יְשׁוּעַת הַ' כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן, תְּשׁוּעַת הַ' כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן

ביטוי (אנגלית)

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

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)