Psalm 72:1
Douay-Rheims
A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!
Rashi
A song of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, etc. Since the topic of this psalm deals with the troubles that befall Israel, he commences it in this manner. And this is the meaning: Although I cry out and am dismayed at Israel’s troubles, I knew that the Holy One, blessed be He, is good to them, and that He brings evil upon them for their own good, in order to give them merit in the life of the world to come.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Source details
1105 · Psalms 73:1 (Hebrew numbering)
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