Rashi on TanakhPsalms 143

with Your faith to realize the promise that You promised me.

For an enemy pursued my soul That is to say: If I have sinned before You, behold, I have suffered. This psalm was recited as referring to all of Israel in Babylon.

is appalled Heb. ישתומם, an expression of daze and astonishment, like (Ezek. 3:15): “and I remained there overwhelmed (משמים) among them seven days.” Also (II Sam. 13:20): “and Tamar sat, overwhelmed (ושוממה).”

I remember the days of yore when You performed for us many wondrous miracles.

like a weary land in exile.

my spirit pines If one longs and does not attain, it is called the pining of the eyes and the pining of the spirit.

in the morning When the redemption sprouts. (I found.)

let me know the way in which I am to go; I lift up my soul that You accept my request.

to You I have hidden My tribulations I conceal from all men to tell them to You.