Rashi on Psalms Chapter 71
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לָבוֹא תָּמִיד. בְּאוֹתוֹ מָעוֹן, לְהִנָּצֵל בְּתוֹכוֹ מִן הָרוֹדֵף:
in which to enter continually into that shelter, to save myself within it from the pursuer.
צִוִּיתָ לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי. פְּעָמִים רַבּוֹת הוֹשַׁעְתַּנִי עַל יְדֵי שְׁלוּחֶיךָ:
You commanded to save me You saved me many times through Your messengers.
וְחוֹמֵץ. כְּמוֹ ״חוֹמֵס״ (משלי ח:לו), וְכֵן ״אַשְּׁרוּ חָמוֹץ״ (ישעיה א:יז), נִגְזָל:
and robs Heb. וחומץ, like וחומס. Similarly (Isa. 1:17): “strengthen the robbed (חמוץ)”; the robbed.
אַתָּה גוֹזִי. אַתָּה מוֹצִיאִי וּמַעֲבִירִי, כְּמוֹ ״וַיָּגָז שַׂלְוִים״ (במדבר יא:לא), ״כִּי גָז חִישׁ וַנָּעוּפָה״ (תהלים צ:י):
You drew me You drew me and caused me to pass, as (Num. 11:31): “and drove up (ויגז) quails”; (below 90:10), “for it is cut off (גז) swiftly and we fly away.”
כְּמוֹפֵת הָיִיתִי לְרַבִּים. רַבִּים רָאוּ צָרוֹתַי וְדָאֲגוּ, פֶּן יִקְרָאֵם דֻּגְמַת צָרָתִי, פֶּן אֶהְיֶה לָהֶם לְאוֹת: כַּאֲשֶׁר הוּקְרָה לָזֶה כֵּן יִקְרֶה לָנוּ, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְהָיָה יְחֶזְקֵאל לָכֶם לְמוֹפֵת״ (יחזקאל כד:כד):
I was as an example for the multitude Many saw my troubles and worried lest an example of my trouble befall them; lest I be an example for them: “just as happened to this one, so will happen to us.” As the matter is said (Ezek. 24:24): “and Ezekiel will be an example to you.”
לְעֵת זִקְנָה. אִם זָקַנְתִּי בַּחֲטָאִים, כְּלוֹמַר, שֶׁחָטָאתִי הַרְבֵּה:
at the time of old age If I have aged with sins, meaning, I have sinned exceedingly.
כִּי אָמְרוּ אוֹיְבַי לִי. אָמְרוּ אוֹיְבַי עָלַי וְנוֹעֲצוּ יַחְדָּו, לֵאמֹר: אֱלֹהִים עֲזָבוֹ – אֵין אָנוּ נֶעֱנָשִׁין עָלָיו, שֶׁכְּבָר נִכְשַׁל בַּעֲבֵירָה:
For my enemies said of me My enemies said of me, and took counsel together, saying, “God has forsaken him.” We shall not be punished because of him since he has already stumbled in sin.
וַאֲנִי תָּמִיד אֲיַחֵל. לִישׁוּעָתְךָ, וּכְשֶׁתּוֹשִׁיעֵנִי אוֹסִיף עַל תְּהִלָּתֶךָ:
As for me, I shall constantly hope for Your salvation, and when You save me, I will add to Your praise.
לֹא יָדַעְתִּי סְפֹרוֹת. שֶׁל צְדָקוֹת וְהַתְּשׁוּעוֹת שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ עִמִּי:
I do not know their number of the righteousness and the salvations that You have done for me.
אָבוֹא. לְהוֹדוֹת וּלְהַלֵּל בִּגְבוּרָתְךָ:
I shall come to thank and praise for Your mighty deeds.
וְעַד הֵנָּה. עַד הַיּוֹם בְּמַה שֶּׁעָבַר עָלַי:
and until now Until this day, with what passed over me,
וְעַד זִקְנָה וְשֵׂיבָה. לִכְשֶׁאַגִּיעַ לְשִׁשִּׁים וְשִׁבְעִים אַל תַּעַזְבֵנִי (אבות ה,כה) (ס״א אינו):
and until old age and hoary hair when I reach sixty and seventydo not forsake me.
לְכָל יָבוֹא גְּבוּרָתֶךָ. לְכָל אֲשֶׁר יָבוֹא אֶצְלִי אַגִּיד גְּבוּרָָָָָָתֶיךָ:
to everyone who comes Your might To everyone who approaches me, I will tell of Your might.
וְצִדְקָתְךָ אֱלֹהִים. אֲשֶׁר הִיא עַד מָרוֹם, שְׁנֵי הַמִּקְרָאוֹת מְחֻבָּרִים עִם אַגִּיד זְרוֹעֲךָ לְדוֹר:
And Your charity, O God which is up to the heights. The two verses are connected by “I shall tell [of] Your strength to the generation.”
תְּרַנֵּנָּה שְׂפָתַי. עִם זֶמֶר קוֹל הַכִּנּוֹר, כְּשֶׁאֲזַמְּרָה לָּךְ בְכִּנּוֹר:
My lips will sing praises with the music of the harp when I play to You on the harp.