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Tehillim - Psalms - Chapter 131

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Rashi's Commentary:

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1. A song of ascent by David. O Lord, my heart was not haughty, nor were my eyes raised on high, and I did not pursue matters greater and more wondrous than I.		א. שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד יְהֹוָה \| לֹא גָבַהּ לִבִּי וְלֹא רָמוּ עֵינַי וְלֹא הִלַּכְתִּי \| בִּגְדֹלוֹת וּבְנִפְלָאוֹת מִמֶּנִּי:
my heart was not haughty, etc.: I did not behave with superiority. I did not make great things pleasures, buildings, and plantings as my son made. Behold I am with You like one who has no hands or feet, like an incomplete form lying before You.
2. I swear that I calmed and quieted my soul like a suckling on its mother; like a suckling was my soul with me.		ב. אִם לֹא שִׁוִּיתִי \| וְדוֹמַמְתִּי נַפְשִׁי כְּגָמֻל עֲלֵי אִמּוֹ כַּגָּמֻל עָלַי נַפְשִׁי:
I calmed and quieted: my soul upon You, like a suckling who is placed upon his mother. גָמוּל is one who sucks the breasts.
like a suckling was my soul with me: My soul within me was before You as an infant sucking its mother’s breasts.
3. Israel, hope to the Lord from now to eternity.		ג. יַחֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל יְהֹוָה מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם:

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