Rashi on Psalms Chapter 147
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כִּי טוֹב זַמְּרָה. כִּי טוֹב לְזַמֵּר לוֹ:
For it is good to sing For it is good to sing to Him.
לַחְמָהּ. מַאֲכָלָהּ:
its food Heb. לחמה, lit. its bread.
לִבְנֵי עוֹרֵב. פֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (ויקרא רבה יט, א), שֶׁהוּא אַכְזָרִי עַל בָּנָיו, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְרַחֵם עֲלֵיהֶם וּמַזְמִין לָהֶם יַתּוּשִׁין מִתּוֹךְ צוֹאָתָם וְנִכְנָסִין לְתוֹךְ פִּיהֶם:
to the young ravens Our Sages explained that he [the raven] is cruel to his offspring, and the Holy One, blessed be He, has pity on them and prepares for them gnats from their excrement, which enter their mouths.
לֹא בִגְבוּרַת הַסּוּס יֶחְפָּץ. הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:
He does not desire the might of the horse [i.e.,] the Holy One, blessed be He.
לֹא בְשׁוֹקֵי הָאִישׁ יִרְצֶה. וְלֹא בְּקַלּוּת מְרוּצַת שׁוֹקֵי הָאִישׁ יִרְצֶה:
nor does He take pleasure in the legs of man nor does He want the swiftness of the running of the legs of man.
חֵלֶב חִטִּים. טוּב חִטִּים שְׁמֵנִים:
the best of the wheat Heb. חלב, lit. fat. The best, fat wheat kernels.
כְּפוֹר. גְּלִיזָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:
hoarfrost Heb. כפור, jelede in Old French.
מַשְׁלִיךְ קַרְחוֹ כְפִתִּים. הַמַּיִם מַגְלִידִים וְנַעֲשִׂין פְּתִיתִין פְּתִיתִין, וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה כְפִתִּים הַכֹּל לְפִי מַשָּׂא הַבְּרִיּוֹת: הֶעָנִי לְפִי חוֹסֶר מַלְבּוּשָׁיו מֵיקֵל עָלָיו:
He hurls His ice like crumbs The water congeals and becomes crumbs. [According to] Midrash Aggadah: like crumbs Everything [is] according to the burden of the people: the poor man—according to his lack of clothing, He is lenient with him.
מִי יַעֲמֹד. שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא צוֹנֵן בְּקָרָתוֹ:
who can stand that he should not become chilled from His cold?
יִשְׁלַח דְּבָרוֹ וְיַמְסֵם. לְאוֹתָם פִּתִּים:
He sends His word and melts them those crumbs.
יָשֵּׁב רוּחוֹ. רוּחַ מַעֲרָבִי לְהַשְׁבִּית הַקֶּרַח, וְיִזְּלוּ מָיִם:
He blows His wind The west wind, to get rid of the ice, and water runs.