Rashi on Psalms Chapter 94
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הוֹפִיעַ. הֶרְאָה וְגַלֵּה לָנוּ אֶת נִקְמָתְךָ:
show Heb. הופיע, show and reveal to us Your vengeance.
יִתְאַמְּרוּ. יִשְׁתַּבְּחוּ, כְּמוֹ ״הֶאֱמַרְתָּ״ וְ״הֶאֱמִירְךָ״ (דברים כו:יז-יח):
boast Heb. יתאמרו. They praise themselves, as (Deut. 26:17f.): “you praised (האמרת),” and “praised you (האמירך).”
בִּינוּ בּוֹעֲרִים בָּעָם. קְצָת שׁוֹטִים שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם:
Understand, [you] most boorish of the people the most foolish peoples in the world.
הֲנוֹטֵעַ אֹזֶן. שֶׁמָּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁנָּטַע אֹזֶן, לֹא יִשְׁמַע צַעֲקַת עַמּוֹ וְעָנְיוֹ?
Will He Who implants the ear Is it possible that the Holy One, blessed be He, Who implanted the ear, should not hear the cry of His people and their affliction?
הֲלֹא יוֹכִיחַ. יְיַסֵּר אֶתְכֶם עַל כָּךְ:
will He...not reprove and chastise you for that?
ה׳ יוֹדֵעַ. מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם שֶׁאַתֶּם סְבוּרִין לְהִתְגָּאוֹת בְּנֵזֶר הַמְּלוּכָה, וְתֵדְעוּ כִּי הֶבֶל הֵם:
The Lord knows your thoughts, that you are thinking to be haughty with the crown of the kingdom, and you should know that they [your thoughts] are vanity.
אַשְׁרֵי הַגֶּבֶר. אַשְׁרֵיהֶם הַצַּדִּיקִים הַמְעֻנִּים תַּחַת יְדֵיכֶם, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיִּהְיוּ עוֹסְקִין בַּתּוֹרָה וּבַמִּצְווֹת (תנחומא, מקץ טז):
Fortunate is the man Fortunate are the righteous who are afflicted under Your hands, provided that they engage in Torah and mitzvoth.
לְהַשְׁקִיט לוֹ מִימֵי רָע. כִּי הַיִּסּוּרִין גּוֹרְמִין לוֹ לְהַשְׁקִיט לָהֶם מִימֵי דִּין גֵּיהִנֹּם, עַד שֶׁיִּרְאֶה שֶׁיִּכָּרֶה לָרָשָׁע שַׁחַת:
To grant him peace from days of evil For the chastisements cause him to have peace from the days of the judgment of Gehinnom. while he sees that a pit is dug for the wicked man.
כִּי עַד צֶדֶק יָשׁוּב מִשְׁפָּט. הַיִּסּוּרִין שֶׁלָּהֶם, עַד שֶׁיִּצְדְּקוּ בִּשְׁבִילָם. וְאַחַר הַמִּשְׁפָּט כָּל יִשְׁרֵי לֵב יִתְקַבְּצוּ, כִּי יִטְּלוּ שְׂכָרָם:
For until righteousness will judgment return [i.e., the judgment of] their chastisements [will persist] until they become righteous because of them. And after the judgment, all those upright in heart will gather, for they will receive their reward.
מִי יָקוּם לִי. זְכוּת מִי יַעֲמֹד לָנוּ בֵּין הַמְּרֵעִים הַלָּלוּ?
Who will rise up for me Whose merit will stand up for us among these evildoers?
דּוּמָה. ״דּוּמִיָּה״ (תהלים לט:ג):
הֲיְחָבְרְךָ כִּסֵּא הַוּוֹת. הֲיוּכַל לְהִדָּמוֹת לְךָ הָאֻמּוֹת הַיּוֹצְרִים צְלָמִים וּמַסֵּכוֹת שֶׁל עָמָל?
Will the throne of evil join You Will it be able to compare to You?
עֲלֵי חֹק. בִּשְׁבִיל חֹק, לִהְיוֹת חֹק לָהֶם עֲבוֹדָתָם:
for a statute for the sake of a statue, to be for them as the statute of their worship.
יָגוֹדּוּ. יֵאָסְפוּ גְדוּדִים עַל נֶפֶשׁ צַדִּיק לַהֲרֹג:
They gather Troops gather upon a Jewish soul to kill [him].
יַרְשִׁיעוּ. יְחַיְּבוּ בַדִּין לְהָרְגוֹ:
and condemn Heb. ירשיעו. They condemn in judgment to kill him.
אוֹנָם. אוֹנְסָם, כְּמוֹ ״יִצְפֹּן לְבָנָיו אוֹנוֹ״ (איוב כא:יט):
their violence Heb. אונם, their violence, as (Job 21:19): “Should God lay away his violence (אונו) for his sons?”