## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 81

###### Rashi on Psalms 81:1:1
[Rashi on Psalms 81:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:1:1)

**עַל הַגִּתִּית.** כְּלִי שִׁיר הַבָּא מִגַּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the gittith** A musical instrument that comes from Gath.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:2:1
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**הָרִיעוּ.** בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (ראש השנה ל:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**sound the shofar** on Rosh Hashanah.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:3:1
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**כִּנּוֹר נָעִים עִם נָבֶל.** רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא אוֹמֵר: הוּא נֵבֶל הוּא כִּנּוֹר, וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: נִימִין (וִיתֵדוֹת) יְתֵרוֹת שֶׁבֵּין זֶה לָזֶה. לָמָּה נִקְרָא שְׁמוֹ נֵבֶל? שֶׁהוּא מְנַבֵּל כָּל מִינֵי זֶמֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a pleasant harp with a lyre** Rabbi Chiyya bar Abba says: The “kinnor” and the “nevel” are the same. Rabbi Simon says: The [number of] strings distinguishes one from the other. Why is it called “nevel”? Because it puts all other types of music to shame.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:4:1
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**בַּחֹדֶשׁ.** בְּחִדּוּשׁ הַלְּבָנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the New Moon** When the moon renews itself.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:4:2
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**בַּכֵּסֶה.** יוֹם מוֹעֵד קָבוּעַ לְכָךְ, וְכֵן ״לְיוֹם הַכֵּסֶא יָבֹא בֵיתוֹ״ (משלי ז:כ) – לַמּוֹעֵד הַקָּבוּעַ (ביצה טז.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the appointed time** The appointed day for it, and so (Prov. 7:20): “on the appointed day (בכסה) he will come home”; to the appointed time that had been fixed.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:5:1
[Rashi on Psalms 81:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:5:1)

**כִּי חֹק.** הוּא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֵת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִתְקֹעַ בְּאוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם, וְהוּא יוֹם הַ**מִּשְׁפָּט** לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For it is a statute** for Israel from the Holy One, blessed be He, to sound the shofar on that day, the day of the judgment of the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:6:1
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**עֵדוּת בִּיהוֹסֵף שָׂמוֹ.** בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה יָצָא יוֹסֵף מִבֵּית הָאֲסוּרִים (ראש השנה י:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As a testimony for Jehoseph He ordained it** On Rosh Hashanah, Joseph went out of prison.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:6:2
[Rashi on Psalms 81:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:6:2)

**שְׂפַת לֹא יָדַעְתִּי אֶשְׁמָע.** מְפֹרָשׁ בְּמַסֶּכֶת סוֹטָה (סוטה לו:), שֶׁלִּמְּדוֹ גַבְרִיאֵל שִׁבְעִים לָשׁוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[when] I understood a language that I had not known** It is explained in tractate Sotah (36b) that [the angel] Gabriel taught him seventy languages.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:7:1
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**מִדּוּד.** מֵעֲבוֹדַת עַבְדוּת לְבַשֵּׁל קְדֵרוֹת כְּדֶרֶךְ שְׁאָר הָעֲבָדִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the cauldron** From slave labor to cook the pots in the manner of other slaves.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:7:2
[Rashi on Psalms 81:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:7:2)

**מִדּוּד.** קְדֵרָה, כְּמוֹ ״וְהִכָּה בַכִּיּוֹר אוֹ בַדּוּד״ (שמואל א ב:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the cauldron** Heb. מדוד, a pot, as (I Sam. 2:14): “And he would thrust into the fire-pot or into the pot (הדוד).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:8:1
[Rashi on Psalms 81:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:8:1)

**בַּצָּרָה קָרָאתָ.** לִי כֻּלְּכֶם קְרָאתֶם מִצָּרַת עֲבוֹדַת סִבְלוֹת מִצְרַיִם, וָאֲחַלֵּץ אֶתְכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In distress, you called** to Me, all of you. You called from the distress of the labor of the burdens of Egypt, and I released you.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:8:2
[Rashi on Psalms 81:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:8:2)

**אֶעֶנְךָ בְּסֵתֶר רַעַם.** אַתָּה קְרָאתַנִי בְּסֵתֶר, בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ, וַאֲנִי עָנִיתִיךָ בְּקוֹל רַעַם; הוֹדַעְתִּי גְּבוּרוֹת וְנוֹרָאוֹת בְּפַרְהֶסְיָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I answered you in secret with thunder** You called in secret between Me and you, but I answered you with a voice of thunder; I made known My might and My awesome deeds in public.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:8:3
[Rashi on Psalms 81:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:8:3)

**אֶבְחָנְךָ עַל מֵי מְרִיבָה סֶלָה.** וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁגָּלוּי וּבָחוּן לְפָנַי, שֶׁאַתֶּם עֲתִידִים לְהַמְרוֹתִי בְּמֵי מְרִיבָה (במדבר כ), כָּךְ שְׁנוּיָה בַּמְּכִילְתָּא (מכילתא יתרו בחדש א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I tried you by the waters of Meribah, forever** Although it was revealed and tried before Me that you were destined to provoke Me with the waters of Meribah. So it was taught in Mechilta (Exod. 19:2).


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:9:1
[Rashi on Psalms 81:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:9:1)

**שְׁמַע עַמִּי.** אַחֲרֵי שֶׁכָּל זֹאת עָשִׂיתִי לְךָ, כְּדַאי אַתָּה לִשְׁמֹעַ לִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Hearken, My people** Since I did all this for you, it is fitting for you to hearken to Me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:11:1
[Rashi on Psalms 81:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:11:1)

**הַרְחֶב פִּיךָ.** לִשְׁאוֹל מִמֶּנִּי כָּל תַּאֲוַת לִבְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**open your mouth wide** to request of Me whatever your heart desires.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:11:2
[Rashi on Psalms 81:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:11:2)

**וַאֲמַלְאֵהוּ.** כְּכָל אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁאַל אֲמַלֵּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I shall fill it** According to whatever you ask I will fill.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:13:1
[Rashi on Psalms 81:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:13:1)

**בִּשְׁרִירוּת לִבָּם.** בְּמַרְאִית לִבָּם, כְּמוֹ ״לְמַעַן שׁוֹרְרָי״ (תהלים ה:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**after their heart’s fantasies** Heb. בשרירותלבם, after the views of their heart, as (above 5: 9): “because of those who lie in wait for me (שוררי).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:14:1
[Rashi on Psalms 81:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:14:1)

**לוּ עַמִּי שׁוֹמֵעַ לִי.** עֲדַיִן אִם הָיוּ רוֹצִין לָשׁוּב לִי וְלִשְׁמֹעַ אֵלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If only My people would hearken to Me** Still, if they desired to return to Me and to hearken to Me...


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:15:1
[Rashi on Psalms 81:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:15:1)

**כִּמְעַט אוֹיְבֵיהֶם אַכְנִיעַ.** בְּשָׁעָה מוּעֶטֶת הָיִיתִי מַכְנִיעַ אוֹיְבֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In a short time I would subdue their enemies** In a short time I would subdue their enemies.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:15:2
[Rashi on Psalms 81:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:15:2)

**אָשִׁיב יָדִי.** אָשִׁיב מַכָּתִי מֵעֲלֵיכֶם לָתֵת אוֹתָהּ עֲלֵיהֶם, וְאָז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I would return My hand** I would return my blow from upon you to lay it upon them, and then...


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:16:1
[Rashi on Psalms 81:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:16:1)

**מְשַׂנְאֵי ה׳ יְכַחֲשׁוּ לוֹ וִיהִי עִתָּם.** פּוּרְעָנוּתָם **לְעוֹלָם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The enemies of the Lord would lie to Him, and their time would be** [The time of] their retribution [would be] forever.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:17:1
[Rashi on Psalms 81:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:17:1)

**וַיַּאֲכִילֵהוּ.** לְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then He would feed them** Israel.


###### Rashi on Psalms 81:17:2
[Rashi on Psalms 81:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/81:17:2)

**וּמִצּוּר.** הִשְׂבִּיעָם דְּבַשׁ כְּשֶׁהָלְכוּ בִדְרָכָיו, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיֵּנִקֵהוּ דְבַשׁ מִסֶּלַע״ (דברים לב:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and...from a rock** He sated them with honey when they went in His ways, as the matter that is stated (Deut. 32:13): “He suckled them with honey from the rock.”