וַנִּצְעַ֕ק אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע יְהוָה֙ אֶת־קֹלֵ֔נוּ וַיַּ֧רְא אֶת־עָנְיֵ֛נוּ וְאֶת־עֲמָלֵ֖נוּ וְאֶת־לַחֲצֵֽנוּ׃
Y clamamos á SEÑOR Dios de nuestros padres; y oyó SEÑOR nuestra voz, y vió nuestra aflicción, y nuestro trabajo, y nuestra opresión:
Kli Yakar
And we cried out to the Lord, God of our fathers. For without the merit of our fathers, He would not have heard our prayers because they were wicked and sinful in Egypt, as is found in the prophecy of Ezekiel. That is why it says, And He saw our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression. And you should know that regarding affliction and oppression, it is written in the section of Exodus (3:7–9), I have seen the affliction of My people, etc., and I have also seen the oppression, etc. But regarding the seeing of our labor, we do not find it written. Therefore, it appears that our labor means that He looked at the mischief and iniquity in Jacob and in the children of Israel, that even in the time when they were in affliction and oppression, nevertheless, the detestable things of their eyes they did not cast away. And the Holy One, blessed be He, saw the debt and its receipt — our affliction and our mischief — and if so, certainly without the merit of our fathers, He would not have responded to us. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand — against the attribute of justice that accused us, saying, “How are these different from those? These worship idolatry and those worship idolatry, etc.” And from all this, there is proof for And He brought us to this place and gave us — as a gift — the land. And now, what has passed has passed, and from here on we calculate, for now I acknowledge that to the Lord belongs the land. And the proof of this is that behold, I have brought, etc. and you shall set it before the Lord, for from then on, one draws near to the Lord.
Rav Hirsch
V. 7. לחצנו ,עבדות־עמלנו ,ענוי־ענינו .ונצעק וגו׳, eigentlich ja Beengung, Beschränkung-גרות (siehe Schmot 22, 20).