Rashi on Psalms Chapter 97
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ה׳ מָלַךְ. בְּנָטְלוֹ הַמְּלוּכָה מֵעֲמָלֵק וּמִזַּרְעוֹ (שמות יז:יד-טז):
The Lord has reigned when He takes the kingdom from Amalek and from his descendants.
תָּגֵל הָאָרֶץ. זֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר (יחזקאל לה:יד) ״כִּשְׂמוֹחַ כָּל הָאָרֶץ שְׁמָמָה אֶעֱשֶׂה לָּךְ״, עַל עֲמָלֵק נִתְנַבֵּא כֵּן:
the earth will exult This is what Ezekiel said (35:14): “When the whole earth rejoices, I shall make you desolate.” He prophesied this concerning Amalek.
אֵשׁ לְפָנָיו תֵּלֵךְ. בְּמִלְחֶמֶת גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג, דִּכְתִיב בְּמִלְחַמְתּוֹ (יחזקאל לח:כב) ״וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּי אִתּוֹ בְּדֶבֶר וּבְדָם וְגֶשֶׁם שׁוֹטֵף וְאַבְנֵי אֶלְגָּבִישׁ אֵשׁ וְגָפְרִית״:
Fire will go before Him in the war of Gog and Magog, for it is written concerning his war (Ezek. 38:22): “And I shall plead against him with pestilence and with blood, and rain bringing floods and great hailstones, fire and brimstone.”
בְּרָקָיו. זָהֳרוּרָיו, לָשׁוֹן ״לְמַעַן הֱיֹה לָהּ בָּרָק מוֹרָטָה״ (יחזקאל כא:טו):
His lightnings His brilliant lights, an expression of (Ezek. 21:15): “It is polished that it may glitter (ברק).”
וַתָּחֵל. ״בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה רַעַשׁ גָּדוֹל עַל אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְרָעֲשׁוּ מִפָּנָיו דְּגֵי הַיָּם״ (יחזקאל לח:יט-כ):
and quaked “Surely there will be a great earthquake on that day in the land of Israel. And at My presence, the fishes of the sea...will quake.”
וַתָּחֵל. לְשׁוֹן ״חִיל כַּיּוֹלֵדָה״ (תהלים מח:ז; מיכה ד:ט):
[The word] וַתָּחֵל is an expression of (above 48: 7): “pangs (חיל) like [those of] a woman in confinement.”
כַּדּוֹנַג נָמַסּוּ. דִּכְתִיב ״וְנֶהֶרְסוּ הֶהָרִים וְנָפְלוּ הַמַּדְרֵגוֹת״ (יחזקאל לח:כ):
melted like wax Heb. כדונג, as it is written (Ezek. 38:20): “and the mountains will be thrown down, and the cliffs will fall.”
כַּדּוֹנַג. כְּשַׁעֲוָה:
יֵבֹשׁוּ כָּל עוֹבְדֵי פֶסֶל. דִּכְתִיב (ישעיהו ב:יח) ״וְהָאֱלִילִים כָּלִיל יַחֲלֹף״:
All worshippers of graven images will be ashamed as it is written (Isa. 2:18): “And the idols will completely pass away.”
הַמִּתְהַלְלִים. הַמִּתְפָּאֲרִים לַעֲבוֹדַת גִּלּוּלִים:
who boast Who praise themselves with their worship.
מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ. נִקְמָתְךָ:
Your judgments Your vengeance.
אוֹר זָרוּעַ לַצַּדִּיק. זְרִיעָה מַמָּשׁ, מוּכֶנֶת לִצְמֹחַ לָהֶם:
A light is sown for the righteous A real sowing is prepared to grow for them.