Commentaries

Mizmor 003, Verse 005

ק֭וֹלִי אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה אֶקְרָ֑א וַיַּֽעֲנֵ֨נִי מֵהַ֖ר קָדְשׁ֣וֹ סֶֽלָה

koliy ʾel–ʾadonoy ʾekroʾ vayyaʿaneyniy meyhar kodesho selo

With my voice, I call to the Lord, and He answers me from His holy mount. Selah!

MIDRASH TEHILLIM

1.....(3.7)
Rabbi Berechiah commented, as long as the Temple stood, You did answer our prayers. But now that Your holy mountain is bare, how do we know that You answer our prayers? So the response is: "He answers me from His holy mount."

RADAK

1.
and He answers me...
a past (tense) in place of a future, equivalent to "and He will answer me"; and there are many similar cases.
Or, it may be taken according to its literal sense; for he was confident of this.
Or the Holy Spirit made a revelation upon his tongue; and this is the correct view - for we have already interpreted that all the Psalms were uttered in the Holy Spirit. And in the greater part of prophecy this is found, that the speaker uses a past tense in place of a future; for it is as though the thing had already happened when it has been spoken in the Holy Spirit.
2.
from His holy mount
We can interpret (this) of Mount Moriah. And although it was not yet holy, it may be that there was a tradition among them that the Sanctuary would be there. And because of this David, in his flight, ascended the Mount of Olives and from thence worshipped God; for from thence one can see that (holy) place.
Or the interpretation of out of His holy hill (may be): from Mount Zion, where the Ark was.
Or the interpretation of out of His holy hill (may be) out of heaven, as "Who will dwell upon Your holy mount?" (Tehillim 15:1).

Rabbi HIRSCH

1.
[ק֭וֹלִי ] (koliy)
It is an abbreviated expression: “If my voice is heard; that is, when I weep, then it is to God to Whom I call,” says David. “My enemies all say that there is no hope for me from God, but, as a matter of fact, He has already heard me. Even though, to all outer appearances, my situation has not yet changed for the better, He has actually already heard me from the place of His Sanctuary of His Law, my relationship to which is restored by teshuvah"

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