Psalms 41:2 Commentary: Rashi, Rambam, Ibn Ezra & More

אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־דָּ֑ל בְּי֥וֹם רָ֝עָ֗ה יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ יְהוָֽה׃

Happy is he that considereth the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

Rashi on Psalms

the poor Heb. דל, the ill, to visit him, as the matter that is stated (in II Sam. 13:4): “Why are you so poor (דל)...?” mentioned in reference to Amnon.
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Rashi on Psalms

on a day of calamity This is Gehinnom (Ned. 40a). And in this world, what is his [the visitor’s] reward?...
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