## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 78

###### Rashi on Psalms 78:2:1
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**בְּמָשָׁל פִּי.** הֵם דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה (שבת קמה.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**...my mouth with a parable** They are the words of Torah.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:4:1
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**לֹא נְכַחֵד מִבְּנֵיהֶם.** וְגַם אֲנוּ לֹא נְכַחֵד מִבְּנֵיהֶם שֶׁל אֲבוֹתֵינוּ מִלְּהוֹדִיעָם מַה שֶּׁסִּפְּרוּ לָנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**We shall not hide from their sons** We, too, shall not hide [these words] from our fathers’ sons by not letting them know what they told us.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:7:1
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**כִּסְלָם.** תּוֹחַלְתָּם, וְכֵן ״אִם שַׂמְתִּי זָהָב כִּסְלִי״ (איוב לא:כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their hope** Heb. כסלם, their hope, and so (Job 31:24): “If I made gold my hope (כסלי).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:8:1
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**כַּאֲבוֹתָם.** שֶׁהָיוּ בְּמִצְרַיִם וּבַמִּדְבָּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as their forefathers** who were in Egypt and in the desert.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:9:1
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**בְּנֵי אֶפְרַיִם.** שֶׁיָּצְאוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם בִּזְרוֹעַ לִפְנֵי הַקֵּץ וּבָטְחוּ בִּגְבוּרָתָם וּבְחִצֵּיהֶם, וְסוֹפָם **הָפְכוּ** לָנוּס **בְּיוֹם קְרָב**, כַּמְפֹרָשׁ בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים: ״וַיַּהַרְגוּם אַנְשֵׁי גַת הַנּוֹלָדִים בָּאָרֶץ״ (דברי הימים א ז:כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The sons of Ephraim** who left Egypt forcefully before the end [of the exile] and trusted in their might and in their arrows. Ultimately, they retreated and fled on the day of battle, as is delineated (I Chron. 7:21): “and the men of Gath, who were born in the land, slew them.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:9:2
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**רוֹמֵי.** מַשְׁלִיכִין וְזוֹרְקִין, כְּמוֹ ״רָמָה בַיָּם״ (שמות טו:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**archers** Heb. רומי, who cast and shoot, as (Exod. 15:1): “cast (רמה) into the sea.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:12:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:12:1)

**נֶגֶד אֲבוֹתָם עָשָׂה פֶלֶא.** אַחֲרֵי כֵן, כְּשֶׁהִגִּיעַ הַקֵּץ, אַף הֵם וַיּוֹסִיפוּ לַחֲטֹא לוֹ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּסַיֵּם וְהוֹלֵךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Before their forefathers He wrought wonders** (Nevertheless—Shem Ephraim) Afterwards, when the end arrived, they too “continued to sin against Him,” as he further concludes. (Another explanation—Shem Ephraim)


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:12:2
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**נֶגֶד אֲבוֹתָם.** אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב בָּאוּ עַל הַיָּם, וְהֶרְאָם הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא הֵיאַךְ הוּא גּוֹאֵל אֶת בְּנֵיהֶם (בראשית רבה צב:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Before their forefathers** Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob came beside the sea, and the Holy One, blessed be He, showed them how He was redeeming their children.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:13:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:13:1)

**כְּמוֹ נֵד.** תֵּל גָּבוֹהַּ, כְּדִמְתַרְגְּמִינָן ״נִצְּבוּ כְמוֹ נֵד״ (שמות טו:ח): ״קָמוּ כְשׁוּר״ (תרגום אונקלוס):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as a heap** Heb. נד, a tall heap, as Onkelos renders (Exod. 15:8): “the flowing water stood up like a נֵד,” stood up like a wall.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:15:1
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**יְבַקַּע צוּרִים.** ״וְהִכִּיתָ בַצּוּר וְגוֹ׳״ (שמות יז:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He split rocks** (Exod. 17:6): “and you shall strike the rock.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:15:2
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**וַיַּשְׁקְ כִּתְהוֹמוֹת רַבָּה.** אַף כְּשֶׁהָיוּ הוֹלְכִים בְּתוֹךְ הַיָּם שֶׁמֵּימָיו מְלוּחִים, הִמְתִּיק לָהֶם מַעְיָנוֹת בְּתוֹךְ הַתְּהוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and He gave them to drink as [from] great deeps** in the great deeps. Even as they went through the midst of the sea, whose waters are salty, He sweetened fountains for them in the midst of the sea.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:16:1
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**וַיּוֹרֶד כַּנְּהָרוֹת מָיִם.** שֶׁהָיוּ נוֹזְלִין מִן הַבְּאֵר, וְהַנְּשִׂיאִים הָיוּ עוֹשִׂין שִׂרְטוּט בְּמַשְׁעֲנוֹתָם, וְהַמַּיִם נִמְשָׁכִים אַחֲרֵיהֶם לְכָל חֲנִיַּת שֵׁבֶט וָשֵׁבֶט, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״בִּמְחֹקֵק בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָם״ (במדבר כא:יח); כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּאַרְבָּעִים וְתֵשַׁע מִדּוֹת (תנחומא, חקת כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and brought down water like rivers** [Water] that was flowing from the well. The princes would make a line with their staffs and the water would be drawn after them to the encampment of each tribe, as the matter that is stated (Num. 21:18): “by the order of the lawgiver, with their staffs,” as is explained in tractate Makkoth.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:17:1
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**לְמָרוֹת.** לְהַקְנִיט, כְּמוֹ ״מַמְרִים הֱיִיתֶם״ (דברים ט:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to provoke** Heb. למרות, to provoke, as (Deut. 9:7): “you have been provoking (ממרים).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:20:1
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**שְׁאֵר.** בָּשָׂר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**flesh** Heb. שְׁאֵר, flesh.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:21:1
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**וְאֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָה בְיַעֲקֹב.** כְּמוֹ ״וּבָעֲרוּ וְהִשִּׂיקוּ״ (יחזקאל לט:ט), שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן הֶסֵּק וּתְבֵעָרָה. כְּדִכְתִיב ״וַתִּבְעַר בָּם אֵשׁ ה׳״ (במדבר יא:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**fire was kindled against Jacob** Heb. נשקה, as (Ezek. 39:9): “and make fires and heat up (והשיקו),” which is an expression of heating and burning. As it is written (Num. 11:1): “and God’s fire broke out against them.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:25:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:25:1)

**לֶחֶם אַבִּירִים.** לַחְמָם שֶׁל מַלְאָכִים, דָּבָר אַחֵר: **אַבִּירִים** אֵיבָרִים, שֶׁהָיָה נִבְלָע בְּכָל הָאֵיבָרִים וְלֹא הָיוּ צְרִיכִים לִנְקָבֵיהֶם (יומא עה:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**bread of the mighty** Bread of the angels. Another explanation: אַבִּירִים means אֵבָרִים, limbs, for it was absorbed into the limbs, and they did not have to excrete.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:26:1
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**יַסַּע קָדִים.** ״וְרוּחַ נָסַע מֵאֵת ה׳ וַיָּגָז שַׂלְוִים״ (במדבר יא:לא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He caused the east wind to set forth** (Num. 11:31): “And a wind set forth from the Lord, and it made quails fly.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:27:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:27:1)

**שְׁאֵר.** בָּשָׂר:


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:30:1
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**לֹא זָרוּ מִתַּאֲוָתָם.** לֹא נַעֲשׂוּ זָרִים מִתַּאֲוָתָם, כִּי כָּל תַּאֲוָתָם הִשִּׂיגוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They were not estranged from their desire** They did not become estranged from their desire, for they achieved all their desire.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:30:2
[Rashi on Psalms 78:30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:30:2)

**עוֹד אָכְלָם בְּפִיהֶם.** וְאַף ה׳ חָרָה בָּעָם (במדבר יא:לג). דָּבָר אַחֵר **לֹא זָרוּ מִתַּאֲוָתָם** לֹא נִתְרַחֲקוּ מִתַּאֲוָתָם עַד שֶׁבָּאָת לָהֶם הַפּוּרְעָנוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
Another explanation: לא זרוּ מתאותם They were not distanced from their desire until the retribution came upon them. “While their food was still in their mouth, the wrath of the Lord (sic), etc.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:31:1
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**וּבַחוּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.** נִבְחָרִים שֶׁבָּהֶם, ״וְהָאֲסַפְסוּף״ (במדבר יא:ד) הֵם הַזְּקֵנִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בָּהֶם ״אֶסְפָה לִי״ (במדבר יא:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and...the chosen of Israel** The chosen of them and the men of the assembly, הָאסַפסוּף (Num. 11:4). They are the elders, as it is said (Num. 11:16): “Assemble (אספו) to Me, etc.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:34:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:34:1)

**אִם הֲרָגָם וּדְרָשׁוּהוּ וְגוֹ׳.** אַף הִיא לֹא בֶאֱמֶת, אֶלָּא בְּפִתּוּי בַּפֶּה, וְכִזְּבוּ בִּלְשׁוֹנָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When He slew them, etc.** Yet all this was not in truth, but with guile in their mouth and by lying with their tongue.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:37:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:37:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:37:1)

**וְלִבָּם לֹא.** כְּפִיהֶם **נָכוֹן**, וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן **וְהוּא רַחוּם** לָהֶם וּמְכַפֵּר עֲוֹנָם תָּמִיד וְלֹא הִשְׁחִיתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Their heart** was not sincere as with their mouth.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:38:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:38:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:38:1)

**וְהִרְבָּה.** פְּעָמִים רַבּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But He is merciful** to them and constantly expiates their iniquity, and He did not destroy them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:38:2
[Rashi on Psalms 78:38:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:38:2)

**לְהָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ.** מֵהֶם, וְאַף אִם נִפְרָע מֵהֶם, לֹא הֵעִיר עֲלֵיהֶם כָּל חֲמָתוֹ, כִּי אִם מְעַט מְעַט. לְפִי שֶׁזָּכַר **כִּי בָשָׂר הֵמָּה**, וְיֵצֶר הָרָע טָמוּן בְּלִבָּם, וְהוּא **רוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ** – כְּשֶׁיָּמוּתוּ, **וְלֹא יָשׁוּב** אוֹתוֹ רוּחַ בָּהֶם לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא: כְּשֶׁיִּחְיוּ, אֵין יֵצֶר הָרָע שׁוֹלֵט בָּהֶם. וְלֹא יִתָּכֵן לְפָרֵשׁ **רוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ וְלֹא יָשׁוּב** – רוּחָם שֶׁל חַיִּים בָּהֶם, שֶׁאִם אָמַרְתָּ כֵּן, כָּפַרְתָּ בִּתְחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים. וְכֵן מְפֹרָשׁ בְּאַגָּדַת תְּהִלִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**many times** Many times He withdraws His wrath from them, and even if He punishes them, He does not arouse all His anger but little by little, because He remembers that they are flesh and that the evil inclination is hidden in their heart. That is a spirit that goes away when they die, and that spirit does not return to them in the world to come. When they are resurrected, the evil inclination will have no control over them. “A spirit that goes away and does not return” cannot be explained to mean their spirit of life, because if you say so, you have denied the resurrection of the dead. In this manner, it is explained in Aggadath Tehillim (Mid Ps. 78:8).


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:40:1
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**כַּמָּה.** פְּעָמִים **יַמְרוּהוּ** תָּמִיד **בַּמִּדְבָּר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**How often** [How many] times **they provoked him** always in the desert.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:41:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:41:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:41:1)

**הִתְווּ.** לְשׁוֹן סִימָן, כְּמוֹ ״וְהִתְוִיתָ תָּו״ (יחזקאל ט:ד). וְסִימָן הוּא לְשׁוֹן מוֹפֵת וְנִסָּיוֹן. בִּקְשׁוּ מִמֶּנּוּ אוֹת וְסִימָן: ״הֲיֵשׁ ה׳ בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ אִם אָיִן״ (שמות יז:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they sought a sign** Heb. התוו, an expression of a sign, as (Ezek. 9:4): “and set a mark (והתוית תו) .” “A mark” is an expression of a wonder and a trial. They asked him for a sign and a mark (Exod. 17: 7): “Is the Lord in our midst or not?”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:45:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:45:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:45:1)

**וְתַשְׁחִיתֵם.** שׁוֹמְטִין אֶת בֵּיצֵיהֶם (שמות רבה י:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which mutilated them** They would pull off their testicles.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:47:1
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**בַּחֲנָמַל.** שֵׁם אַרְבֶּה, וּמִדְרָשׁוֹ : בָּא חָן וּמָל, הָיָה מוֹלֵל אֶת יֶרֶק הָעֵץ וְהָעֵשֶׂב וְאוֹכְלוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with locusts** Heb. בחנמל, the name of the locust. According to the Midrash (Mid. Ps. 78:13) [it is composed of the following words]: בָּא חָן מָל, it comes, encamps, and cuts. It cut off the greens of the tree and the grass and ate it.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:48:1
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**וַיַּסְגֵּר לַבָּרָד בְּעִירָם.** כְּשֶׁהִתְחִיל הַבָּרָד לֵירֵד, הַמִּצְרִי מַבְרִיחַ צֹאנוֹ לַבַּיִת, וְהַבָּרָד נַעֲשָׂה לְמוּלוֹ כְּמִין כּוֹתֶל, וְהַמִּצְרִי שׁוֹחֲטוֹ וְנוֹתְנוֹ עַל כְּתֵיפוֹ לְהוֹלִיכוֹ לַבַּיִת וּלְאָכְלוֹ, וְהָעוֹף בָּא וְנוֹטְלוֹ הֵימֶנּוּ. וְזֶה **וּמִקְנֵיהֶם לָרְשָׁפִים** לָעוֹפוֹת, כְּמוֹ ״וּבְנֵי רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף״ (איוב ה:ז). זֶה מִדְרָשׁוֹ. וּלְפִי פְשׁוּטוֹ: **לָרְשָׁפִים** רִשְׁפֵּי אֵשׁ, כְּדִכְתִיב ״וְאֵשׁ מִתְלַקַּחַת בְּתוֹךְ הַבָּרָד״ (שמות ט:כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He gave over their animals to hail** When the hail began to fall, the Egyptian drove his sheep (his animal) into the house, and the hail came before him like a wall. The Egyptian slaughtered it [the animal] and put it on his shoulder, to take it to his house to eat it, but the birds came and took it from him. That is [the meaning of] “and their cattle to the birds (לרשפים),” as (Job. 5:7): “but flying creatures (בני רשף) fly upward.” This is its midrashic interpretation (Mid. Ps. 78:14), but according to its simple meaning, רשפים are bolts of fire, as it is written (Exod. 9:24): “and fire flaming within the hail.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:50:1
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**יְפַלֵּס נָתִיב לְאַפּוֹ.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁבְּאַף נִשְׁתַּלְּחוּ הַמַּכּוֹת לֹא שִׁמְּשׁוּ אֶלָּא שְׁלִיחוּתָם, מַה שֶּׁנִּצְטַוּוּ לְהָמִית הֵמִיתוּ וְלֹא הַכֹּל, בִּנְתִיבוֹתָם הָלְכוּ. בְּפֵרוּשִׁים אֲחֵרִים מָצָאתִי כֵּן: **יְפַלֵּס נָתִיב לְאַפּוֹ** כְּשֶׁהִכָּה כָל בְּכוֹר בְּמִצְרַיִם (שמות יב:כט), הוֹרָה דֶּרֶךְ לַמַּשְׁחִית בְּאַף לָבוֹא אֶל בָּתֵּי מִצְרַיִם וְלֹא לְבָתֵּי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (שמות יב:כג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He leveled a path for His anger** Although the plagues were dispatched in anger, they performed only their orders; what they were commanded to kill, they killed, but nothing else. They went in their paths. In other commentaries I found as follows: **He leveled a path for His anger** When He smote every firstborn in Egypt, He showed the way for [the angel] who was destroying with anger to enter the houses of the Egyptians, but not the houses of the children of Israel.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:50:2
[Rashi on Psalms 78:50:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:50:2)

**וְחַיָּתָם.** גּוּפָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**...and...their body** Heb. וחיתם, their body.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:55:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:55:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:55:1)

**וַיְגָרֶשׁ מִפְּנֵיהֶם.** שֶׁבַע אֻמּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He drove out...from before them** the seven nations.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:55:2
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**בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶם.** שֶׁל גּוֹיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in their tents** of the nations.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:56:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:56:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:56:1)

**וַיְנַסּוּ וַיַּמְרוּ.** בִּימֵי הַשּׁוֹפְטִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Yet they tried and provoked** during the days of the judges.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:57:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:57:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:57:1)

**כְּקֶשֶׁת רְמִיָּה.** שֶׁאֵינָהּ זוֹרֶקֶת חֵץ לְמָקוֹם שֶׁהַמּוֹרֶה חָפֵץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a deceitful bow** which does not shoot the arrow to the place the archer wishes.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:61:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:61:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:61:1)

**וַיִּתֵּן לַשְּׁבִי עֻזּוֹ.** מָסַר הָאָרוֹן וְהַלּוּחוֹת בְּיַד פְּלִשְׁתִּים (שמואל א ד:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He delivered His might into captivity** He delivered the Ark and the tablets into the hands of the Philistines.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:63:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:63:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:63:1)

**בַּחוּרָיו אָכְלָה אֵשׁ.** עֶבְרָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Fire consumed his youths** [The fire of] His wrath.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:63:2
[Rashi on Psalms 78:63:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:63:2)

**לֹא הוּלָּלוּ.** לֹא נִכְלְלוּ לְאַפִּרְיוֹן וְחוּפָּה, שֶׁמֵּתוּ הַבַּחוּרִים בַּמִּלְחָמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were not married** Heb. לא הוללו. They were not married by being brought into a litter [under] a canopy because the youths died in battle.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:63:3
[Rashi on Psalms 78:63:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:63:3)

**הוּלָּלוּ.** לְשׁוֹן הִלּוּלָא בַּאֲרָמִית (ברכות לא.), וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דְּרָשׁוּהוּ עַל נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא, וְאֵין לִבִּי מִתְיַשֵּׁב לְפָרְשׁוֹ כֵּן, שֶׁהֲרֵי כְּבָר הִתְחִיל בְּמִשְׁכַּן שִׁילֹה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
הוּלָלוּ is an expression of nuptials (הִלוּלָא) in Aramaic. Our Sages, however, explained it in reference to Nadab and Abihu (Mid. Ps. 78:18), but I feel uncertain about explaining it that way because he already commenced with the Tabernacle of Shiloh.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:64:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:64:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:64:1)

**כֹּהֲנָיו בַּחֶרֶב נָפָלוּ.** חָפְנִי וּפִינְחָס (שמואל א ד:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**His priests fell by the sword** Hophni and Phinehas.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:64:2
[Rashi on Psalms 78:64:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:64:2)

**וְאַלְמְנוֹתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּינָה.** אַף אַלְמְנָתוֹ לֹא נִיתְּנָה לִבְכּוֹתוֹ, שֶׁאַף הִיא מֵתָה בְּיוֹם הַשְּׁמוּעָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַתִּכְרַע וַתֵּלֶד כִּי נֶהֶפְכוּ עָלֶיהָ צִירֶיהָ״ (שמואל א ד:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but his widows did not weep** Even his widow was not allowed to bewail him, for she too died on the day of the tidings, as it is said (I Sam. 4: 19): “And she knelt and gave birth, for her pains had suddenly come upon her.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:65:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:65:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:65:1)

**מִתְרוֹנֵן.** מִתְעוֹרֵר וּמִתְגַּבֵּר בְּדִבּוּר לְהָקִיץ מִיֵּינוֹ, **מִתְרוֹנֵן** לְשׁוֹן רִנָּה הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shouting** Heb. מתרונן, awaking and strengthening himself with speech to awaken from his wine. מתרונן is an expression of רנה, shouting.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:66:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:66:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:66:1)

**וַיַּךְ צָרָיו אָחוֹר.** מַכּוֹת אֲחוֹרַיִם בָּעֳפוֹלִים וּבַטְּחוֹרִים (שמואל א ה:ו), וְהוּא חֶרְפַּת גִּדּוּף לָהֶם עוֹלָמִית:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And He smote His adversaries from the rear** Plagues of the rear with hemorrhoids, which is a disgrace of perpetual ridicule for them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:67:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:67:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:67:1)

**וַיִּמְאַס בְּאֹהֶל יוֹסֵף.** הוּא שִׁילֹה שֶׁהוּא בְּחֶלְקוֹ שֶׁל יוֹסֵף (זבחים קיח.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He rejected the tent of Joseph** That is Shiloh, which is in Joseph’s territory.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:69:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:69:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:69:1)

**וַיִּבֶן כְּמוֹ רָמִים מִקְדָּשׁוֹ וְגוֹ׳.** כְּמוֹ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ שֶׁנֶּאֶמְרוּ בָּהֶם שְׁתֵּי יָדַיִם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״אַף יָדִי יָסְדָה אֶרֶץ וִימִינִי טִפְּחָה שָׁמָיִם״ (ישעיה מח:יג), אַף בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדַיִם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ״ (שמות טו:יז). דָּבָר אַחֵר: **כְּמוֹ רָמִים מִקְדָּשׁוֹ כְּאֶרֶץ יְסָדָהּ.** מַה שָּׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ אֵין לָהֶם חֲלִיפִין, אַף מִקְדָּשׁ אֵין לוֹ חֲלִיפִין לְהַשְׁרוֹת שָׁם שְׁכִינָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And He built His Sanctuary like the high heavens, etc.** Like the heavens and the earth, about which two hands are mentioned, as it is stated (Isa. 48:13): “Even My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand measured the heavens with handbreadths.” Also the Temple was with two hands, as it is said (Exod. 15:17): “Your hands established.” (Cf. Mechilta, Shirah 10, Keth. 5a, Rashi to Exod. 15:17.) Another explanation: **And He built His Sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth He established it** Just as heaven and earth have no substitute, neither does the Temple have a substitute in which to let the Shechinah rest.


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:70:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:70:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:70:1)

**מִמִּכְלְאוֹת צֹאן.** דִּירֵי צֹאן, כְּמוֹ ״גָּזַר מִמִּכְלָה צֹאן״ (חבקוק ג:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and took him from the sheepcotes** Heb. ממכלאתצאן, from the stalls of the sheep, as (Hab. 3: 16): “The flock will be cut off from the fold (ממכלה).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 78:71:1
[Rashi on Psalms 78:71:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/78:71:1)

**מֵאַחַר עָלוֹת הֱבִיאוֹ.** שֶׁהָיָה רוֹעֶה לְאָבִיו הַצֹּאן הַמְּנִיקוֹת, שֶׁהָיָה רַחֲמָנִי וּמוֹצִיא הַגְּדָיִּים תְּחִלָּה וּמַאֲכִילָן רָאשֵׁי עֲשָׂבִים הָעֶלְיוֹנִים שֶׁהֵם רַכִּים, וּמוֹצִיא הַתְּיָשִׁים אַחֲרֵיהֶם וְאוֹכְלִין אֶמְצַע הָעֲשָׂבִים, וְאַחַר כָּךְ מוֹצִיא הַזְּקֵנוֹת וְאוֹכְלוֹת הַשָּׁרָשִׁים. אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: רָאוּי הוּא זֶה לִהְיוֹת רוֹעֶה אֶת עַמִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**From behind the nursing ewes He brought him** For he would shepherd the nursing ewes for his father, because he was merciful and would bring the kids first and feed them the upper tips of the grasses, which are tender. Then after them he would bring out the he-goats, who would eat the middle of the grasses, and afterwards, he would bring out the older ones, who would eat the roots. Said the Holy One, blessed be He, “This one is fit to shepherd My people.”