוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וַאֲנִי תָּמֵהַּ: הַלְּעוֹלָמִים יִזְנַח?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I speak with my heart** I think, and my spirit searches [to ascertain] what is the manner of the Holy One, blessed be He, and I wonder: will He forsake [me] forever?


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:9:1
[Rashi on Psalms 77:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:9:1)

**הֶאָפֵס.** שֶׁמָּא כָּלָה חַסְדּוֹ?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Has...ended forever** Perhaps His kind acts have ended?


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:9:2
[Rashi on Psalms 77:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:9:2)

**גָּמַר אֹמֶר.** גְּזֵרַת עוֹלָם שֶׁלֹּא יָשׁוּב מֵחֲרוֹנוֹ עוֹד?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Has He issued a decree** a perpetual decree that He will never again repent of His anger?


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:10:1
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**הֲשָׁכַח חַנּוֹת.** לִהְיוֹת חוֹנֵן, חַנּוֹת כְּמוֹ ״עֲשׂוֹת״ (בראשית ב:ד) ״רְאוֹת״ (שמות י:כח), לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: **חַנּוֹת** חֲנִינוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Has...forgotten to be gracious** Heb. חנות, to be gracious, like עשוֹת, to do; ראוֹת, to see. Another explanation: חנות means gracious acts.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:10:2
[Rashi on Psalms 77:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:10:2)

**אִם קָפַץ בְּאַף רַחֲמָיו סֶלָה.** לְשׁוֹן ״לֹא תִקְפֹּץ יָדְךָ״ (דברים טו:ז), כְּלוֹמַר אִם סָגַר הָרַחֲמִים לְעוֹלָם בִּשְׁבִיל הַחֵמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Has He, in anger, shut off His mercy forever** Heb. קפץ, an expression of (Deut. 15:7): “and do not close (תקפץ) your hand,” i.e., has He shut off the mercy forever because of the anger?


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:11:1
[Rashi on Psalms 77:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:11:1)

**וָאֹמַר חַלּוֹתִי הִיא.** מַחֲשַׁבְתִּי אוֹמֶרֶת כִּי אֵין זֹאת אֶלָּא לְהַחֲלוֹתִי וּלְיָרְאֵנִי לָשׁוּב אֵלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I said, “This is to terrify me”** My thoughts tell me, “This is only to terrify me and frighten me into returning to Him.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:11:2
[Rashi on Psalms 77:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:11:2)

**חַלּוֹתִי.** כְּמוֹ לְחַלּוֹתִי, לְשׁוֹן חֹלִי וְחִיל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to terrify me** Heb. חלותי, like לחלוֹתי, to terrify me, an expression of sickness and terror.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:11:3
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**שְׁנוֹת יְמִין עֶלְיוֹן.** אֶת אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁתַּנֵּית יְמִין עֶלְיוֹן, שֶׁהָיְתָה נֶאְדָּרִי בַּכֹּחַ רוֹעֶצֶת אוֹיֵב (שמות טו:ו), וְעַכְשָׁיו הֵשִׁיב אָחוֹר יְמִינוֹ (איכה ב:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the change of the right hand of the Most High** How the right hand of the Most High changed. It was mighty with strength and now He has withdrawn His right hand.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:13:1
[Rashi on Psalms 77:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:13:1)

**וְהָגִיתִי בְכָל פָּעֳלֶךָ.** שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ לָנוּ כְּבָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I meditate over all Your works** that You have already done for us.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:14:1
[Rashi on Psalms 77:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:14:1)

**בַּקֹּדֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּךָ.** דֶּרֶךְ מִדָּתְךָ לְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת שִׁמְךָ בָּעוֹלָם, לַעֲשׂוֹת דִּין בָּרְשָׁעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your way is in sanctity** Your manner is to sanctify Your name in the world, to execute justice upon the wicked.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:17:1
[Rashi on Psalms 77:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:17:1)

**רָאוּךָ מַיִם.** רַבִּים כְּשֶׁנִּגְלֵיתָ עַל הַיָּם (שמות יד:כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The waters perceived You** [The] mighty [waters perceived You] when You were revealed by the sea.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:18:1
[Rashi on Psalms 77:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:18:1)

**זֹרְמוּ מַיִם עָבוֹת.** שְׁחָקִים נָטְפוּ זֶרֶם מַיִם עָבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They poured forth thick waters** The skies poured forth a stream of thick waters.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:18:2
[Rashi on Psalms 77:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:18:2)

**חֲצָצֶיךָ.** כְּמוֹ חִצֶּיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your arrows** Heb. חצציך, like חִצֶיךָ.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:19:1
[Rashi on Psalms 77:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/77:19:1)

**בַּגַּלְגַּל.** כְּמוֹ כַּגַּלְגַּל, **קוֹל רַעַמְךָ** כַּגַּלְגַּל עַל הַיָּם לָהוּם אֶת מַחֲנֵה מִצְרַיִם (שמות יד:כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a wheel** Heb. בגלגל, like כגלגל. The sound of Your thunder [rolled] like a wheel on the sea to confuse the camp of the Egyptians.


###### Rashi on Psalms 77:20:1
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**וְעִקְּבוֹתֶיךָ לֹא נוֹדָעוּ.** אֵין הַפְּסִיעוֹת נִכָּרוֹת עַל הַמַּיִם. וְעִקְּבוֹתֶיךָ טְרַצְ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Your steps were not known** The steps are not recognizable on the water. [The word] ועקבותיךָ means trazes in Old French, footprints.