"The psalm is a song of praise, but it is also didactic— that is, it has a theological point it wants to make, about how the flourishing of the wicked is, despite appearances, only temporary. Since the wicked continue to thrive and the righteous often continue to suffer, it is perhaps not surprising that Our Sages (Hazal) understood the psalm eschatologically—that is, as referring to a future age of redemption (cf. Mishnah Tamid 7)."
Rabbi Shai Held
(1) A Psalm. A song; for the sabbath day. (2) It is good to praise the Adonai, to sing hymns to Your name, O Most High, (3) To proclaim Your steadfast love at daybreak, Your faithfulness each night (4) With a ten-stringed harp, with voice and lyre together. (5) You have gladdened me by Your deeds, O Adonai; I shout for joy at Your handiwork. (6) How great are Your works, Adonai, how very subtle Your designs! (7) A brutish man cannot know, a fool cannot understand this:
(יג) צַ֭דִּיק כַּתָּמָ֣ר יִפְרָ֑ח כְּאֶ֖רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן יִשְׂגֶּֽה׃ (יד) שְׁ֭תוּלִים בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה בְּחַצְר֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣ינוּ יַפְרִֽיחוּ׃ (טו) ע֭וֹד יְנוּב֣וּן בְּשֵׂיבָ֑ה דְּשֵׁנִ֖ים וְרַֽעֲנַנִּ֣ים יִהְיֽוּ׃ (טז) לְ֭הַגִּיד כִּֽי־יָשָׁ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה צ֝וּרִ֗י וְֽלֹא־עלתה [עַוְלָ֥תָה] בּֽוֹ׃
(13) The righteous bloom like a date-palm; they thrive like a cedar in Lebanon; (14) planted in the house of Adonai, they flourish in the courts of our God. (15) In old age they still produce fruit; they are full of sap and freshness, (16) attesting that Adonai is upright, my rock, in whom there is no wrong.
- If wickedness is only temporary, what brings about its end?
- How can we act out צַ֭דִּיק כַּתָּמָ֣ר יִפְרָ֑ח?
(ד)...בְּשַׁבָּת הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים (שם צב), מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר לְיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת, מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא, לְיוֹם שֶׁכֻּלּוֹ שַׁבָּת מְנוּחָה לְחַיֵּי הָעוֹלָמִים:
(4) ...On Shabbat they would say (Psalms 92), "A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day."(Psalms 93) [The latter song] is a psalm for the future, for the day that is completely Shabbat [tranquil] for all eternity.
"The Kabbalists represent a key turning point within the history of Judaism. They understand that the messiah comes only at the end point of redemption, rather than at its beginning. Instead of bringing about the onset of redemption, messiah will herald its completion. The actual work of redeeming the world is turned to us in history, and is done by all of us, day by day...Rather than messiah redeeming us, we redeem messiah.”
Arthur Green
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