Commentaire de citation sur Les Psaumes 136:4

לְעֹ֘שֵׂ֤ה נִפְלָא֣וֹת גְּדֹל֣וֹת לְבַדּ֑וֹ “Who alone works great marvels” (Ps. 136:4) This was the generation of Kenan. (Gen 5:12) In the D”H³²³D”H is most likely Divrei Hayamim, the book of Chronicles, though I am uncertain about this. Chronicles lists the genealogy of the generations but says nothing more about the individuals who are listed, it states that Ada and Tzilah, the wives of Lamekh,³²⁴See Rashi on Genesis 4:16 - it was the custom of that generation to take two wives, one for bearing children and the other for pleasure…. See Bereshit Rabbah 23:2 were the daughters of Kenan. In Lamekh’s generation men began giving their wives a sterility potion so that they wouldn’t get pregnant and so their beauty would not be diminished. Rashi gives a reason for the names Ada and Tzilah. Tzilah was so called because she sat in the shadow of an adorned house like a bride while Ada was wrapped in a cloak like a mourner who was about to give birth.
It is well known that the Holy one does not give the key to childbirth over to human beings.³²⁵See BT Ta’anit 2a, Though Rabbi Foa lists the reference to the first chapter of Rosh Hashanah. Even though Tzilah was barren because of the infertility potion which Lamekh gave her, still she gave birth to a child. That is why it states, “As for Zillah, she gave birth….” (Gen 4:22) even though she was incapable. With regard to this Scripture states, “Who alone works great marvels” (Ps. 136:4) for God visits the barren.