When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the afflicted soul then shall thy light rise up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noonday.
Ibn Ezra
ותפק And if thou draw out. Comp. ויפק and obtaineth (Prov. 8:35.) נפשך Thy soul. It is, as it were, in the objective case. נענה Afflicted. ענה נפש means always to fast, as may in this case be inferred from the expression תשביע thou wilt satisfy, which follows. Then shall thy light, etc. Thy light shall shine even in darkness; when evil afflicts mankind, thou wilt be delivered.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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