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Rashi on Psalms Chapter 26

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שָׁפְטֵנִי ה׳. וּבְמָקוֹם אַחֵר הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״אַל תָּבֹא בְמִשְׁפָּט וְגוֹ׳״ (תהלים קמג:ב). אָמַר דָּוִד: כְּשֶׁאַתָּה דָּן אֶת הָרְשָׁעִים, שָׁפְטֵנִי, כִּי לְפִי הָרְשָׁעִים אֲנִי צַדִּיק, וּכְשֶׁאַתָּה דָּן אֶת הַצַּדִּיקִים, אַל תְּבִיאֵנִי בְמִשְׁפָּט:

The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

Judge me And elsewhere (143:2) he says, “You shall not enter judgment [with Your servant].” Said David: When You judge the wicked, judge me, for compared to the wicked, I am a righteous man, but when You judge the righteous, do not bring me into judgment.

וְעִם נַעֲלָמִים. הַנִּכְנָסִין בַּסֵּתֶר, לַעֲשׂוֹת בַּמַּחְשָׁךְ מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם (ישעיה כט:טו):

The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

and...with hypocrites who go into hidden places to do their deeds in the dark.

לֹא אָבוֹא. אֵינִי רָגִיל לָבוֹא וְלִיכָּנֵס בִּמְקַהֲלָם:

The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

neither did I go I am not accustomed to come and enter their assembly.

בְּנִקָּיוֹן. שֶׁאֵין גָּזֵל בַּמִּצְווֹת שֶׁאֲנִי מְקַיֵּם. לוּלָב הַגָּזוּל פָּסוּל (סוכה ג.):

The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

with cleanliness For there is no robbery [involved] in my fulfillment of the commandments.

לִשְׁמֹעַ. כְּמוֹ לְהַשְׁמִיעַ:

The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

To proclaim Heb. לַשְׁמִעַ, like לְהַשְׁמִיעַ.

כָּל נִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ. זֶה הַלֵּל שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ לְשֶׁעָבַר, וְיֵשׁ בּוֹ לְגוֹג, וְיֵשׁ בּוֹ לִימוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ, וְיֵשׁ בּוֹ לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא:

The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

all Your wonders This refers to Hallel, which contains mention of the past, mention of Gog and Magog, mention of the Messianic era, and mention of the future.

זִמָּה. כָּל זִמָּה שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא לְשׁוֹן מַחֲשָׁבָה, יֵשׁ לְטוֹבָה וְיֵשׁ לְרָעָה:

The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

plots Heb. זמה. Every זמה in Scripture is an expression of a plan, some for good and some for evil.

רַגְלִי עָמְדָה בְמִישׁוֹר. בְּדֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה:

The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

My foot stood on a straight path Heb. במישור, on a straight path.

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