Be a sheltering rock for me to which I may always repair;
decree my deliverance,
for You are my rock and my fortress.
Rashi’s Commentary
- in which to enter continually into that shelter, to save myself within it from the pursuer.
- You commanded to save me You saved me many times through Your messengers.
I have become an example for many,
since You are my mighty refuge.
Rashi’s Commentary
- I was as an example for the multitude Many saw my troubles and worried lest an example of my trouble befall them; lest I be an example for them: “just as happened to this one, so will happen to us.” As the matter is said (Ezek. 24:24): “and Ezekiel will be an example to you.”