## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 9

###### Rashi on Psalms 9:1:1
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**עַלמוּת לַבֵּן.** יֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִין עַל מוּת לַבֵּן עַל מֵת בְּנוֹ אַבְשָׁלוֹם, וְלֹא יִתָּכֵן פִּתְרוֹנוֹ מִפְּנֵי אוֹמֵר לַבֵּן וְלֹא אָמַר הַבֵּן, וְאֵין לוֹ בַּמִּזְמוֹר עֵדוּת וְזִכָּרוֹן לְאַמֵּץ זֶה הַפִּתְרוֹן. וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִין עַל מוּת לַבֵּן נָבָל וְאַף זֶה לֹא יִתָּכֵן לַהֲפֹךְ אֶת הַשֵּׁם וְאֵין בַּמִּזְמוֹר זִכְרוֹנוֹ (ס״א אינו). וְרָאִיתִי בַּמְּסוֹרָה הַגְּדוֹלָה שֶׁהִיא תֵּבָה אַחַת שֶׁהֲרֵי חָבֵר לָהּ ״וְהוּא יְנַהֲגֵנוּ עַלְמוּת״ (תהלים מח:טו). פָּתְרוּ מְנַחֵם וְדוּנַשׁ מַה שֶּׁפֵּתְרוּ וְאֵינוֹ נִרְאֶה בְּעֵינַי. וְרָאִיתִי בִּפְסִיקְתָּא שֶׁהָעִנְיָן מְדַבֵּר בַּעֲמָלֵק **גָּעַרְתָּ גוֹיִם שִׁמַּם מָחִיתָ.** וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי **לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַלְמוּת לַבֵּן** שִׁיר זֶה לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא כְּשֶׁיִּתְלַבֵּן יַלְדוּתָן וְשַׁחֲרוּתָן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְתִגָּלֶה צִדְקָתָם וְתִקְרַב יְשׁוּעָתָם שֶׁיִּמָּחֶה עֲמָלֵק וְזַרְעוֹ, **עֲלָמוֹת** יַלְדוּת, **לַבֵּן** כְּמוֹ לְלַבֵּן. וּמְנַחֵם פָּתַר עַלְמוּת לַבֵּן, נְגִינוֹת לְלַמֵּד, וְכֹה פִּתְרוֹנוֹ **לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל מוּת לַבֵּן** לַמְשׁוֹרֵר נְגִינוֹת לְלַמֵּד, וִיהִי לַבֵּן כְּמוֹ לְהָבִין וּלְבוֹנֵן, **עַלְמוּת** עַל שֵׁם כְּלִי שִׁיר שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ עֲלָמוֹת כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר ״עַל עֲלָמוֹת שִׁיר״ (תהלים מו:א). וְדוּנַשׁ פָּתַר לַבֵּן שֵׁם אָדָם שֶׁהָיָה שְׁמוֹ לַבֵּן שֶׁהָיָה נִלְחָם בְּדָוִד בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם, וּמַה שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר **גָּעַרְתָּ גוֹיִם אִבַּדְתָּ רָשָׁע** הָרָשָׁע הַזֶּה הוּא לַבֵּן הַהוֹרֵג עַם נְקִיִּים, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין אַתָּה רוֹאֶה בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר אָדָם שֶׁהָיָה שְׁמוֹ לַבֵּן רַק בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה, כֵּן אַתָּה מוֹצֵא בִּשְׁמוֹת אֲחֵרִים שֶׁאֵינָן נִכְתָּבִים בַּמִּקְרָא רַק פַּעַם אַחַת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to brighten the youth** Heb. על מות לבן. Some interpret על מות לבן, on the death of Absalom, but this interpretation is not plausible because he [David] states: לבן ; he does not state הבן. Others interpret על מות לבן [as referring to] Nabal. Neither is this plausible, to invert the name. Moreover, no mention is made of him in the psalm. (The preceding paragraph does not appear in most editions.) I saw in the Great Masorah that it is one word, judging by the fact that it is compared to (below 48:15): “He will lead us as in youth (על מות).” Menachem and Dunash interpreted what they interpreted, but it does not seem correct to me. I saw in the Pesikta (d’Rav Kahana, p. 25a) that the chapter deals with Amalek and Esau (as in verse 6): You rebuked nations; You destroyed a wicked man. But I say that this song, למנצח על מות לבן, is for the future, when the childhood and the youth of Israel will be brightened; their righteousness will be revealed and their salvation will draw near, that Esau and his seed will be erased, according to our Torah. (The last phrase does not appear in most editions.) על מות means childhood. לבן is like ללבן, to whiten. Menachem interpreted על מות לבן, melodies to teach, and this is its interpretation: To the conductor למנצח, to the conductor, melodies to teach, in which case לבן is equivalent to להבין ולבונן, to understand and to comprehend; על מות, named for a musical instrument called עלמות, as is stated (below 46:1): “on alamoth-shir.” Dunash (p. 15f) interpreted לבן as the name of a man whose name was Labben, who fought with David in those days, and the Psalmist’s statement, “You rebuked nations, You destroyed a wicked man”this wicked man is Labben, who slew innocent people. Although you do not come upon a man named Labben anywhere else but this place, you find the same with other names, which are found in Scripture only once. (This entire account of Dunash’s interpretation does not appear in early mss. Menachem’s interpretation is presented very briefly.)


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:2:1
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**כָּל נִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ.** גְּאֻלָּה הָאַחֲרוֹנָה שֶׁשְּׁקוּלָה כְּנֶגֶד כָּל הַנִּסִּים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיהו טז:יד) ״לֹא יֵאָמֵר עוֹד חַי ה׳ אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָה וְגוֹמֵר״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all your wonders** the final redemption, which is equal to all the miracles, as is stated (in Jer. 23: 7): “when they shall no longer say, As the Lord lives, Who brought up, etc.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:5:1
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**מִשְׁפָּטִי וְדִינִי.** תֵּיבוֹת כְּפוּלוֹת בַּמִּקְרָא וְאֵין חִילּוּק בֵּינֵיהֶם, כְּמוֹ ״עֵדִי וְסַהֲדִי בַּמְּרוֹמִים״ (איוב טז:יט), ״עֲצָמָיו אֲפִיקֵי נְחוּשָׁה גְּרָמָיו כִּמְטִיל בַּרְזֶל״ (איוב מ:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my judgment and my cause** Heb. משפטי ודיני, words doubled in Scripture, for there is no difference between them, as (in Job 16:19): “my Witness is in heaven, and He Who testifies for me is on high”; (ibid. 40:18), “His limbs are as strong as copper, his bones as a load of iron.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:5:2
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**מִשְׁפָּטִי וְדִינִי.** בַּשָּׁמַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my judgment and my cause** in heaven (?).


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:5:3
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**יָשַׁבְתָּ לְכִסֵּא.** כִּסֵּא הַמִּשְׁפָּט:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You sat on the throne** The throne of judgment.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:6:1
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**גָּעַרְתָּ גוֹיִם.** עֲמָלֵק, ״רֵאשִׁית גּוֹיִם״ (במדבר כד:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You rebuked nations** [This alludes to Amalek, described in Num. 24:20 as] “Amalek is the first of the nations.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:6:2
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**אִבַּדְתָּ רָשָׁע.** אֲבוֹתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You destroyed a wicked man** Esau.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:6:3
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**שְׁמָם מָחִיתָ.** ״כִּי מָחֹה אֶמְחֶה״ (שמות יז:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You erased their name** “For I will surely erase the remembrance of Amalek” (Exod. 17:14).


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:7:1
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**הָאוֹיֵב תַּמּוּ.** כִּי **חֳרָבוֹת** הַשִּׂנְאָה **לָנֶצַח** הֵם עָלָיו כְּחֶרֶב חַדָּה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **חֳרָבוֹת לָנֶצַח** – אוֹתוֹ אוֹיֵב שֶׁחֳרָבוֹת שִׂנְאָתוֹ הָיְתָה עָלֵינוּ לָנֶצַח, וְזֶהוּ עֲמָלֵק שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ ״וְעֶבְרָתוֹ שָׁמְרָה נֶצַח״ (עמוס א:יא). לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: **חֳרָבוֹת** – לְשׁוֹן חֻרְבָּן, וְכֵן פִּתְרוֹנוֹ: **הָאוֹיֵב תַּמּוּ חֳרָבוֹת לָנֶצַח**, וְכֵן נֶאֱמַר ״שִׁמְמוֹת עוֹלָם אֶתֶּנְךָ וְעָרֶיךָ לֹא תָשֻׁבְנָה״ (יחזקאל לה:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The enemy has been destroyed** for the swords of hatred are perpetually upon him like a sharp sword. Another explanation: חרבות לנצח that enemy, the swords of whose hatred were upon us forever. That is the one concerning whom it is stated (in Amos 1:11): “and kept their fury forever.” Another explanation: חרבות is an expression of destruction, and this is its interpretation: The enemy has been destroyed; his ruins are perpetual. And so it is stated (in Ezek. 35:9): “I will make you perpetual desolations, and your cities shall not be restored.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:7:2
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**וְעָרִים נָתַשְׁתָּ.** ״כִּי תֹאמַר אֱדוֹם רֻשַּׁשְׁנוּ וְנָשׁוּב וְנִבְנֶה חֳרָבוֹת כֹּה אָמַר ה׳ צְבָאוֹת הֵמָּה יִבְנוּ וַאֲנִי אֶהֱרוֹס״ (מלאכי א:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and You have uprooted the cities** “Should Edom say, ‘We are poor, but we will return and build the ruins’? So said the Lord of Hosts: ‘They shall build, but I shall demolish’” (Malachi 1:4).


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:7:3
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**אָבַד זִכְרָם.** אוֹתָהּ הַשָּׁעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their remembrance is lost** at that time.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:8:1
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**וַה׳ לְעוֹלָם יֵשֵׁב וְגוֹ׳.** שֵׁם שָׁלֵם וְכִסֵּא שָׁלֵם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: **כִּסְאוֹ**; אֲבָל קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּמָּחֶה כְּתִיב ״כִּי יָד עַל כֵּס יָהּ״ (שמות יז:טז) – כֵּס חָסֵר וְשֵׁם חָלוּק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But the Lord shall sit forever, etc.** The Name shall be complete and the throne shall be complete, as it is written כסאו, but before it is erased, it is written (in Exod. 17:16): “For a hand is on the throne (כס) of the Eternal (י-ה).” The throne is lacking [i.e., it is spelled defectively] and the Name is divided [i.e., the final two letters of the Tetragrammaton are missing].


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:9:1
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**וְהוּא יִשְׁפֹּט תֵּבֵל בְּצֶדֶק יָדִין לְאֻמִּים בְּמֵישָׁרִים.** עַד בֹּא הַקֵּץ הָיָה רָגִיל לְשָׁפְטָם בְּרַחֲמִים, לְפִי מֵישָׁרִים הַמְצוּוִין בָּהֶם. דָּן אוֹתָם בַּלַּיְלָה, כְּשֶׁהֵם יְשֵׁנִים מִן הָעֲבֵירוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But He judges the world with righteousness, kingdoms with equity** Until the coming of the end, He was wont to judge them with clemency according to the equity found in them. He would judge them at night, when they would sleep and commit no sins.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:10:1
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**וִיהִי ה׳ מִשְׂגָּב לַדָּךְ.** לְשׁוֹן ״דַּכָּא״ (תהלים צ:ג), אִילָאמִינְשִׁי״ה בְּלַעַ״ז. לֶעָתִיד, כְּשֶׁיְּכוֹנֵן **לְמִשְׁפָּט כִּסְאוֹ**, יְהִי מִשְׂגָּב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁהֵם דַּכִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the Lord shall be a fortress for the crushed** Heb. לדך, an expression of crushed, amenuyze in Old French. In the future, when He establishes His throne for judgment, He will be a fortress for Israel, who are crushed.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:10:2
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**לְעִתּוֹת בַּצָּרָה.** עִתִּים שֶׁל צָרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for times of distress** lit., for times in distress.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:12:1
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**זַמְּרוּ לַה׳ יוֹשֵׁב צִיּוֹן.** כְּשֶׁיַּחֲזִיר יְשִׁיבָתוֹ לְצִיּוֹן יְזַמְּרוּ לוֹ כֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Sing praises to the Lord, Who dwells in Zion** When He restores His dwelling to Zion, they will praise Him in this manner.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:13:1
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**אוֹתָם זָכַר.** אֶת הַדָּמִים שֶׁנִּשְׁפְּכוּ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**remembers them** The blood that was shed in Israel.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:14:1
[Rashi on Psalms 9:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/9:14:1)

**חָנְנֵנִי ה׳.** עַתָּה בַּגּוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Be gracious to me, O Lord** now in exile.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:14:2
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**מְרוֹמְמִי.** בִּגְאֻלָּתְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You Who raise me up** with Your redemption.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:16:1
[Rashi on Psalms 9:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Psalms/r/9:16:1)

**טָבְעוּ גוֹיִם.** זוֹ הִיא הַתְּהִלָּה אֲשֶׁר אֲסַפֵּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Nations have sunk** This is the praise that I will tell.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:17:1
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**נוֹדַע ה׳.** כָּל זֶה מִן הַתְּהִלָּה, נוֹדַע ה׳ לַבְּרִיּוֹת כִּי שַׁלִּיט הוּא וּמוֹשֵׁל וְנוֹקֵם לְאוֹיְבָיו, שֶׁהֲרֵי **מִשְׁפָּט עָשָׂה** בָּהֶם. יוּשְׁטִיצָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Lord is known** All this is part of the praise: The Lord is known to the creatures; [it is known] that He governs and rules and wreaks vengeance upon His enemies, for He performs justice upon them, “justice” in French.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:17:2
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**נוֹקֵשׁ רָשָׁע.** נִכְשַׁל רָשָׁע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the wicked man stumbles** Heb. נוקש, the wicked man stumbles. Let us meditate over this forever.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:17:3
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**הִגָּיוֹן.** נֶהְגֶּה זֹאת סֶלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
הגיון סלה, lit. a constant meditation. Let us meditate over this forever.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:18:1
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**לִשְׁאוֹלָה.** אָמַר רַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה (יבמות יג:): כָּל תֵּיבָה הַצְּרִיכָה לָמֶ״ד בִּתְחִלָּתָהּ, הִטִּיל לָהּ הֵ״א בְּסוֹפָהּ, כְּגוֹן ״מִצְרַיְמָה״(בראשית יב:י) ״מִדְבָּרָה״ (מלכים א יט:טו). הֵתִיבוּן לֵיהּ: וְהָכְתִיב **יָשׁוּבוּ רְשָׁעִים לִשְׁאוֹלָה**? אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא בַּר זַבְדִּי: לַמַּדְרֵגָה הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה שֶׁל שְׁאוֹל. וּמַהוּ **יָשׁוּבוּ**? לְאַחַר שֶׁיֵּצְאוּ מִגֵּיהִנֹּם וְיַעַמְדוּ בַדִּין וְיִתְחַיְּבוּ, יָשׁוּבוּ לַמַּדְרֵגָה תַּחְתִּית שֶׁל גֵּיהִנֹּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the grave** Said Rabbi Nehemiah: Every word that requires a “lammed” in the beginning, Scripture places a “hey” at the end, e.g. מצרימה, to Egypt (Gen. 12:10); מדברה, to the desert (I Kings 19:15). They asked him: Is it not written: May the wicked return to the grave (לשאולה)? Replied Rabbi Abba bar Zavda: To the lowest level of Sheol. What does it mean that they will return? After they emerge from Gehinnom and stand in judgment and are found guilty, they return to the lowest level of Gehinnom.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:19:1
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**כִּי לֹא לָנֶצַח יִשָּׁכַח.** יִשְׂרָאֵל הָאֶבְיוֹן מִלִּפְקוֹד עֲלֵיהֶם מַה שֶּׁשִּׁעְבְּדוּ בוֹ, וְ**תִקְוַת עֲנִיִּים לֹא תֹאבַד לָעַד**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the needy shall not be forgotten forever** [i.e.,] Israel, the needy, [shall not be forgotten] from visiting upon them as they [the wicked nations] enslaved them, neither shall the hope of the poor be forgotten to eternity.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:20:1
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**קוּמָה ה׳.** דָּוִד הָיָה מִתְפַּלֵּל לִפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁיָּקוּם וִימַהֵר לַעֲשׂוֹת זֹאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Arise, O Lord** David was praying before the Holy One, blessed be He, that He rise and hasten to do this.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:20:2
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**אַל יָעֹז.** עֲמָלֵק לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים בִּגְדֻלָּתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**let...have no power** [i.e., let] the wicked man [not] enjoy longevity in his greatness.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:20:3
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**עַל פָּנֶיךָ.** בִּשְׁבִיל הַכַּעַס שֶׁהִכְעִיסוּךָ בְּמִקְדָּשֶׁךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for Your anger** Because of the anger with which they angered You in Your sanctuary.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:21:1
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**מוֹרָה.** מָרוּת וְעוֹל. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **מוֹרָה** לְשׁוֹן הַשְׁלָכָה, לְשׁוֹן ״יָרָה בַיָּם״ (שמות טו:ד). וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: **מוֹרָה** לְשׁוֹן תַּעַר (ס״א אינו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**mastery** Heb. מורה, mastery and a yoke (Mid. Ps. 9:16). Another explanation: מורה is an expression of hurling, as (in Exod. 15:4), “He hurled (ירה) into the sea.” Others say that מורה is an expression meaning a razor.


###### Rashi on Psalms 9:21:2
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**יֵדְעוּ גוֹיִם.** שֶׁהֵם אֱנוֹשׁ, וְלֹא אֱלֹהוּת לִהְיוֹת גְּבוּרָתָם שׁוֹלֶטֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**let the nations know** that they are human and not deities, that their might should rule.