## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 326

###### Sifrei Devarim 326:1
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(דברים לב לו) **כִּי יָדִין ה׳ עַמּוֹ**, כְּשֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא דָּן אֶת הָאֻמּוֹת שִׂמְחָה הִיא לְפָנָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: **כִּי יָדִין ה׳ עַמּוֹ**, וּכְשֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא דָּן אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּבְיָכוֹל תְּהוּת הִיא לְפָנָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: **וְעַל עֲבָדָיו יִתְנֶחָם**, וְאֵין נֶחָמָה אֶלָּא תְּהוּת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית ו ז): ״כִּי נִחַמְתִּי כִּי עֲשִׂיתִם״, וְאוֹמֵר (ש״א טו יא): ״נִחַמְתִּי כִּי הִמְלַכְתִּי אֶת שָׁאוּל לְמֶלֶךְ״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 32:36) "For the L-rd will judge His people, and over His servants *yithnecham*": When the L-rd judges (i.e., punishes) the nations, it is "joy" to Him, viz. (Proverbs 11:10) "and in the destruction of the wicked is rejoicing." And when the L-rd judges the righteous, there is "bethinking" before Him, as it is written "and over His servants, *yithnecham*," "*nechamah*" connoting "bethinking," viz. (*Genesis* 6:7) "for I (the L-rd) have bethought Myself (*nichamti*) for having made them," and (I Samuel 15:11) "I have bethought myself (*nichamti*) for having made Saul king."


###### Sifrei Devarim 326:2
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**כִּי יִרְאֶה כִּי אָזְלַת יָד**, כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה כְּלָיָה שֶׁלָּהֶם עַל הַשִּׁבְיָה שֶׁהָיוּ כֻּלָּם מְהַלְּכִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim, *Ibid*.) "when He sees the hand going": when He sees one's strength waning in the exile, as in (Daniel 12:7) "and at the climax of the breaking of the hand (i.e., the strength) of the holy people," (the exile will come to an end).


###### Sifrei Devarim 326:3
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דָּבָר אַחֵר **כִּי יִרְאֶה** כְּשֶׁנִּתְיָאֲשׁוּ מִן הַגְּאֻלָּה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Variantly: when they despair of salvation, when a *perutah* (small coin) "ends" from the pocket.


###### Sifrei Devarim 326:4
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דָּבָר אַחֵר: **כִּי אָזְלַת יָד וְאֶפֶס עָצוּר וְעָזוּב** – כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה שֶׁתִּכְלֶה פְּרוּטָה מִן הַכִּיס, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דניאל יב ז): ״וּכְכַלּוֹת נַפֵּץ יַד עַם קֹדֶשׁ תִּכְלֶינָה כָּל אֵלֶּה״. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **כִּי יִרְאֶה כִּי אָזְלַת יָד** – כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶם בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁמְּבַקְשִׁים עֲלֵיהֶם רַחֲמִים כְּמֹשֶׁה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים קו כג): ״וַיֹּאמֶר לְהַשְׁמִידָם לוּלֵי מֹשֶׁה בְחִירוֹ״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Variantly: "when He sees the hand going": when He sees that there is no one who implores mercy for them as Moses had done, viz. (Psalms 106:23) "He would have destroyed them had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, etc."


###### Sifrei Devarim 326:5
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דָּבָר אַחֵר: **כִּי יִרְאֶה** – כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶם בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁמְּבַקְשִׁים עֲלֵיהֶם רַחֲמִים כְּאַהֲרֹן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר יז יג): ״וַיַּעֲמֹד בֵּין הַמֵּתִים וּבֵין הַחַיִּים וַתֵּעָצַר הַמַּגֵּפָה״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Variantly: "when He sees": when He sees that there is no one who implores mercy for them as Aaron had done, viz. (Bamidbar 17:13) "and he stood between the dead and the living."


###### Sifrei Devarim 326:6
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דָּבָר אַחֵר **כִּי יִרְאֶה**, כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶם בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁמְּבַקְשִׁים עֲלֵיהֶם רַחֲמִים כְּפִינְחָס, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים קו ל): ״וַיַּעֲמֹד פִּינְחָס וַיְפַלֵּל״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Variantly: when He sees that there is no one who implores mercy for them as Pinchas had done, viz. (Psalms 106:30) "And Pinchas arose and prayed, and the plague ceased."


###### Sifrei Devarim 326:7
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דָּבָר אַחֵר **כִּי יִרְאֶה כִּי אָזְלַת יָד וְאֶפֶס עָצוּר וְעָזוּב**, אֶפֶס עָצוּר וְאֶפֶס עָזוּב וְאֵין עוֹזֵר לְיִשְׂרָאֵל.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and there is no one who is restrained (from coming to harm) or strengthened, as in (II Kings 14:26) "For the L-rd saw the affliction of Israel … with none restrained and none strengthened, and no help for Israel," and (Isaiah 59:16) "And He saw that there was no man, and He was astonished that there was no intercessor."