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0:00 King David comes here to the world and looks at the creatures, and everyone begins to praise, praise, praise flesh and blood, and King David comes and begins to praise the Holy One, blessed be He, and begins to laud the Holy One, blessed be He, begins to compose works for the Holy One, blessed be He, and Tehillim and songs and hymns and praises to the Holy One, blessed be He, and he exalts the great Name of the Holy One, blessed be He, and this gives the Holy One, blessed be He, satisfaction.
0:26 'When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars that You have established' - 'Hashem, our Master, how mighty is Your Name in all the earth.' The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: David, all the kings are now asleep in their beds, and you are awake and sit and engage in Torah. King David sits and engages in Torah - look in the Zohar, Parshas Emor, page 91, Rabbi Shimon says: every night, it is important that a person wake up. that is to say, we too know the importance of learning, but one who sits and engages in Torah and learns every single night, like King David, who sits and looks at the heavens while he is a king and all the kings sleep on their beds like dead corpses, and he is such a holy and righteous king who can do whatever he wants in the world,
1:11 and he decides to take off the crown and give it to the Creator, and to crown the Creator, and to compose works to Hashem, blessed be He. He praises Hashem, and all night he sits and prays. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: because of this you will be king over My people. Because King David, every night - 'When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars that You have established.' Did you notice what he said? 'When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,' 'the moon and the stars that You have established. Hashem, our Master,' 'how mighty is Your Name in all the earth.' What do we learn from this verse?
1:42 What do we learn from it? When King David would sit, says Rabbi Shimon, and look at the heavens every night, and exalt and praise the Holy One, blessed be He, looking at the stars and looking at the moon, and praising the Holy One, blessed be He, every night, the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: this that you do - you will be king over My people. That is what the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him. This is one of the things for which the Holy One, blessed be He, chose David to be king over Israel.
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