| 1. Of David, a song. The land and the fullness thereof are the Lord's; the world and those who dwell therein. |
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| The land… are the Lord’s: The land of Israel. |
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| the world: The other lands. |
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| 2. For He founded it upon seas and established it upon rivers. |
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| founded it upon seas: Seven seas surrounded Eretz Yisroel and four rivers: the Jordan, Yarmuk, Karmion, and Pigah. |
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| 3. Who will ascend upon the Lord's mount and who will stand in His Holy place? |
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| Who will ascend upon the Lord’s mount: Although all the inhabitants of the world are His, not everyone deserves to come near to Him, except these: he who has clean hands, etc. |
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| 4. He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken My name in vain and has not sworn deceitfully. |
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| who has not taken My name in vain: Who has not sworn with My name and My soul in vain. We find an expression of an oath used with the soul (נפש) , as it is stated (in Amos 6:8): “The Lord God swore by Himself (בנפשו).” |
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| 5. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord and charity from the God of his salvation. |
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| 6. This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your presence-Jacob, forever. |
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| This: [generation,] whose deeds are such - this is the generation of those who seek him. |
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| 7. [You] gates, lift your heads and be uplifted, [you] everlasting portals, so that the King of Glory may enter. |
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| [You] gates, lift your heads: In the days of Solomon his son, when he comes to bring the Ark into the Holy of Holies and the gates cling to each other, he [Solomon] recited twenty-four praises, but he was not answered until he said (II Chron. 6:42): “Do not turn back the face of Your anointed; remember the kind deeds of David, Your servant.” |
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| 8. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord, Who is strong and mighty, the Lord Who is a mighty warrior. |
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| 9. [You] gates, lift your heads and lift up, [you] everlasting portals, so that the King of Glory may enter. |
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| everlasting portals: Portals whose sanctity is everlasting. |
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| 10. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts-He is the King of Glory forever. |
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