Commentaries

Mizmor 0025, Verse 001

לְדָוִ֡ד אֵלֶ֥יךָ יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה נַפְשִׁ֥י אֶשָּֽׂא

Ledovid eileicho adonai nafshi esso

Of David. To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Rabbi HIRSCH

1.
The alphabetical arrangement of the verses shows us that David intended this psalm to be kept not only before his own eyes, but in the minds of all of the rest of mankind by constant repetition.
The last verse of the psalm was added by David when he made this psalm part of Israel's national collection of hymns. In this manner all the preceding verses, which seemed to apply only to one individual, were now made to apply to all of Israel as well.

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