Commentaire sur Les Psaumes 39:6
הִנֵּ֤ה טְפָח֨וֹת ׀ נָ֘תַ֤תָּה יָמַ֗י וְחֶלְדִּ֣י כְאַ֣יִן נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ אַ֥ךְ כָּֽל־הֶ֥בֶל כָּל־אָ֝דָ֗ם נִצָּ֥ב סֶֽלָה׃
Voici, tu as strictement limité mes jours, ma vie terrestre est comme un rien devant toi; oui, tout homme placé [sur terre] n’est qu’un souffle. Sélah!
Rashi on Psalms
Behold...handbreadths The days of man are measured like a thing that is measured with handbreadths; so are man’s days limited. and my old age Heb. וחלדי, and our old age is as nothing before you. חלד is an expression of rust (חלודה), rodijjl in Old French; rust, old age.
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Rashi on Psalms
every man his life and his condition are a life of vanity.
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