12) It is written, \u201cKeep my soul for I am pious; O You my God, save Your servant who trusts to You.\u201d We should look at the end of the verse, and then at the whole verse. At the end of the verse, it is written, \u201cWho trusts to You.\u201d It should have said, \u201cWho trusts in You.\u201d What is the meaning of \u201cWho trusts to You\u201d? It is as though David was promising that he would not go past midnight in his sleep, as it is written, \u201cAt midnight I will rise to give thanks to You.\u201d It should have said, \u201cI arose.\u201d But it means, \u201cI will rise and will connect with You forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13) \u201cKeep my soul.\u201d It should have said \u201cKeep\u201d [without the added Hey<\/em> in Hebrew]. But there is not a letter in the Torah without sublime and honorable meaning. It is written, \u201cKeep\u201d [with a Hey<\/em>], which he says to the Creator. \u201cKeep\u201d means \u201cKeep the Hey<\/em>,\u201d which is that part to which the Nefesh<\/em> [soul] clings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the soul departs from this world, it comes to inherit the next world. If she is rewarded, several high hosts come out to greet her, keep her, and admit her to her section in her place. And that letter Hey<\/em>, Malchut<\/em>, keeps her, to unite with her on beginnings of months and on Sabbaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14) If she is not rewarded, several harm-doing angels are poised against her, repelling her outside. Woe to that soul that incarnates in vain as a stone in a sling, as it is written, \u201cAnd the souls of your enemies he will sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.\u201d David asked his request from the Creator and said, \u201cKeep my soul,\u201d so she is not repelled outside. And when they come opposite her, the gates will open for her and You will accept her before You.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor I am pious.\u201d Was David considered pious? After all, he is a king, and his quality is Malchut<\/em> [kingship]. He is called \u201cpious,\u201d as it is written, \u201cThe steadfast mercies of David.\u201d [Hassadim<\/em> (mercy) and Hassid<\/em> (pious) have the same root in Hebrew]. Because he receives the steadfast mercies, he is considered pious. And this is why, \u201cKeep my soul\u201d; do not let her go outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15) Any person who has a portion in a righteous, who keeps his covenant, inherits this land, Malchut<\/em>, as it is written, And You people are all righteous; they will forever inherit the land.\u201d And that righteous, Yesod<\/em>, is called Hassid<\/em> [pious] because he imparts Hassadim<\/em>. This is why David said, since I am gripped in that place, in the righteous, therefore I am pious. 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