Rashi, on Prov 15:13

“A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.”

“A merry heart makes a cheerful face If you cheer up the heart of the Holy One, blessed be He, by following His ways, He will show you a cheerful face to do your will, but if you sadden Him, He will show you a breaking spirit, as it is stated (Gen. 6:6f): “And He became saddened to His heart. And the Lord said, ‘I will erase man, etc.’“ a breaking spirit (Talant in Old French, explained in Ecc. 1:6) a spirit of fury.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.