## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 86

###### Rashi on Psalms 86:2:1
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**כִּי חָסִיד אָנִי.** שֶׁאֲנִי שׁוֹמֵעַ גִּדּוּפִי וְחֶרְפָּתִי, וִיכֹלֶת בְּיָדִי לְהִנָּקֵם, וַאֲנִי שׁוֹתֵק. כָּךְ הִיא בְּאַגָּדַת תְּהִלִּים. דָּבָר אַחֵר פֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בִּבְרָכוֹת (ברכות ד.): וְלֹא חָסִיד אֲנִי, שֶׁכָּל מַלְכֵי מִזְרָח וּמַעֲרָב יוֹשְׁבִין בִּכְבוֹדָן, וַאֲנִי יָדַי מְלֻכְלָכוֹת בְּדָם וּבְשָׁפִיר וּבְשִׁלְיָא וְכוּ׳?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for I am a pious man** that I hear my insults and my disgraces, and I am able to wreak vengeance; yet I remain silent. So it is in Aggadath Tehillim (Mid. Ps. 86:1). Another explanation: Our Sages explained in Berachoth (4a): [David said,] “Am I not a pious man, when all the kings of the Orient and the Occident sit in their glory, and my hands are sullied with blood, with the sac, and with the afterbirth?”


###### Rashi on Psalms 86:3:1
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**כָּל הַיּוֹם.** כָּל הַגָּלוּת, שֶׁהוּא יוֹם לָאֻמּוֹת וְלַיְלָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל. כָּךְ מְפֹרָשׁ בְּאַגָּדַת תְּהִלִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all the days** All the days of the exile, which is day for the wicked and night for the righteous. It is explained in this manner in Aggadath Tehillim (Mid. Ps. 86:2).


###### Rashi on Psalms 86:4:1
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**נַפְשִׁי אֶשָּׂא.** לִבִּי אֲכַוֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I lift my soul** I direct my heart.


###### Rashi on Psalms 86:8:1
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**וְאֵין כְּמַעֲשֶׂיךָ.** הַמַּקְדִּים עֶלְיוֹנִים לְתַחְתּוֹנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like Your works** Who places the heavenly beings before the earthlings.


###### Rashi on Psalms 86:10:1
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**וְעֹשֶׂה נִפְלָאוֹת אַתָּה אֱלֹהִים לְבַדֶּךָ.** עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִבְרְאוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים נִבְרְאוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ (שו״ט פו, ג). לְפִיכָךְ יְכַבְּדוּ כָל הַגּוֹיִם לִשְׁמֶךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and perform wonders, You, O God, alone** Before the angels were created, heaven and earth were created. Therefore, all the nations will glorify Your name.


###### Rashi on Psalms 86:13:1
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**מִשְּׁאוֹל תַּחְתִּיָּה.** דֶּרֶךְ הַמְנַאֲפִים לְהִנָּתֵן בְּעוּמְקָהּ שֶׁל שְׁאוֹל, וּמִשָּׁם הִצַּלְתַּנִי, שֶׁאָמַר לִי נָתָן הַנָּבִיא: ״גַּם ה׳ הֶעֱבִיר חַטָּאתְךָ״ (שמואל ב יב:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the lowest depths of the grave** It is customary for adulterers to be put into the depth of the grave, and from there You saved me, for Nathan the prophet said to me (II Sam. 12:13): “Also the Lord has removed your sin.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 86:14:1
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**זֵדִים קָמוּ עָלַי.** דּוֹאֵג וַאֲחִיתֹפֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**willful transgressors have risen against me** Doeg and Ahithophel.


###### Rashi on Psalms 86:14:2
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**וְלֹא שָׂמוּךָ לְנֶגְדָּם.** לֹא זָכְרוּ אֲשֶׁר רָאוּ שֶׁמְּשָׁחַנִי שְׁמוּאֵל עַל פִּיךָ (שמואל א טז:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they did not place You before themselves** They did not remember what they saw, that Samuel anointed me on Your orders.


###### Rashi on Psalms 86:16:1
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**לְבֶן אֲמָתֶךָ.** בֶּן הָאָמָה מַשְׁפִּיל אֶת עַצְמוֹ לִפְנֵי אֲדוֹנָיו יוֹתֵר מִמִּקְנַת כֶּסֶף, שֶׁבֶּן הָאָמָה יְלִיד בַּיִת הוּא וְגָדַל בְּחֵיק אֲדוֹנָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the son of Your maidservant** The son of the maidservant humbles himself before his master more than the slave purchased with money, because the son of the maidservant was born in the house and was raised in his master’s bosom.


###### Rashi on Psalms 86:17:1
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**עֲשֵׂה עִמִּי אוֹת לְטוֹבָה.** שֶׁיְּהֵא נִכָּר לַאֲחֵרִים שֶׁמָּחַלְתָּ לִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Grant me a sign for good** so it may be apparent to others that You have forgiven me.


###### Rashi on Psalms 86:17:2
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**וְיִרְאוּ שׂוֹנְאַי.** הָאוֹת **וְיֵבֹשׁוּ**, וְלֹא שָׁמַע לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִיתֵּן הָאוֹת בְּיָמָיו, אֶלָּא בִּימֵי שְׁלֹמֹה בְּנוֹ, כְּשֶׁדָּבְקוּ הַשְּׁעָרִים זֶה בָּזֶה וְלֹא נִפְתְּחוּ עַד שֶׁאָמַר (דברי הימים ב ו:מב): ״אַל תָּשֵׁב פְּנֵי מְשִׁיחֶךָ זָכְרָה לְחַסְדֵי דָּוִד עַבְדֶּךָ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and let my enemies see** the sign and be ashamed. But the Holy One, blessed be He, did not listen to him to grant the sign during his lifetime. Instead, [it came] in his son Solomon’s lifetime when the gates clung to each other and did not open until he said (II Chron. 6:42): “Do not turn back the face of Your anointed; remember the kind deeds of David Your servant.”