ס֣וֹד יְ֭הוָה לִירֵאָ֑יו וּ֝בְרִית֗וֹ לְהוֹדִיעָֽם׃
Der Rat des Herrn ist für die, welche ihn fürchten, und seinen Bund läßt er sie wissen.
Or Neerav
Rabbi Abba arose and said “If it pleases you, sir, [to reveal this matter] it is written, The secret of the Lord is to those who fear Him (Ps. 25:14). Now the colleagues do fear the Holy One, blessed be He. They have already entered the ‘idra concerning the Tabernacle.6Zohar II, 127a-146a. Some entered and some left.”
Or Neerav
He who reveals to them the secrets of the Torah causes the departure of the flow [of emanation] from the righteous Yesod, of whom it is said, The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him (Ps. 25:14), and from the Shekhinah, as it is written, The water left the sea, and the river is dry and parched (Job. 14:11). At that time, the righteous below are entirely impoverished: bereft of the mysteries of Torah and poor in their bodies.
Or Neerav
All this teaches that the mysteries of the Torah abide in Yesod. Thus [the sefirah] is called Yesod, [a combination of] the yod of the covenant and mystery [sod], which is the mystery of the Torah. Proof for this is [derived from the verse], The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him; and His covenant to make them know it (Ps. 25:14). Thus “covenant” and “mystery” are as one. All this demonstrates that when mysteries [of the Torah] are spread among the “outside” ones, they are removed from the “inner” ones.