274) \u201cYou are my hiding place; You will protect me from an enemy and surround me with songs of deliverance.\u201d \u201cYou are my hiding place\u201d is the Creator, who hides and protects a person who is walking on the path of Torah, in the middle line. He hides under His wings so that no one can harm him. Thus, why it is written, \u201cYou will protect me from an enemy\u201d? After all, it is the same as \u201cYou are my hiding place\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From above\u2014a person has enemies. It is written about it, \u201cYou are my hiding place.\u201d And from below, as well, the evil inclination. It is written about it, \u201cYou will protect me from an enemy,\u201d which is an enemy above and an enemy below, as we learn, \u201cdescends and incites, ascends and slanders.\u201d And were it not for the evil inclination, man would have had no enemies in the world. This is why it is written, \u201cYou will protect me from an enemy,\u201d about the evil inclination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
275) When the left line illuminated from above downward, before it was included in the right, the evil inclination was gripping unto man from above and from below. It was complaining about him from above, and brought hatred upon him. And from below, it incited him to sin and to draw the left from above downward, which was the sin of the tree of knowledge. And when the middle line came, the left and the right were included in one another and illuminated together so the light of the right shone from above down, and the left, from below up. At that time, the hatred, cast over man from above, was cancelled and the evil inclination separated from him from below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two things here: 1) A hiding place, for which the GAR of the left line were diminished and he could shine only from below upwards, which is VAK of Hochma. 2) Preserving, since by that, the left and the right were included in one another and that removed the slander and hatred from man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is said, \u201cHe hides in the shadow of His wings,\u201d so they will not be able to harm him, since the diminution that brought the left line through the screen of Hirik is regarded as a shadow, and the screen is regarded as wings. It is said, \u201cFrom above\u2014a person has enemies.\u201d The slander and hatred are drawn upon man from above during the illumination of the left from above downward. And from below, too, the evil inclination incites him to sin and to draw illumination of the left from above downward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAn enemy above, and an enemy below, as we learn, \u201cdescends and incites, ascends and slanders.\u201d And were it not for the evil inclination, man would not have an enemy in the world. That is, if the evil inclination had not incited him to sin below, during the illumination of the left from above downward, no hatred would have been drawn over man from above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hochma that is clothed in Hassadim after it has waned into VAK of GAR through the middle line, is drawn and becomes revealed through songs, which is why it is called, \u201csongs.\u201d And since the Hochma was first diminished by the middle line, it was to the contrary, bringing judgments [judgments] over him. This is why he said to the Creator, which is the middle line, \u201c[You] surround me with songs of deliverance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSongs of deliverance\u201d are songs that were \u201cdischarged\u201d and remained after their waning through the middle line. \u201cYou surround me,\u201d by which to save me from all the harm-doers along the way. \u201c\u2026surround me\u201d are the songs in which there are degrees sufficient for deliverance after they have been diminished into VAK of GAR through the middle line, and have become suitable for deliverance. This is so because this operation is performed by the middle line, the Creator, and this is why he told him, \u201csurround me,\u201d in second person, and not \u201cwill surround me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reading in order indicates the right line, illumination of Hassadim, which shines from above downwards. And retroactive reading indicates the left line, illumination of Hochma, which shines from below upwards. And since this verse speaks of these two kinds of illuminations, it is possible to read it in order, as well as to read it retroactively, since it contains both the left side and the right side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
276) The songs and praises that David recited contain secrets and sublime matters in the secrets of the wisdom. This is so because they were all said in the spirit of holiness, which was over David and he recited songs. Hence, they were all said in the spirit of holiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
277) \u201cYou have rejected me to fall.\u201d It should have been written, \u201cI have been rejected,\u201d since the Creator did not reject him, but the enemies. However, this is the Sitra Achra, who always rejects man and wishes to reject him and to lure him away from the Creator. This is the evil inclination, which is always with man. And it is to him that David returned and said, \u201cThou have rejected me that I might fall,\u201d since he was inciting him by all the troubles that came upon him, to lure him away from the Creator. And David said about him, \u201cThou have rejected me that I might fall\u201d in hell \u201cbut the Lord helped me\u201d to not be given into your hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
278) Hence, one should be wary of him, so he may not rule over him. And then the Creator will keep him in all his ways, as it is written, \u201cThen shall you walk in your way securely, and you shall not dash your foot.\u201d And it is written, \u201cWhen you walk, your step shall not be straitened.\u201d It is also written, \u201cBut the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn.\u201d Happy are Israel, for the Creator keeps them in this world and in the next world, as it is written, \u201cYour people also shall be all righteous, they shall inherit the land for ever.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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