Kabbalah zu Tehillim 7:1

What, then, is shigeonot? It is certainly derived from the word [shigeon as in] shigeon of David (Ps. 7:1), which indicates praise and glorification.⁵Cf. Abraham Ibn Ezra, commentary on Ps. 7:1. Thus a prayer of Habakkuk must [be considered] greater than all the psalms and shigeonim which are sung before Him. If this is so, then [the verse] would have to state “psalm,” for “prayer” has no reference to [God’s] praise. “[Psalms of] Praise” [are directed] above to the ten sefirot, while “prayer” [is directed] at Malkhut.⁶For Kabbalists, prayer was to be directed at specific sefirot in order to be most effective. Among his other writings, Cordovero wrote Kabbalistic commentaries on the liturgy of Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur. Thus [the verse] should state “psalm,” which is a song greater than all songs, which inheres in [the sefirah] Binah, which is superior to the other praises.⁷Binah’s position among the three uppermost sefirot is similar in many respects to that of Malkhut in the sefirotic system as a whole.