Rashi on Psalms Chapter 103
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בָּרֲכִי נַפְשִׁי. חֲמִשָּׁה בָּרֲכִי נַפְשִׁי יֵשׁ כָּאן, כְּנֶגֶד חֲמִשָּׁה עוֹלָמוֹת שֶׁאָדָם דָּר בָּהֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת בְּרָכוֹת (ברכות י.): דָּר בִּמְעֵי אִמּוֹ, יָנַק מִשְּׁדֵי אִמּוֹ, וְכֵן כֻּלָּם:
My soul, bless There are five mentions of “My soul, bless” here, corresponding to the five worlds in which man lives, as our Sages said in Tractate Berachoth (10a): “He lived in his mother’s womb, he sucked his mother’s breasts, and so all of them.”
תִּתְחַדֵּשׁ כַּנֶּשֶׁר נְעוּרָיְכִי. כַּנֶּשֶׁר הַזֶּה שֶׁמְּחַדֵּשׁ כְּנָפָיו וְנוֹצָה מִשָּׁנָה לְשָׁנָה. וְיֵשׁ מִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה (בראשית רבה יט, ה) עַל מִין נֶשֶׁר, שֶׁכְּשֶׁמַּזְקִין חוֹזֵר לְנַעֲרוּתוֹ:
that your youth renews itself like the eagle Like this eagle, which renews its wings and feathers from year to year. There is a Midrash Aggadah about a kind of eagle that returns to its youth when it becomes old.
יוֹדִיעַ דְּרָכָיו. מוֹדִיעַ דְּרָכָיו לְמֹשֶׁה:
He makes His ways known He makes His ways known to Moses.
זָכוּר כִּי עָפָר אֲנַחְנוּ. זָכוּר הוּא וְלֹא שָׁכַח שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ עָפָר, וְיוֹדֵעַ שֶׁאֱנוֹשׁ כֶּחָצִיר יָמָיו וְגוֹ׳:
He remembers that we are dust He remembers and has not forgotten that we are dust and He knows that: “As for manhis days, etc.”
רוּחַ עָבְרָה בּוֹ. אִם עָבְרָה חֳלִי שֶׁל מִיתָה:
For a wind passes over him If mortal illness passes over him.
מָשָׁלָה. מוֹשֶׁלֶת:
בָּרֲכוּ ה׳ כָּל מַעֲשָׂיו. אֲשֶׁר הֵם בְּכָל מְקוֹמוֹת שֶׁמֶּמְשַׁלְתּוֹ שָׁם:
Bless the Lord, all His works who are in all the places of His dominion.