61. David hinted at the praise of The Song of Songs, which is the Holy of Holies, that it deserved to be said by the sons of Korah, but it was not the time to be said. This is why it is written, “To the conductor on roses to the sons of Korah, Maskil, a song of love.” “On roses” are the kisses of his mouth, which are called “His lips are roses.”
62. Roses are six years, HGT NHY, that bonded with the red rose, the seventh of them all, Malchut, the seventh after HGT NHY. Maskil is extension of the holy Atik, Keter, who is drawn to them when ZA and Malchut dwell together and are not separated, since the kisses are in adhesion of the spirit and are not separated.
63. “A song of love” implies the singing that is called a “double song,” Yod-Hey. The Song of Songs is Yod-Hey. A song is Yod, the songs are Hey, The Song of Songs and a song of love, it is all one. The Creator and the assembly of Israel, ZA and Malchut, are called “lovers,” as it is written, “Drink, and be drunken, lovers.” This is why it is written, “a song of love,” a song of these lovers. One praises the other, and the other praises the first. As in The Song of Songs, the assembly of Israel began with a praise, for so it is appropriate, as it is written, “will kiss me,” here, too, Malchut began to praise the king.
64. It is written, “My heart whispers a good thing.” This is an animal that whispers at night, Malchut, who is called “my heart.” “A good thing” means that she wanted the king, who is called “good,” ZA, to bond with her.
65. Because David, Malchut, was not given permission to disclose his will that the king, who is called “good,” would bond with him, since Malchut has not been completed yet, he said a whisper, since the matter was whispering in his heart. He was not even given permission to whisper with his lips, but rather in his heart.
66. What is the reason that my heart whispers? It is because speech without a sound cannot speak. “My heart” is Malchut, who is called “speech.” ZA is called “voice,” and since she was without ZA, it is considered that the speech was without sound since Malchut was not completed until King Solomon came and built her a house, the Temple, and the moon was completed, Malchut, with greater Gadlut [greatness/adulthood] than all, since the voice, ZA, bonded with her.
67. When she was completed, permission was given to speak, since she was completed with a voice, ZA, and sat in wholeness with the king, ZA. And because she brought forth a wise son to the world, Solomon, and established a house for the king, the king, who is the voice, placed his abode with her, and she began to speak and said, “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth.”
68. However, now, in the days of David, until now, she still did not dwell in wholeness. For this reason, my heart certainly whispers that good thing, ZA. Now it is written, “good” [in singular form], and not “good” [in plural form]. After the voice connected with her in Solomon’s days, it is certainly written “good” in everything, as it is written, “for Your love is better [in plural form] than wine.”
The righteous, Yesod, is called “good,” as it is written, “Tell the righteous that it is good.” Malchut, too, is called “good,” as it is written, “wisdom is good,” which relates to Malchut, who is called “bottom Hochma.” When they came closer and connected together with these kisses, it is written, “For Your love is better than wine,” since the lovers are together. This is why it is written “better” [in plural form].
69. “For Your love is better than wine.” Here, it is written “lovers,” which concerns both of them together, and here, “love,” in singular form, since ZA is not with her. When are they good [plural form]? From wine, when they are watered by that kept wine, illumination of Hochma from Bina, who is called “wine.” This is why it is written, “Drink and be drunken, O lovers,” since the plantings, ZA and Malchut, must water them from a deep river, upper Ima, Bina, who watered them in the beginning from that wine.
70. It is written, “His left is under my head.” The wine is illumination of Hochma from the left. Mother waters them first, and then, “Your oils have a good fragrance,” Hassadim from the right, as it is written, “and his right will embrace me.” After “His left is under my head,” which is wine, it is written, “and his right will embrace me,” oil. This is the good oil extended to him from Ima, Bina.
71. It is written, “It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down the beard, the beard of Aaron.” This is the High Priest of above, the right [side] of the king, Hesed of ZA, a priest to the world. When that oil reaches Aaron’s beard, Hesed, they are certainly called “your oils,” in plural form, oil from the side of Ima, and oil from the side of Abraham, Hesed, and then your oils are good.
72. What is the reason that the good oil was anointed to Abraham? It is because he stretched out his right [hand], Hesed, to illuminate the moon, Malchut. This is why it is written, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to also sit together.” “How good” is the first light in the first day of the work of creation, as it is written, “And God saw the light, that it was good,” which is Hesed. “And how pleasant” is “the pleasant psalmist of Israel,” the fourth day, the moon, Malchut.
73. As the light that was created on the first day gives wholeness, and light that the light of this world is conducted in is extended from it. Abraham, too, the first light, gives light to the king’s daughter, the fourth day, Malchut, by which the world is conducted. Hence, a thread of grace is drawn over Malchut, to shine his light. When Malchut connects with him and sits to his right to receive Hassadim, he grows in everything.
74. When Abraham came to the world, it is written about him, “And I will make your name great,” adding the letter Hey, Malchut, to his name, and that place, Malchut, the Creator grows in it, as it is written, “Great is the Lord and highly praised in the city of our God.” Great, when the holy city, called the “bottom Hey,” and who is called “small love,” adheres to him, and he dwells within her. Then his name grows over all.
75. It is written, “The Lord is righteous in all His ways.” This is so because in this degree of “all,” in Malchut, it is as it is written, “who sets a way in the sea.” “In the sea,” in Malchut. “A way” is Yesod. “And Hassid [kind/merciful] in all His actions.” For this—Abraham in this right, in Hesed that is in Malchut, in the letter Hey that He added to him—the Creator made him a new creation and his fortune to beget was renewed, and he was made greater than all. This is why it is written, “And the Lord blessed Abraham with all,” blessed him with this “all,” which is a king’s daughter, Malchut, who was given to him.
76. What is the blessing that He blessed him? It is the good oil that comes down on his head, as it is written, “How good and how pleasant.” Certainly, like the good oil, since oil is Hassadim that are extended from Hochma in the right. For this reason, there is blessing in the oil since the place causes, since it is drawn from Hochma. This is why it is written, “And the Lord greatly blessed my lord and he has become great,” since Gadlut [greatness/adulthood] is extended from Hochma, as it is written, “I will make your name great,” and as it is written, “Your name is oil poured forth.”
77. When the Creator raises His right hand over all, in the days of the Messiah, in this good oil, it is written, “On that day, I will raise the fallen hut of David.” That day, I do not know who it is, but it is the first day of the six days HGT NHY, the right of Abraham, Hesed, who is destined to wake up and raise Malchut from her dust.
78. Hence, on that day is the first day for everything. In the following verse, it is written, “says the Lord who does this.” “Says the Lord” before any person, as it is written, “‘By Myself I have sworn,’ says the Lord,” and here, the name of Atik is implied, in which ZA swore to Abraham. This is why that day is called “neither day nor night,” since it depends on Atik, and not on the day or on the night, ZA and Malchut. It wants to honor the Dikna, who bestows the bestowal of Dikna, as it is written, “On that day, I will raise the fallen hut of David.”
79. Moses saw all those troubles that were destined to come upon the world when the hut, Malchut, falls, as it is written, “And I, too, will smite you”; “I, too, am with you in your exile.” When these iniquities are completed, it is written, “and I also remember My covenant with Abraham, and I remember the land,” meaning He attached the holy land, David’s hut, to Abraham, in order to raise it in the right, Hesed, Abraham’s quality, and was thinking in wholeness.
80. “My covenant” is Abraham, of whom it is written, “Behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.” When that covenant, the letter Hey, Malchut, is with you, with Hesed, it will be completed in everything. Hence, one who calls him Abram, without the Hey, blemishes the Creator, who is called “to-do and not-to-do,” Malchut, since he took the Hey, Malchut, out of Abraham, Hesed, since with this Hey of Abraham, the faith is completed, Malchut, since all her wholeness is to receive the Hesed in Abraham, for Hochma cannot shine without Hassadim.
81. When the Hey rises in the right hand of Ima, in the right of Bina, the daughter, Malchut, will receive from the good upper Ima who never stops the great Hassadim that are extended from upper AVI, whose coupling never stops.
At that time, Malchut takes vengeance against the rest of the nations. It is written about this in Daniel, “while a stone was cut out from the mountain without hands,” meaning it was cut by itself from the mountain, without hands. “From the mountain” is Abraham, the top mountain.
“The stone was cut,” one stone on which there are seven eyes, that is incorporated with seven Sefirot HGT NHYM, and passes judgments in all the nations, whose sons have trampled between feet, and whom she trampled in every way. It is written, “became a big mountain and filled the whole earth,” since she adhered to the right, “and the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun.”
82. When Abraham came to the world, the moon shone and began to shine until she was completed in her degrees in the days of Solomon, who grew over everything, as it is written, “and may He make his throne greater than your throne.” This is why it is written, “And I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver.” These are fifteen righteous up to Solomon. This is why that high praise was given by him, so he would grow in it. But David said in a whisper, and was not given permission to disclose.
83. It is written, “I say, ‘My works are for a king; my tongue, the pen of a quick writer.’” “I say, ‘My works are for a king’” is to awaken the upper king. “My works” means one that the action does not depend on him, since Malchut is a female, the ground of the world, who does not do any deed, since the deed depends on above, on the male, on ZA.
Thus, what does she do? However, “my works” are “my tongue, the pen of a quick writer,” who praises the upper king, ZA, at midnight. “A song of love” is like The Song of Songs, where the queen praises the king. Here, too, the queen praises the king, Malchut praises ZA.
The extension from above downward is regarded as an act and as work. Since Hochma is not drawn from above downward, but only from below upward, it is considered that there is no action in her. Therefore, it is revealed that there is no action in her in Malchut, in the female, only during the coupling, and not in the male, in ZA, since the act is forbidden in her.
Thus, how did Malchut say to ZA, “My works are for a king” if there are no actions in her? However, her praising the upper king at midnight is regarded as an act. Midnight is the time of the revelation of illumination of Hochma in her, as it is written, “She rises while it is still night,” and then the Creator enters the Garden of Eden, Malchut, and is incorporated in her in illumination of Hochma. This incorporation in ZA, the male, is regarded as an act, for the upper king being praised in her at midnight is regarded as an act. This is why she said, “My works are for a king.”
84. It is written, “You are more beautiful than the sons of men.” She said to Abraham, “You have become beautified in the upper ones.” This is why it is written, “more beautiful,” which incorporates two praises. “Grace is poured upon your lips,” as it is written, “Behold now, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord.” This is why He blessed you, as it is written, “And the Lord blessed Abraham with everything.”
85. She spoke corresponding to the upper king, ZA, “more beautiful” above, in the upper camps who praise before You. “More beautiful” below, in those true righteous who stand at midnight. “Grace is poured upon your lips” when You call and knock on the gate of my hall, “Open to me, my sister.” It is written, “Therefore God has blessed You forever.” God is upper Ima, Bina, who crowned you with upper crowns. “Forever,” for this bottom world, Malchut, and for her Bina said that it shines for Malchut.
86. “Forever” is the upper right, Hesed, as it is written, “You are a priest forever,” and all the blessings and the good oil are on the right. This is why it is written, “Therefore,” which means “when it is so,” when Malchut connects above.
But when this world, Hesed, departs from him, it is written, “He will surely roar against His fold,” the queen, since the blessings have been denied of Him, since they are not in Him except when His fold connects with Him. Opposite this verse, it is written in The Song of Songs, “For Your love is better than wine; Your oils have a good fragrance,” since God has blessed you forever.
87. It is written, “Draw me, we will run after you.” Opposite that, it is written, “Gird your sword on the thigh of a mighty man.” This is as it is written, “The sword of the Lord filled with blood,” to avenge the wicked who caused her separation from ZA her husband above. At that time, You brought Malchut closer to You, to have mercy on the world, and they will be sweetened together.
When he girds the sword, the screen of Hirik, on the thigh, NHY, GAR of the left are diminished, and the wicked are cut off, for all their vitality is from these GAR of the left. That time is the time of the coupling of ZA and Malchut since those wicked ones who caused separation have already been cut off and lost from the earth.
You find that by obliterating the wicked, he draws Malchut to a coupling. It is written, “Draw me, we will run after you,” and opposite that, it is written, “Gird your sword on the thigh of a mighty one,” since that sword which consumes the wicked draws Malchut to a coupling. And then you bring Malchut close to you, since cutting off the wicked brings Malchut closer to ZA.
88. When Malchut approached him, ZA clothed in majesty and grandeur, as it is written, “You wore majesty and grandeur,” since at that time, he grew because he connected to “the city of our God,” Malchut. This is why it is written, “You are very great; You are clothed with majesty and grandeur,” clothes of honor that upper Ima, Bina, has spread on him.
This is why it is written, “Hadar [grandeur], and the name of his city is Pe’u.” ZA is called “grandeur” when Mehitabel, daughter of Matred, Malchut, dresses in him. This is why it is written, “Your majesty and grandeur,” as in the verse from The Song of Songs, “We will rejoice and delight in You; we will extol your love more than wine.” Wine is the extension of Ima, who watered you and all, and this is “Your majesty and grandeur.”
“Gird your sword on the thigh.” That sword which consumes the wicked who make a separation between ZA and Malchut, and this is the drawing of the Shechina for a coupling. ZA does not receive illumination of Hochma for himself, since he is always in covered Hassadim, except during the coupling with Malchut, in whom the Hochma is revealed. At that time, he is incorporated with her in illumination of Hochma and becomes great, with Mochin of Gadlut.
For himself, he is in covered Hassadim and does not grow in Hochma, except when he connects with Malchut, who is called “the city of our God.” Hence, after he says “Gird your sword on the thigh of a mighty one,” which is regarded as drawing for the coupling, he concludes, “Your majesty and grandeur,” since that coupling is the majesty and grandeur of ZA, for then he receives illumination of Hochma, who is called “majesty and grandeur.”
89. It is written, “And in Your grandeur ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and justice.” Opposite this is the verse in The Song of Songs, “I am black and lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.” This is so because in the beginning, when Malchut is called a “sword,” to judge the world, it is called “black.” Now that she has come close to her husband, ZA, in humility, she is called “lovely.”
“Daughters of Jerusalem” are those twelve high, big animals in Malchut, who are called so, who are drawn from twelve phases in ZA, from the three lines in each one, from his HG TM. They are all in wholeness, and because now they are in exile, they returned to being as the tents of Kedar. And now that Malchut has returned for a coupling, they are as the curtains of Solomon.
90. When the sword, Malchut, was returned from the judgment that was in her, since the people of the world improved their actions, the matter became a truthful matter, that she connected to the truth, ZA, and truth connected to humility, Malchut. At that time, there is justice in everything, and all are one, for a truthful matter and humility and justice are all Malchut.
91. When the end, Malchut, is connected in the Rosh, ZA, the end is called a “truthful matter.” Truth, ZA, is in the Rosh [head], for it is written, “The beginning [Rosh] of Your word is true,” meaning the Rosh of the one who is called “Your word,” who is the end of the degrees, Malchut. The Rosh is connected to the Sof [end], humility and justice, without separation.
Humility is Malchut from the Chazeh of ZA and above, who is called Leah. Justice is Malchut from the Chazeh of ZA and below, who is called Rachel. They were incorporated and connected in every way. Humility, Leah, is the Rosh; justice, Rachel, is the Sof, as it is written, “Because of humility is fear of the Lord,” where humility is Leah and the fear of the Lord is Rachel, in the heel [also “because”] of Leah.
92. “And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.” This is Jacob, Tifferet, who is called “awesome,” for he takes two parts and incorporates within him the three lines HG, since he is the middle line that incorporates both. Since he always adheres to the right, since ZA is always in Hassadim that are covered from Hochma, as it is written, “and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks,” and white is right, Hassadim.
93. At the time of the coupling of ZA with Malchut, everything returns to being as the curtains of Solomon, since the right side, Hesed, awakened in the world, and the right hand is stretched out to welcome those who return in repentance. Until now, they were darkened in the iniquities like the tents of Kedar. But now that they have repented, they are as the curtains of Solomon since Abraham has awakened in the world, the right hand of the king, Hesed.
94. The verse, “Your arrows are toothed,” was explained about Abraham when he was chasing all those kings in the night, when mercy divided from judgment at midnight, for the arrows of the first night are judgment, and the arrows of the second night are mercy. He called all those kings, as it is written, “As driven straw to his bow, who pursued them, and passed safely by the way,” and they all fell into his hand.
95. “Your arrows are toothed” are arrows and slingstones. Malchut sentences the world with these instruments of war that the king had entrusted in the hands of the queen. These arrows of the Creator are indeed completely toothed, from the side of the second day of the work of creation, the side of Isaac, the left, since from him, the judgment goes out to the wicked to sentence them.
96. It is written about that, “The peoples fall under You … in the heart of the King’s enemies.” The degree that made them fall is called “heart,” and it is Malchut, who was appointed over the deeds of the world, and sentences them for being the enemies of the king.
97. Opposite that is the verse in The Song of Songs, “Do not look upon me because I am dark,” since I wore judgment to sentence the world. At that time, she is regarded as dark, and tells her children who approach her into the house, “Do not look upon me because I am dark. Indeed, if you engaged in the Torah that I have given you, have no fear. And if you did no engage, you will cause me to avenge against the nations of the world for you, meaning that you will be scattered there, as it is written, ‘My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards.’”
It was commented about that: If Israel are sentenced, then when they repent, the Creator brings down that judgment on the other nations. If they do not repent, they descend among the nations, who eat them bone and flesh.
98. “In the heart of the king’s enemies” is Abraham, who was appointed as king over the world, and all the nations agreed that he would be king over them, in an equal valley, and killed all his enemies tonight, which is Malchut.
99. “Your arrows are toothed.” Those who are willing to pass judgments are called “arrows.” “Nations will fall under you,” those who come from the side of the other nations. “Fall under you,” for they are the side of the serpent.” When that flame from the north side, the judgments of the left line, awakens over the serpent, he falls into the valley of the upper sea and his strength breaks. When his strength breaks, the strength of the other nations breaks because they are the king’s enemies. The king is Israel, ZA, the king over all.
100. “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.” David said so for her. As a woman who awakens her husband and says, “Your wife wants to connect in you,” since those wicked ones who separated our connection have gone from the world, and I passed judgment against them, and now I want the lower world to connect, Malchut, in a place called “and ever,” ZA.
“A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom,” meaning that that judgment that Your throne executed against the wicked of the world is true judgment; it comes from the place called “upright,” as it is written, “He is righteous and upright.” And the throne, Malchut, is called “upright” since the scepter of righteousness stems from it.
101. A scepter of righteousness is the Messiah King, who is called “scepter,” to admonish the wicked of the world, as it is written, “The scepter will not be removed from Judah,” and it is written, “And a scepter from Israel has arisen.” Righteousness is as it is written, “And decide with righteousness for the meek of the earth.”
It is written about “the scepter of Your kingdom,” “And a scepter from Israel has arisen,” namely the Messiah, who will awaken in the world. It is written here that Malchut praises before Him, “See that I have brought forth for You a good and wise son in the world, in order to raise the head of Israel above all.” “The scepter will not be removed,” since it is written, “And His throne as the sun before Me.”
102. “You love justice and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than Your friends.” “You love justice,” since justice, Malchut, your love, is small love, since Malchut is called “small love,” and when she connects to ZA above, in Hassadim, she becomes big.
Hesed is called “great love,” and ZA is great by connecting with her, as it is written, “Great is the Lord and highly praised in the city of our God,” when He is connected to Malchut, who is called the “city of our God.” For this, the queen attracts him with these words of love.
103. Opposite this verse is the verse in The Song of Songs, “Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture.” This means that you, that all my soul’s love is in you, if you do not connect with me, how will you pasture the world? How will you nourish yourself from the upper depth, from Bina, for you and for others, since the blessings from above are present only in a place of male and female.
104. “For why should I be as one who veils herself by the flocks of your friends?” How will I be in shame when the sons of the fathers demand nourishments from him, namely those who are the flocks of your friends, truly the flock of the Lord? This is why it is written, “You love justice, this is Your throne, Malchut. “And hate evil” is the side of the handmaid, the shells, whose words are all accusatory, and who is poised to fault the world in judgment.
105. Although it is all one, love of justice, these are Israel. They are gripped to that justice, which is their portion, as it is written, “‘I have loved you,’ says the Lord, “and I love Jacob.’” The word Et [appears only in Hebrew] comes to add the degree of justice, to which Jacob grips. When ZA is called Jacob, Israel love justice. “Hate evil” is Esau, whose actions are all to the detriment, and whose side is a wicked side, a slant serpent, as it is written, “and Esau I hate.”
106. “Therefore, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than Your friends.” This is the good oil, the upper Mochin that is poured over your head from the upper side, Bina, who is called Elokim [God]. “Therefore” means “because you love justice.”
107. It is written, “How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to also sit together.” Brothers sitting is the bonding of the brother, ZA, with justice, Malchut. “Also” comes to include Israel, who are the Merkava [chariot/structure] for this unification. This is why she said to him, “Where do you pasture, where do you make it rest.” “Where do you pasture” yourself, where do you make these herds of Jacob rest. “The oil of gladness more than Your friends” are the upper patriarchs who have connected in you at first.
108. Israel who are brothers and friends of ZA draw that oil of gladness on their heads with their prayer. “Oil of gladness” are twelve rivers of pure persimmon that shine in her, from the twelve phases in ZA. Then there is joy in the worlds, good will in the worlds, and anger departs from the world.
109. “All Your garments are scented with myrrh and aloes and cassia.” Myrrh is Abraham, Hesed, who is called Mount of Myrrh. Aloes are Jacob, Tifferet. Cassia is Isaac, Gevura. “All Your garments,” with these three colors in HGT—white, red, green—these clothes were completed, which are in the color crimson, which includes these three colors.
110. “Out of the ivory halls, by which they have made You glad.” Ivory halls are the seven upper halls, the seven halls of Malchut, where the souls of the righteous rejoice before the Creator. And then there is joy before Him. They are called “ivory halls” because they have been rewarded with the Torah and grew stronger in it, as it is written, “and you shall delve.” This is why they were rewarded with that tooth [delve and tooth have the same root in Hebrew].
111. “By which they have made You glad,” meaning what do these souls in seven halls engage in? They engage before You with My praises, and then the joy is completed before Him, since there is no joy from all His Merkavot [pl. of Merkava] like the joy of the souls of the righteous who are near him.
112. “By which they have made You glad,” meaning there is no joy before Him as when Solomon made The Song of Songs, and praised the praises of the queen to the king.
113. The souls are as it is written, “Kings’ daughters are among Your honorable women.” “Kings’ daughters” are the holy souls who are called “kings” since they come from a coupling of the king with the queen, ZA and Malchut. “Your honorable women” is the Garden of Eden, the most precious of all that the Creator has created in this world, which are His plantings.
114. “At Your right stands the queen,” as it is written, “The Lord said to my lord, ‘Sit at My right,’” since the queen is Malchut. This is why Malchut adhered below to Abraham, right, and this is why he is called “Abraham, who loves Me,” since My love adhered to him, and he alerted My judgments to the world. And thanks to her, he was rewarded with a son, since the letter Hey was added to him before he was rewarded with a son, as she, Malchut, is called Hey.
115. “In the gold of Ophir” is as it is written, “I will make a human more precious than fine gold, and a man more than the gold of Ophir.” When is she in the gold of Ophir? When she copulates with the king, when the Keter descends by leaping a degree, shining from the side of upper Ima, Bina, and present over the head of the queen, since the degree after upper Ima is ZA.
You find that Keter descends from Ima to Malchut by leaping a degree, leaping over the degree of ZA. That Keter is illumination of Hochma that Malchut receives from Ima, and then, as it is written, “As the glory of a man to dwell at home.”
“The glory of a man” is ZA. “To dwell at home” is Malchut, since ZA receives from her illumination of Hochma, since he himself is only in Hassadim that are covered from Hochma, since then the home from this world, Malchut who bestows upon this world, is conducted by herself and not by ZA, for the illumination of Hochma shines in the world.
116. This is why Malchut said to him, “If you do not connect with me in a way that the Hassadim of ZA clothe the illumination of Hochma in Malchut, how will I be in thirst over these holy flocks, the souls, which are at my table, as it is written, “For why should I be as one who veils herself by the flocks of your friends?”
117. The Creator replied to her: “Listen, daughter, and see.” Opposite that, the verse in The Song of Songs, “If you do not know, O fairest among women, go forth in the footsteps of the flock, and shepherd your kids [young goats].” The Creator said to her, “Here is a sublime advice for you: “Go forth in the footsteps of the flock,” which are the complete righteous with whom you were crowned before Me, “and shepherd your kids,” those who are taken after you.
118. And those wicked of the generation will be mortgaged in their sin, meaning they will take their soul as mortgage for their sins, and He struck them with a leash, and they will not continue to sin. And keep your children who follow you so they are mortgaged on them, so they are not taken as mortgage for the iniquities of the wicked. It is all in true judgment, since all the souls are before Me, and this is why it is written, “A son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and a father shall not bear the iniquity of the son.”
119. Similarly, it is written, “Listen, daughter, and see, and lend your ear.” “Listen,” since hearing depends on you, for when Israel repent before Me, “listen,” bring their prayers before Me since the door to everything is in you. I have placed everything in your hand, to lead the lower world. Hence, listen daughter, and see, since you are the mirror of everything, for the sun, which is called a “mirror,” is revealed only in Malchut. For this reason, you are called Beer Lahai Roi. For this reason, you should inquire each day into the actions of the people of the world, to give each one according to his actions.
120. When the Creator created the world, He entrusted His hall in the hands of the queen to watch over the world. When the people of the world are worthy, joy is added above.
121. “And lend your ear” to receive the prayer of all.” So she did, as well, to bring the crown close to the righteous, Yesod, since all the prayers are to bring the crown close to the righteous, as they are regarded as MAN, so the righteous may pour MAD upon them.
122. “And forget your people and your father’s house,” since when My children do not walk on the straight path, you should bring upon them blows, as it is written, “And I, too, will smite you sevenfold for your sins.” Hence, forget your people, He made them as though they were forgotten by the world until they repent before Me.
“And your father’s house” is Abraham, for she is his daughter, and her name is in everything, since Malchut is called “in all,” and she is Abraham’s daughter, as it is written, “And the Lord blessed Abraham with all. This is why he says “and your father’s house” about Israel.
123. “And the King will lust after your beauty.” This is the upper king, ZA, who loves to adhere to you and copulate with you in an everlasting coupling when all the members of the king’s hall are righteous, when you give them and lead them to the king’s will, as it is written, “the burden that his mother taught him.” This is Bat Sheba, Solomon’s mother, who led him to the king’s will.
124. “For he is your lord and you shall bow to him,” for all your strength is from him, from ZA. The moon shines only from the sun. Her name is ADNI. The sign of gripping from the king’s house, the Aleph of ADNI, from the beginning of everything, from the name EKYEH, Keter, to be conducted in her. Yod is from the beginning of the holy name, HaVaYaH, upper Hochma.
125. “And bow to him,” as it is written, “And Bat-Sheba bowed,” meaning Malchut, and then the king does all her wishes and Israel rise higher and higher, and their abode is with the king and with the queen.
126. At that time, the other nations surrender under them and everyone returns to worshiping them since they are the king’s children. This is why it is written, “And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; the rich among the people will seek your favor,” meaning that the rich among the people of Tyre will serve them and send gifts.
127. Opposite this verse is the verse in The Song of Songs, “I have compared you, my love, to my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.” The Creator placed it in their hearts to follow them to the sea so that Israel would be satiated by their money, which they brought with them there, and Israel took everything from them at sea. This was the reward for the work that they had served them for 210 years.
128. In the days to come, “And the daughter of Tyre.” This is the other side of Esau and the other nations that afflicted Israel, and that afflict now them with their iniquities, as it is written, “for he will come like a rushing stream, which the wind of the Lord drives.” This is why she is called “the daughter of Tyre.”
129. At that time, Israel will return in complete repentance before the Creator, who is seen in these many troubles that come upon them, as though the memory of them has reached up. When they repent wholeheartedly, it is written, “When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you shall return to the Lord your God.” Then the king will return to the queen to appease her. It is written about that, “The redeemer will come to Zion.” The redeemer is the king, who comes to the queen’s house. And because her household are all complete before her, the king comes to raise her from the dust.
130. “The rich among the people will seek your favor,” since you are the honor of the king’s daughter inside. “Honor” is the glory of the Lord, Malchut, and this daughter from that king who is certainly inside, this is upper Ima, Bina, who is inside everything and awakens freedom and contentment over her children.
131. It is written, “Her clothing is checkers of gold.” Opposite that, Solomon said, “Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with chains.” “Your cheeks” are two, one for the present time, and one for the days to come. “Ornaments” are two ornaments, one at the present time, and one for the days to come, since in the days of the Messiah, knowledge will be renewed in the world, and the Torah will shine before everyone, for it is written, “For they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.”
A likeness of this knowledge exists at present, too, and it is written about this knowledge and this illumination of Hochma “Her clothing is checkers of gold,” which is the north side, left, from Ima, who clothed in her, since illumination of Hochma is drawn from them to take vengeance against those who afflict her children.
This is so because the illumination of Hochma ceases all the judgments and the shells, and because of the illumination of knowledge and Hochma [wisdom], Malchut is called the “Messiah King.” That degree of Malchut is certainly David, and then, in the days to come, he awakens in the world.
132. It is written, “For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground. Rise up; come to our help.” “Rise up,” for until now she was fallen since she was separated from ZA. Now, “Rise up; come to our help,” for the king to cling to the queen and redeem us for the sake of your mercy. This is Abraham, the right hand, Hesed, so it will not be behind. This is why it is written, “Save Your right hand and answer me.” Because of it, “Her clothing is checkers of gold.”
When Malchut receives illumination of Hochma from the left of Ima and is separated from ZA, she is fallen. It is written about that time, “For our soul bowed down to the dust.” Malchut, who is called “soul” [Nefesh], bows down to the dust. But when she adheres to ZA and has illumination of Hochma, she rises from her falling since the Hochma in her dresses in the Hassadim of ZA and she can shine. At that time, it is written, “Rise up; come to our help.” This is “Her clothing is checkers of gold,” which is the time when she is connected with ZA, for at that time, the illumination of Hochma is regarded as checkers of gold.
133. “In embroideries she is led to the king.” Embroiders are garments of honor, which are embroidered for the Temple, for Malchut. They are Hassadim that are extended from ZA in order to clothe the illumination of Hochma in Malchut, since Hassadim are called “clothes of honor.” All the garments that the Creator is destined to wear in order to take vengeance against Edom, will be led to the king, as this bride, Malchut, clothed Him. All this is because Israel did not mingle with the side of Esau, all those are destined to see the glory of Zion.
134. Opposite that is the verse in The Song of Songs, “We will make for you ornaments of gold with studs of silver.” Ornaments are two, implying the Torah that was given in the days of Pharaoh on Mount Sinai, and implying the knowledge that will be renewed in the days of the Messiah. “With studs of silver means,” as it is written, “with fifteen pieces of silver.” Silver means Hassadim, and here it is written, “If she is a wall, we will build upon her a castle of silver,” Hassadim, which comes from the side of Abraham, as it is written, “And I also remembered my covenant with Abraham, and I remembered the land.”
135. “With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought,” two times gladness, above and below. Above, since the holy name and the throne are completed when the hunter perishes from the world, namely Esau, and his memory will never be remembered. Below, when Israel, the children of the Creator, through sublime mercy, raise their banner over all. This is why it is written, “brought to You,” as it is written, “And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to the Lord.” This is why it is written, “shall come to the king’s hall.”
136. “Instead of your fathers shall be your sons, whom you shall make ministers in all the earth.” The Creator said to the assembly of Israel, Malchut, “Instead of your fathers.” These are the high patriarchs who made you known and famous in the world, and have established you. For all this, they will be your sons. “Whom you shall make ministers” refers to the upper patriarchs, of whom it is written, “A well that the ministers dug,” who established this well in everything. She is called the “assembly of Israel,” Malchut.
137. “Instead of your fathers shall be your sons.” Your fathers were all in love, like the generation of the desert, like those who are called the “generation of knowledge.” Your sons will all be in love, will grow strong in the Torah. Opposite that, it is written, “While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance,” meaning they put doing before hearing, as they said “We will do” first, and then they said, “we will hear.” Here, too, your sons will be completed like them.
138. “I will mention your name in each and every generation,” extending from the upper generation, Bina—on whom freedom and liberty for all depend—to that generation when that great Shofar [festive horn], Bina, sends everyone out to freedom, then “nations will give thanks to you forever and ever,” since the world, Malchut, will not separate from “ever,” ZA, and “ever” will not separate from the world. Opposite that, it is written, in The Song of Songs, “A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, that lies all night between my breasts.”
139. Thus far was David given permission to disclose. Solomon came and was completed in everything. He completed everything and incorporated high wisdom in those praises in The Song of Songs. These are high wisdom, which is the subsistence of all the worlds, which the Creator is destined to reveal to His children when knowledge awakens in the world. At that time, each one from Israel will attain attainment in the sublime wisdom, which is the meaning of the name of the Creator, and this is abundance that never ever stops, for all eternity.