1. “Happy is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit, there is no deceit.” This verse, its beginning is not as its end, and its end is not as its beginning, for at first, it is written, “against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,” meaning that there is iniquity in him, but He does not count it for him, and in the end, it is written, “and in whose spirit, there is no deceit.”
2. At the time of the noon prayer, judgment is present in the world, and Isaac, upper Gevura and the left line of ZA, corrected the noon prayer, for then the coupling takes place, as it is written, “His left under my head.” For this reason, upper Gevura governs the world until the night comes and enters since the Gevura accepts the night. The night, Malchut, is extended from Gevura, which is the noon prayer. From the time when the noon prayer begins, the left is separated in order to receive the Malchut, and the night, which is Malchut, awakens.
3. After the night awakens, all the guards of the external gates awaken in the world and spread out, and all the people of the world taste the taste of death.
4. Precisely at midnight, the left awakens as during the noon prayer, and the holy rose, Malchut emits scents, illumination of Hochma from the left, and praises and raises a voice. At that time, her Rosh ascends and is present on top, on the left, as it is written, “His left under my head,” and the left accepts her.
5. At that time, a herald calls out in the world, “It is time to rise from sleep and praise the king.” Then, praises awaken and there is perfuming of everything. Happy is one who awakens to make that coupling. When the morning comes and the right, Hesed, awakens and embraces Malchut, there is the coupling of everything as one, whether for Hochma or for Hassadim, whereas at night, there are no Hassadim.
6. When people are asleep and taste the taste of death, the soul ascends and stands at the place where she stands. She is tested about the deeds she did that whole day, and they are written in the book, since the souls ascends and testifies to a person’s actions and to every word he uttered from his mouth.
7. When a person’s word is proper, a holy word of Torah and prayer, that word ascends and breaches firmaments, and stands at the place where it stands until night comes and the soul ascends and grips that word and lets it in before the king.
8. When the word is improper and is a word from the bad words, from slander, that word ascends to the place where it ascends, and then that word is registered, as well as that person’s iniquity, as it is written, “Guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms,” meaning from the soul, which testifies to his actions. This is why it is written, “Happy is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity.” When the soul does not testify about him, that some iniquity will be registered for him, when is this? When there is no deceit in his spirit, when he does not sin.
9. “From thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who comes to do the service of ministry and the service of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,” this commandment is to be the Levites, poets in the Temple. Although it has already been explained, here there is a need to refresh the matters. The priest is the one who offers the offering, and he is Angel Michael, Hesed. The Levite is Gabriel, Gevura, and he should play [music].
10. “By day, the Lord commands His kindness [Hesed].” This is Hesed of ZA, the High Priest, since Michael is a regular priest toward his master, which is Hesed of ZA. Nevertheless, although he is a regular priest toward his master, he is a king over the holy animals in Yetzira. We learn about him, “Do not slight the blessing of a layperson,” and this is “By day, the Lord commands His kindness.”