מַדּ֥וּעַ אָדֹ֖ם לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ וּבְגָדֶ֖יךָ כְּדֹרֵ֥ךְ בְּגַֽת׃
Pourquoi cette couleur rouge à ton vêtement? Pourquoi tes habits sont-ils comme ceux du vendangeur qui foule le pressoir?
Derush Chiddushei HaLevanah
Our Sages3Midrash Tehillim 8:8 (Buber ed.). explained that the word gittis is an allusion to the prophecy of Yeshayahu:4Yeshayahu 63:2-4. “Why is Your clothing red, and Your garments like [those of] one who trod in a wine press? A wine press I trod alone… For a day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption has arrived.” Like all [of Yeshayahu’s] prophecies beginning from the prophecy,5Ibid. 40:1. “Comfort you, comfort you, My people” and onwards, this prophecy focuses on the Ultimate Future. [According to] the simple understanding [of the verses] of the psalm under discussion – with the exception of the phrase, “to silence an enemy and one who seeks revenge,” as I will explain – it does not appear to refer to the Ultimate Future. Nevertheless, it is fitting to proceed to explain how the entire psalm refers to the Ultimate Future. In that way, the words of our Sages6I.e., the interpretation of Midrash Tehillim cited above. – though they do not require support or proof – will be further understood and apparent. [To explain the psalm verse by verse:]