Chasidut · Izhbitz
Mei HaShiloach, Volume I, Writings, Psalms 39/מי השלוח·
אמִכָּל פְּשָׁעַי הַצִּילֵנִי חֶרְפַּת נָבָל אַל תְּשִׂימֵנִי. "פְּשָׁעַי" הַיְינוּ הַחֶסְרוֹן שֶׁנִּטְבַּע בָּאָדָם מִבֶּטֶן אִמּוֹ כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (תהלים נ"א,ז') "וּבְחֵטְא יֶחֱמַתְנִי אִמִּי", וְאַף כִּי בָּזֶה אֵין הַחִיּוּב מִצַּד הָאָדָם, אַךְ כִּי הַש"י יַנְהִיג שֶׁלֶּעָתִיד יִהְיֶה הַכֹּל לְטוֹבָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲפִילּוּ הַחֲטָאִים יִתְבָּרְרוּ לְטוֹב, עכ"ז עַתָּה אֵינוֹ מְפֹרָשׁ וְעַל הַגָּוֶון יֵשׁ קִטְרוּגִים עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵהָאוּמּוֹת, לָכֵן אָמַר "מִכָּל פְּשָׁעַי הַצִּילֵנִי" כוּ', וְלָכֵן בְּעֶגְלָה עֲרוּפָה נֶאֱמַר (דברים כ"א,ח') "כַּפֵּר לְעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל".
1“Save me from all my transgressions, do not place upon me the shame of the boorish.” (Tehilim, 39:9)“Transgression” is the deficiency imprinted on man from his mother’s womb. This is as it is written (Tehilim, 51:7), “and my mother conceived me in sin.” This is not, however, an obligation from the side of man, for God will conduct everything in a way that all will have been for the good of Israel, and even the sinners will have been refined for the good. But still, it is not clear to us now, and at first glance there are great accusations from the nations against Israel. Therefore it says, “save me from all transgressions.”5, repair of the soul. Then it is called “the work of our hands.” See the citation in the previous note, and see the second selection in Parshat Devarim for a connected idea.