Psalms 78 with Psalms 95

78
7 That they might put their confidence (hope) in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments;
ז וְיָשִׂימוּ בֵאלֹהִים, כִּסְלָם: וְלֹא יִשְׁכְּחוּ, מַעַלְלֵי-אֵל; וּמִצְו‍ֹתָיו יִנְצֹרוּ.

Rashi:
their hope:
Instead of translating כסלם as "their confidence", Rashi translates it as "their hope", referring also to Job 31: 24: 'If I made gold my hope (כסלי).'


8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation;
a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
ח וְלֹא יִהְיוּ, כַּאֲבוֹתָם-- דּוֹר, סוֹרֵר וּמֹרֶה:
דּוֹר, לֹא-הֵכִין לִבּוֹ; וְלֹא-נֶאֶמְנָה אֶת-אֵל רוּחוֹ.

Rashi:
as their forefathers:
"who were in Egypt and in the desert."


95
7 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the flock of His hand. To-day, if ye would but hearken to His voice!
ז כִּי הוּא אֱלֹהֵינוּ-- וַאֲנַחְנוּ עַם מַרְעִיתוֹ, וְצֹאן יָדוֹ:
הַיּוֹם, אִם-בְּקֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָעוּ.


8 'Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
ח אַל-תַּקְשׁוּ לְבַבְכֶם, כִּמְרִיבָה; כְּיוֹם מַסָּה, בַּמִּדְבָּר.



78
21 Therefore the LORD heard, and was wroth;
and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel;
כא לָכֵן, שָׁמַע יְהוָה-- וַיִּתְעַבָּר:
וְאֵשׁ, נִשְּׂקָה בְיַעֲקֹב; וְגַם-אַף, עָלָה בְיִשְׂרָאֵל.

Rashi:
fire was kindled against Jacob:
"Heb. נשקה, as (Ezek. 39: 9):
'and make fires and heat up (והשיקו) ,' which is an expression of heating and burning. As it is written (Num. 11:1): 'and God’s fire broke out against them.'"


22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in His salvation.
כב כִּי לֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ, בֵּאלֹהִים; וְלֹא בָטְחוּ, בִּישׁוּעָתוֹ.



37 For their heart was not stedfast with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.
לז וְלִבָּם, לֹא-נָכוֹן עִמּוֹ; וְלֹא נֶאֶמְנוּ, בִּבְרִיתוֹ.

Rashi:
Their heart:
"was not sincere as with their mouth."

38 But He, being full of compassion, forgives iniquity, and destroys not;
yea, many a time does He turn His anger away, and does not stir up all His wrath.
לח וְהוּא רַחוּם, יְכַפֵּר עָו‍ֹן-- וְלֹא-יַשְׁחִית:
וְהִרְבָּה, לְהָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ; וְלֹא-יָעִיר, כָּל-חֲמָתוֹ.

Rashi:
But He is merciful:
"to them and constantly expiates their iniquity, and He did not destroy them."

Rashi:
many times:
"Many times He withdraws His wrath from them, and even if He punishes them, He does not arouse all His anger but little by little, because He remembers that they are flesh and that the evil inclination is hidden in their heart. That is a spirit that goes away when they die, and that spirit does not return to them in the world to come. When they are resurrected, the evil inclination will have no control over them. 'A spirit that goes away and does not return' cannot be explained to mean their spirit of life, because if you say so, you have denied the resurrection of the dead. In this manner, it is explained in Aggadath Tehillim (Mid Ps. 78:8)."

(See 78:8 above)



PSALMS 78
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