ציטירנדיקער פּירוש אויף תהילים 119:143

צר Distress.²¹A. V., The enemy. Comp. צר ומצק trouble and anguish (Ps. 119:143). It is a noun.²²It can hardly be anything else. I. E. means, perhaps, to say that צר is an abstract noun (שם) signifying distress, and not a common noun (שם התואר) signifying enemy. (Comp. c. iii., Note 5). In such a degree רוח יי נוססה בו the spirit of the Lord will wonderfully act therein.²³A. V., The spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him. Standard. נוססה is derived from נס miracle. This verse is in perfect harmony with the prophecy, And there shall be a time of trouble such as never was, etc. (Dan. 12:1). At that time Israel alone will be saved; therefore this verse is followed by the words, And the Redeemer shall come to Zion.

צר ואור According to some, Sun and moon; according to others, Moon and sun, because the moon is small (צַר) if compared with the sun; R. Adonim thinks that ה is omitted, צהר═צר light; for the letters א ה ו י are sometimes present in a word when they are superfluous, and at others omitted where they properly form part of the root; but he is mistaken, because ה does not belong to the vowel letters, and cannot be dropped except at the end of a word, where it replaces א. I take צר literally; it has here the same meaning as in Ps. 119:143, namely, distress, or—being an adjective—distressed. Palestine will be darkened by distress as well as by the sun, which will cast a gloom over her at the time of her destruction; for a mist will rise and hide the sun.