1)

What is the meaning of "Lo Eda Nafshi"?

1.

Rashi: I do not know how I will find Nofesh (rest).

2.

Ibn Ezra #1: This is said in astonishment. (Surely I know my Nefesh!)

3.

Ibn Ezra #2: I know no evil for my Nefesh.

4.

Malbim #1: If I will say that I am Tam 1 , and really, I do not know myself - perhaps I am a Rasha, and He struck me properly - I would justify Hashem according to Elifaz' claim "ha'Enosh me'Eloka Yitzdak."

5.

Malbim #2: Even if I am Tam, I do not know my Nefesh - my purity is not from choice. The nature of man's formation dictates how he will be.


1

I.e. I cannot find anything that I did wrong. (PF)

2)

Why would he despise his life?

1.

Malbim: Death would be better than such life of shame. Even though he knows that he is a Tzadik 1 , he will say that he does not know, and [perhaps] he is a Rasha.

2.

Malbim #2: Reward and punishment do not apply to me, for I am forced in my actions.


1

Refer to 9:21:1:4*.

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