What is "Hodi"?
Malbim: My power of intellect.
Why does it say "Nehpach Alai l'Mashchis"?
Rashi: It means Hashchasah (destruction). Verses speak like this ? "Susim Mezuyanim Mashkim Hayu" ? in Hashkamas ha'Boker (early morning).
Ibn Ezra: Mashchis is a noun or adjective. R. Moshe says, this is like "Har ha'Mashchis."
Ibn Ezra: It is a verb, like "Eshtolelu Abirei Lev" said about Tziyon. Mashchis is like Shemen ha'Mishchah.
Does the verse teach that he not stop his strength?
Rashi: I did not gather it. All my strength left me. Malbim - powers of the Nefesh become stronger when bodily powers weaken, and they prepare to receive Nevu'ah. Here, also his powers of the Nefesh ceased, and he could not receive the words.
