## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 89

###### Rashi on Psalms 89:1:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:1:1)

**לְאֵיתָן הָאֶזְרָחִי.** גַּם הוּא אֶחָד מִן חֲמִשָּׁה אַחִים הַמְשׁוֹרְרִים, וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּהוּ (בבא בתרא טו.) בְּאַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ עַל שֵׁם ״מִי הֵעִיר מִמִּזְרָח״ (ישעיהו מא:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of Ethan the Ezrahite** He, too, was one of the five musician brothers. [See above 88:1.] But our Sages (B.B. 15a) explained it as referring to our father Abraham, based on (Isa. 41:2): “Who aroused from the East (ממזרח).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:2:1
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**אוֹדִיעַ אֱמוּנָתְךָ בְּפִי.** אֶת שֶׁיְּדַעְתִּיךָ, שֶׁאַתָּה שׁוֹמֵר הַבְטָחָתְךָ וּמְאַמֵּן דְּבָרֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I shall make known Your faithfulness, with my mouth** What I know of You: that You keep Your promise and fulfill Your words.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:3:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:3:1)

**כִּי אָמַרְתִּי עוֹלָם חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה.** כִּי אָמַרְתִּי: עַד עוֹלָם יִבָּנֶה בְחֶסֶד כִּסֵּא דָוִד, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְכֹנַנְתִּי כִּסֵּא מַמְלַכְתּוֹ וְגוֹ׳״ (שמואל ב ז:יג). דָּבָר אַחֵר: סָבוּר הָיִיתִי שֶׁיְּהֵא הָעוֹלָם בָּנוּי בְּחַסְדְּךָ **וְתָכִין אֱמוּנָתְךָ בַשָּׁמַיִם**, שֶׁתְּהֵא נְכוֹנָה וּמְקֻיֶּמֶת. וּמַה הִיא הָאֱמוּנָה? אוֹתָהּ הַהַבְטָחָה שֶׁהִבְטַחְתָּ אֶת דָּוִד עַל יְדֵי נָתָן הַנָּבִיא לֵאמֹר: **כָּרַתִּי בְרִית לִבְחִירִי** לְהָכִין **עַד עוֹלָם** זַרְעוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For I said, “Forever will it be built with kindness”** For I said, “Forever the throne of David will be built with kindness,” as it is said (II Sam. 7:13): “and I shall establish the throne of his kingdom, etc.” Another explanation: I thought that the world would be built with Your kindness and that You would establish Your faithfulness in the heavens, to be established and made permanent. Now what is the faithfulness? That promise You promised David through Nathan the prophet, saying, “I formed a covenant with My chosen one to establish his seed until eternity.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:6:1
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**וְיוֹדוּ שָׁמַיִם פִּלְאֲךָ.** אִם הָיִיתָ שׁוֹמֵר הַבְטָחָתְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the heavens acknowledge Your wonder** If You had kept Your promise.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:6:2
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**אַף אֱמוּנָתְךָ.** אֱמוּנַת דְּבָרֶיךָ יוֹדוּ **בִּקְהַל קְדוֹשִׁים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Your faithfulness in the congregation of the holy ones** The realization of Your words they will acknowledge in the congregation of the holy ones.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:7:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:7:1)

**יַעֲרֹךְ לַה׳.** יְהֵא נַעֲרָץ כְּמוֹתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is equal to the Lord** Can be evaluated like Him.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:8:1
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**בְּסוֹד קְדוֹשִׁים רַבָּה.** בְּסוֹד רַב שֶׁל מַלְאָכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the great council of the holy ones** In the great council of the angels.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:10:1
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**בְּשׂוֹא גַלָּיו.** בְּהִנָּשֵׂא גַלָּיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when it raises its waves** When its waves are raised.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:10:2
[Rashi on Psalms 89:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:10:2)

**אַתָּה תְשַׁבְּחֵם.** תַּשְׁפִּילֵם, וְכֵן ״וְחָכָם בְּאָחוֹר יְשַׁבְּחֶנָּה״ (משלי כט:יא), וְכֵן ״מַשְׁבִּיחַ שְׁאוֹן יַמִּים״ (תהלים סה:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You humble them** Heb. תשבחם, You humble them, and similarly, (Prov. 29:11): “but afterwards a wise man will quiet it (ושבחנה)”; and similarly (above 65:8): “Who humbles (משביח) the roaring of the seas.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:11:1
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**רָהַב.** מִצְרַיִם (ישעיהו ל:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Rahab** Egypt.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:16:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:16:1)

**יוֹדְעֵי תְרוּעָה.** שֶׁיּוֹדְעִין לְרַצּוֹת אֶת בּוֹרְאָם בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה בִּתְרוּעָה, שֶׁמְּסַדְּרִים עָלֶיהָ מַלְכֻיּוֹת, זִכְרוֹנוֹת וְשׁוֹפָרוֹת (ויקרא רבה כט, ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that know the blasting of the shofar** Who know how to appease their Creator on Rosh Hashanah with the blasts, upon which they arrange the blessings of “malchuyoth” (manifestations of God’s dominion), “zichronoth” (remembrances), and “shofaroth.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:18:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:18:1)

**וּבִרְצוֹנְךָ.** שֶׁאַתָּה מִתְרַצֶּה לָהֶם, אפימאנ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with Your favor** that You are appeased by them (apayement in Old French), propitiation.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:20:1
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**לַחֲסִידֶיךָ.** נָתָן הַנָּבִיא וְגָד הַחוֹזֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to Your pious ones** Nathan the prophet and Gad the seer.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:20:2
[Rashi on Psalms 89:20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:20:2)

**שִׁוִּיתִי עֵזֶר.** עַל דָּוִד, לַעֲזוֹר לוֹ **תָּמִיד**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“I placed help”** on David, to help him constantly.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:23:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:23:1)

**לֹא יַשִּׁיא אוֹיֵב בּוֹ.** לֹא יִגְבַּר עָלָיו לִהְיוֹת לוֹ כְּנוֹשֶׁה (שמות כב:כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**No enemy will exact from him** No enemy will overwhelm him to become as his creditor.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:28:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:28:1)

**בְּכוֹר אֶתְּנֵהוּ.** גָּדוֹל אֶתְּנֵהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall make him a firstborn** I shall make him great.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:33:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:33:1)

**וּפָקַדְתִּי בְשֵׁבֶט פִּשְׁעָם.** כָּךְ אָמַר לוֹ נָתָן הַנָּבִיא עַל שְׁלֹמֹה (שמואל ב ז:יד): ״אֲשֶׁר בְּהַעֲוֹתוֹ וְהוֹכַחְתִּיו בְּשֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים״, זֶה רְזוֹן בֶּן אֶלְיָדָע שֶׁעָמַד לְשָׂטָן לוֹ, וּבְנִגְעֵי בְנֵי אָדָם זֶה אַשְׁמְדַאי, שֶׁהַשֵּׁדִים בְּנֵי אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן הָיוּ (בראשית רבה כ:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I shall punish their transgression with a rod** So did Nathan the prophet say to him concerning Solomon (II Sam. 7:14): “so that when he goes astray, I will chasten him with the rod of men.” This refers to Rezon the son of Eliada, who rose up as an adversary to him: “and with the stripes of the sons of Adam.” This refers to Ashmadai, according to the Sages of blessed memory.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:36:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:36:1)

**אִם לְדָוִד אֲכַזֵּב.** לְשׁוֹן ״לֹא יְכַזְּבוּ מֵימָיו״ (ישעיהו נח:יא), פיילנצ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that I will not fail David** Heb. אכזב, an expression of (Isa. 58:11): “whose water does not fail (יכזבו),” faliance in Old French, failure; possibly from the Latin fallera, deception.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:38:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:38:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:38:1)

**וְעֵד בַּשָּׁחַק נֶאֱמָן.** הַיָּרֵחַ וְהַשֶּׁמֶשׁ עֵדִים לוֹ, שֶׁכָּל זְמַן שֶׁהֵם קַיָּמִים, יִתְקַיֵּם מַלְכוּתוֹ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיהו לג:כ-כא): ״אִם תָּפֵרוּ אֶת בְּרִיתִי הַיּוֹם וְאֶת בְּרִיתִי הַלָּיְלָה גַּם בְּרִיתִי תוּפַר אֶת דָּוִד עַבְדִּי״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it is a witness in the sky, true** The moon and the sun are witnesses to him that as long as they exist, his kingdom will exist, as it is written (Jer. 33:20f.): “If you break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, etc. Also My covenant with David will be broken.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:39:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:39:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:39:1)

**וְאַתָּה זָנַחְתָּ.** דִּקְדַּקְתָּ אַחַר בָּנָיו לַחֲשׁוֹב עֲוֹנָם, עַד אֲשֶׁר זְנַחְתָּם וּמְאַסְתָּם בִּימֵי צִדְקִיָּהוּ (מלכים ב כה:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But You abandoned** You dealt strictly with his children in counting their iniquity until You abandoned them and You rejected them in the days of Zedekiah.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:40:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:40:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:40:1)

**נֵאַרְתָּה.** בִּטַּלְתָּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You abrogated** You nullified.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:41:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:41:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:41:1)

**כָּל גְּדֵרוֹתָיו.** שֶׁבָּנָה בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all his fences** which he built in Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:41:2
[Rashi on Psalms 89:41:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:41:2)

**מִבְצָרָיו.** הַר הַבַּיִת וּמְצוּדַת צִיּוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his fortifications** The Temple Mount and the stronghold of Zion.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:44:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:44:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:44:1)

**אַף תָּשִׁיב צוּר חַרְבּוֹ.** הֲשִׁיבוֹתָ אָחוֹר וְהָפַכְתָּ אֶת חִדּוּד חַרְבּוֹ, כְּמוֹ ״חַרְבוֹת צֻרִים״ (יהושע ה:ב), וְכֵן ״כָּל כְּלִי יוּצַר עָלַיִךְ״ (ישעיהו נד:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You even turned back the sharp edge of his sword** You turned back and reversed the sharp edge of his sword, as (Josh. 5:2): “sharp (צרים) knives,” and likewise (Isa. 54:17): “Any weapon whetted (יוצר) against you.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:44:2
[Rashi on Psalms 89:44:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:44:2)

**וְלֹא הֲקֵימוֹתוֹ.** וְלֹא הֶעֱמַדְתּוֹ מִלִּפּוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and You did not raise him up in battle** And You did not hold him upright so that he should not fall.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:45:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:45:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:45:1)

**הִשְׁבַּתָּ מִטְּהָרוֹ.** זְרִיחָתוֹ, כְּמוֹ ״צָהֳרַיִם״ דִּמְתַרְגְּמִינָן: ״טִיהֲרָא״, וּכְמוֹ (שמות כד:י) ״וּכְעֶצֶם הַשָּׁמַיִם לָטֹהַר״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You have brought an end to his shining** Heb. מטהרו, his shining, as צהרים, noon, is translated טהרא, and like (Exod. 24:10): “and like the appearance of the heaven for splendor (לטהר).”


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:45:2
[Rashi on Psalms 89:45:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:45:2)

**לָאָרֶץ מִגַּרְתָּה.** הִשְׁפַּלְתָּ וְהִשְׁחַתָּ, כָּל לְשׁוֹן שְׁחִיָּה בְּתַרְגּוּם יוֹנָתָן ״מְגַר״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You have cast down to the earth** Heb. מגרת. You have humbled and destroyed. Every expression of bending down is, in Targum Jonathan, מגר.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:48:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:48:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:48:1)

**זְכֹר אֲנִי מֶה חָלֶד.** מַה זִּקְנָה יֵשׁ לִי? הֲלֹא מְעַט יָמַי, וְדַי לְךָ שֶׁאַתָּה נִפְרָע מִמֶּנִּי בְּמוֹתִי קְצַר יָמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I am mindful what my old age is** Heb. חלד. What old age do I have? Are not my days few? It should suffice You to punish me with my premature death.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:48:2
[Rashi on Psalms 89:48:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:48:2)

**עַל מַה שָּׁוְא.** לְחִנָּם וְלַהֶבֶל **בָּרָאתָ כָל בְּנֵי אָדָם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for what futility** Heb. שוא. For nothing and for vanity have You created all the sons of man?


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:51:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:51:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:51:1)

**שְׂאֵתִי בְחֵיקִי כָּל רַבִּים עַמִּים.** בַּגּוֹלָה אֲנִי נוֹשֵׂא סִבְלָם וּמַשָּׂאָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which I bear in my bosom, of all great nations** In exile I bear their burden and their load.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:52:1
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**עִקְּבוֹת מְשִׁיחֶךָ.** סוֹפֵי מֶלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ, וּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה הוּא (סוטה ט,טו): בְּעִקְּבוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ חוּצְפָּא יִסְגֵּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the ends of Your anointed** Heb. עקבות, the ends of the King Messiah. This is the language of the Mishnah (Sotah 49b): At the ends of the Messiah, audacity will increase; i.e., at the end of the exile, prior to the advent of the Messiah.


###### Rashi on Psalms 89:53:1
[Rashi on Psalms 89:53:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/89:53:1)

**בָּרוּךְ ה׳ לְעוֹלָם.** עַל כָּל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לָנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Blessed is the Lord forever** For all that He did for us.