The Lord's salvation is like the blink of an eye; the Lord's deliverance is like the blink of an eye/ when things are at their worst they are sure to mend/the darkest hour is just before dawn (יְשׁוּעַת הַ' כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן, תְּשׁוּעַת הַ' כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן)

The Lord's salvation is like the blink of an eye; the Lord's deliverance is like the blink of an eye/ when things are at their worst they are sure to mend/the darkest hour is just before dawn

God's redemption can come very quickly or unexpectedly. The Lord can redeem a person from any problem with great speed. The expression combines 'the Lord's salvation' (from Exodus 14:13, 'Stand still and see the Lord's salvation') and 'like the blink of an eye' (from the Talmud, as in Berakhot 2b: between sunset and nightfall, like the blink of an eye).

(‘And to show them that the conquest of the land was close at hand, and that the Lord's salvation is like the blink of an eye’ — Abravanel, Deuteronomy 3:12; and also: ‘The Lord's salvation is like the blink of an eye, and one of the questions asked on the Day of Judgment is: Did you look forward to redemption?’ — Ein Yaakov / Letter Tav, Teshuat Hashem; and also: ‘The rabbi blessed him from the depths of his heart and said: The Lord's salvation is like the blink of an eye... How great was Rabbi Chaim's blessing, for the Lord's deliverance is like the blink of an eye’ — Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Anaf Etz Avot, p. 82; and also: ‘When a person falls into troubles and the blows of the world overwhelm him, the Lord's salvation is like the blink of an eye’ — Agnon, These and Those, And the Crooked Shall Be Made Straight, 51)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יְשׁוּעַת הַ' כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן, תְּשׁוּעַת הַ' כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן

Definition (Hebrew)

גְּאֻולַּת ה' יְכוֹלָה לְהַגִּיעַ בִּמְהִירוּת אוֹ בְּמַפְתִּיעַ. ה' יָכוֹל לִגְאֹול בִּמְהִירוּת רַבָּה אֶת הָאָדָם מִכָּל בְּעָיָה (הַבִּטּוּי מֻרְכָּב מִשְּׁנֵי בִּטּוּיִים, הָאֶחָד "יְשׁוּעַת ה'" שֶׁמְּקוֹרוֹ בִּשְׁמוֹת יָד יג:"הִתְיַצְּבוּ וּרְאוּ אֶת יְשׁוּעַת ה'", וְהַשֵּׁנִי "כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן", שֶׁמְּקוֹרוֹ בַּתַּלְמוּד, כְּמוֹ בִּבְרָכוֹת ב ע"ב: בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן. הֶרֶף עַיִן מַשְׁמָע רֶגַע קָצָר כְּדֵי נִפְנוּף עַפְעַף הָעַיִן).

("וּלְהוֹרוֹת לִפְנֵיהֶם שֶׁכָּבוּשׁ הָאָרֶץ הָיָה קָרוֹב לִהְיוֹת. וְשֶׁתְּשׁוּעַת ה' כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן"- אַבְּרָבַנְאֵל דְּבָרִים ג יב, וְכֵן:"תְּשׁוּעַת ה' כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן,וְאַחַת מִן הַשְּׁאֵלוֹת שֶׁשּׁוֹאֲלִין לְיוֹם הַדִּין הוּא: צָפִיתָ לִישׁוּעָה?"- עֵין יַעֲקֹב/ אוֹת ת', תְּשׁוּעַת ה', וְכֵן:"הָרַב בֵּרֵךְ אוֹתוֹ מֵעֹמֶק הַלֵּב וְאָמַר: יְשׁוּעַת ה' כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן...כַּמָּה גְּדוֹלָה בִּרְכָתוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי חַיִּים כִּי תְּשׁוּעַת ה' כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן"- הָרַב עוֹבַדְיָה יוֹסֵף/ עֲנַף עֵץ אָבוֹת, פב- פֵּד, וְכֵן:"כִּי יִפֹּל אָדָם לְמַדְחֵפוֹת וְיַהְבִּילוּהוּ נִגְעֵי עוֹלָם, יְשׁוּעַת ה' כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן"- עַגְנוֹן/אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, וְהָיָה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֹר,51)

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