Quoting%20commentary for Pesachim 233:11

ת"ר כל שירות ותושבחות שאמר דוד בספר תהלים ר"א אומר כנגד עצמו אמרן רבי יהושע אומר כנגד ציבור אמרן וחכ"א יש מהן כנגד ציבור ויש מהן כנגד עצמו האמורות בלשון יחיד כנגד עצמו האמורות בלשון רבים כנגד ציבור

and Israel recites the Hallel!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashbam: Hallel, which contains a sweeping condemnation of idolatry (v. Ps. CXV, 5-8) , could not have been composed in the days of David while Micah's idolatrous image was still in existence; hence it must have been composed at the Red Sea.');">²⁰</span> Our Rabbis taught: As for all the songs and praises to which David gave utterance in the Book of Psalms, R'Joshua said: He spoke them in reference to himself; R'Joshua said: He spoke them with reference to the [Jewish] community; while the Sages maintain: Some of them refer to the community, while others refer to himself. [Thus:] those which are couched in the singular bear upon himself, while those which are couched in the plural allude to the community.

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