Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 60:15

אי אמרת בשלמא כל היכא דמסתפקא אמרינן שירה דחול היינו דקאמר אומרו וכופלו אלא אי אמרת לא אמור כלל מאי אומרו וכופלו

[The one commencing], Sing aloud unto God our strength, make a teru'ah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.V. 'shout'.');">¹⁷</span> unto the God of Jacob.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. LXXXI, 2. The words 'make a teru'ah' were of course appropriate to the day of teru'ah, - New Year.');">¹⁸</span> At the afternoon sacrifice what did they say? [The psalm containing the words], The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XXIX, 8. This verse is reminiscent of the shofar blown at the giving of the Law.');">¹⁹</span> When New Year fell on a Thursday, for which the regular psalm is 'Sing aloud unto God our strength',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra, in the list of the daily psalms.');">²⁰</span> they did not say 'Sing aloud' at the morning service because the same section was afterwards repeated. What then did they say? I removed his shoulder from the burden.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. LXXXI, 7. This verse was said because it refers to Joseph who was supposed to have been liberated on New Year (v. supra 11a) . Apparently the latter half of this psalm was said with the morning sacrifice and the first half with the additional sacrifice.');">²¹</span> If, however, witnesses came after the regular morning sacrifice,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that at the time of the sacrifice they did not yet know if the day would be holy.');">²²</span> they said 'Sing aloud', although the verse might afterwards have to be repeated'. Now if you hold that wherever there is a doubt we say the weekday psalm, we understand the statement here that 'it might be repeated'. But if you hold that they said no psalm at all, what is meant by repeating it'? -

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