פרשת האזינו תשכ"ב - הפטרה

The Lord rewards me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands he recompenses me.

You act perversely. [This is] language denoting jagged and crooked. In the book of Tehilim¹⁶Tehilim 18:27. Chapter 18 of Tehilim is a repetition of this song of Dovid almost verbatim. it is written, תִּתְפַּתָּל.¹⁷Rashi is proving that the root of this word is פתל. An alternative explanation,¹⁸Of the previous verses starting from verse 17. [when writing] "He delivers [salvation] from on high,"¹⁹Earlier in our chapter, verse 17. [Dovid] was refering to himself.²⁰Not to the people of Yisroel in general. When he was rushing to escape Shaul [and had reached] the rock at the crossroads,²¹In Shmuel I, 23:26. and was close to being captured an angel came to Shaul saying, "Go quickly because the Pelishtim have spread out [in battle formation over the terrain.]"²²Ibid 23:27. "He rewarded me…according to my righteousness."²³Earlier in our chapter, verse 25. [Refering to the fact] that I did not kill him [Shaul] when I [instead just] cut off the corner of his coat.