עֲשֵׂ֨ה זֹ֥את אֵפ֪וֹא ׀ בְּנִ֡י וְֽהִנָּצֵ֗ל כִּ֘י בָ֤אתָ בְכַף־רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֵ֥ךְ הִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗ס וּרְהַ֥ב רֵעֶֽיךָ׃
Kalau begitu, lakukanlah ini, anakku, dan selamatkanlah dirimu, karena engkau telah jatuh ke dalam genggaman sesamamu: pergilah, rendahkanlah dirimu, dan kerahkanlah sahabat-sahabatmu.
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go, humble yourself Heb. התרפס [a combination of two words, התר פס], open the palm of your hand for him to pay him his money.
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and give your fellow superiority Heb. ורהב. And if he has no money with you, only that you were trapped with the sayings of your mouth by speaking harshly to him, bring many friends to him to beg him to forgive you.
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Another explanation: [1] My son, if you stood surety for your Friend After you stood surety for the Holy One, blessed be He, Who is your “friend,” as it is written (Song 5:16): “This is my beloved and this is my friend”; you undertook at Sinai and in the plains of Moab with a curse and with an oath to observe His commandments.
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have given your hand to a stranger You have repented and turned from His ways and clung to the disbelievers to go in their ways.
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[2] you have been trapped by the sayings of your mouth You have given your hand to cling to strangers.
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[3] Do this, then, my son, and be saved Since you have come into the palm of your Friend at Sinai and you have accepted His Godliness over you,
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go, humble yourself Heb. התרפס. Humble yourself before Him like a threshold, which is trodden (נרפסת) and stepped on.
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and increase your friends Bring many friends who will pray for you before Him. In this manner it is expounded on in Midrash Psalms.