## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 8

###### Rashi on Psalms 8:1:1
[Rashi on Psalms 8:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/8:1:1)

**הַגִּתִּית.** כְּלִי זֶמֶר שֶׁבָּא מִגַּת, שָׁם מְצוּיִים אוּמָּנִים לַעֲשׂוֹתָם. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (בראשית רבה טז,ד): עַל אֱדוֹם שֶׁעֲתִידָה לִידָּרֵךְ כְּגַת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״פּוּרָה דָּרַכְתִּי לְבַדִּי״ (ישעיה סג:ג); אַךְ עִנְיַן הַמִּזְמוֹר אֵינוֹ מוֹכִיחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the gittith** A musical instrument that came from Gath, where craftsmen were found to make it (Machbereth Menachem p. 60). But our Sages said (Mid. Ps. 8:1): Concerning a nation [Edom] that is destined to be trodden like a winepress, as it is written (in Isaiah 63:3): “A winepress I trod alone.” However, the contents of the psalm do not indicate it.


###### Rashi on Psalms 8:2:1
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**מָה אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ.** יוֹתֵר מִכְּדֵי כֹּחַ מִדַּת הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים, לֹא הָיוּ הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים כְּדַאי שֶׁתִּשְׁרֶה שְׁכִינָתְךָ בֵּינֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**how mighty is Your name** more than the strength of the measure of the earthlings. The earthlings did not deserve that You should cause Your Shechinah to rest among them.


###### Rashi on Psalms 8:2:2
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**אֲשֶׁר תְּנָה הוֹדְךָ עַל הַשָּׁמָיִם.** רָאוּי שֶׁתִּתְּנֵהוּ עַל הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאַתָּה בַּעֲנָוָתְךָ הַגְּדוֹלָה **יִסַּדְתָּ עֹז וְגוֹמֵר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for which You should bestow Your majesty upon the heavens** It is fitting that You bestow it upon the heavens. But You, with Your great humility...


###### Rashi on Psalms 8:3:1
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**יִסַּדְתָּ עֹז מִפִּי עוֹלְלִים וְיוֹנְקִים.** הִשְׁרֵיתָ שְׁכִינָתְךָ בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ, וְתִקַּנְתָּ לְהוֹדוֹת לְךָ עֹז מִפִּי הַלְוִיִּם וְהַכֹּהֲנִים, שֶׁהֵם בְּנֵי אָדָם גְּדֵלִים בְּלִכְלוּךְ, כְּעוֹלְלִים וְיוֹנְקֵי שָׁדַיִם. **עוֹלְלִים** לְשׁוֹן ״וְעוֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִי״ (איוב טז:טו), וְעַל שֵׁם הַלִּכְלוּךְ נִקְרְאוּ כָּל תִּינוֹקוֹת עוֹלְלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have established strength** You caused Your Shechinah to rest in the Temple, and You decreed that we thank You. This is strength [that emerges] from the mouth of the Levites and the priests, who are people raised in filth like babes and sucklings. [The word] עוללים is an expression of (Job 16:15) “and sullied my radiance in the dust,” and because of the filth, all infants are called עוללים.


###### Rashi on Psalms 8:3:2
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**לְמַעַן צוֹרְרֶיךָ.** לְהוֹדִיעָם כִּי עַמְּךָ אֲנַחְנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because of Your adversaries** To inform them that we are Your people.


###### Rashi on Psalms 8:3:3
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**לְהַשְׁבִּית.** חֶרְפַּת אוֹיֵב וּמִתְנַקֵּם, הָאוֹמֵר: לֹא טוֹבִים אַתֶּם מֵהָאֻמּוֹת. וַאֲנִי, כְּשֶׁאֲנִי רוֹאֶה **שָׁמֶיךָ וְגוֹמֵר**, אֲנִי תָּמֵהַּ בְּלִבִּי: **מָה אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to put an end to** the disgrace of the enemy and avenger, who says, “You are no better than the other nations.” But I, when I see Your heavens, etc.,... I wonder in my heart, what is man that You should remember him?


###### Rashi on Psalms 8:6:1
[Rashi on Psalms 8:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/8:6:1)

**וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מְעַט מֵאֱלֹהִים וְגוֹמֵר. מֵאֱלֹהִים** לְשׁוֹן מַלְאָכִים, שֶׁנָּתַתָּ כֹּחַ בִּיהוֹשֻׁעַ לְהַדְמִים הַחַמָּה וּלְיַבֵּשׁ אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן, בְּמֹשֶׁה לִקְרֹעַ מֵי יַם סוּף וְלַעֲלוֹת לַמָּרוֹם, וּבְאֵלִיָּהוּ לְהַחֲיוֹת אֶת הַמֵּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Yet You have made him slightly less than the angels, etc.** Heb. מאלהים, which is an expression of angels, for You gave power to Joshua to still the sun and to dry up the Jordan, and to Moses to split the waters of the Sea of Reeds and to ascend to the heavens, and to Elijah to resurrect the dead.


###### Rashi on Psalms 8:8:1
[Rashi on Psalms 8:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/8:8:1)

**צֹנֶה וַאֲלָפִים**. צֹאן וּבָקָר, כְּמוֹ (דברים ז:יג) ״שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ״. צֹנֶה לְשׁוֹן פְּעֻלָּה הוּא, כְּמוֹ ״וּגְדֵרֹת לְצֹנַאֲכֶם״ (במדבר לב:כד), אוביילדי״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז. יֵשׁ מִדְרְשֵׁי אַגָּדָה וְאֵינָם מִתְיַשְּׁבִין לְפִי הַמִּקְרָאוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Flocks and cattle** Heb. צנה ואלפים [equivalent to] צאן ובקר, like (Deut. 7:13), “the young of your cattle (אלפך).” צנה is an expression of industry, as (in Num. 32:24), “and enclosures for your flocks (לצנאכם)”; oveyledic in Old French, enclosures to pen the small livestock. There are many Aggadic midrashim, but they do not fit the verses.