Les Psaumes 107:8 Cabale : Sha'arei Orah

All the various kinds of thanks-Hoda’ot-הודאות said by David, peace be upon him, in the book of Psalms, are connected to these two Divine qualities. Likewise, all offerings of thanks-Hoda’ot-הודאות regarding wonders and miracles, are connected to this, and are the matter hinted in the verse,⁷⁰Psalms 107:8 “Let them give thanks-Yodu-יוד״ו to HaShem-יהו״ה for His kindness and His wonders to the children of man.” They also are the matter of “the four categories of people who must offer thanks-L’Hodot-להודות,”⁷¹Talmud Bavli, Brachot 54b these being one who recovered from a life-threatening illness, one who was imprisoned and released, one who traveled over the sea, and one who traveled through the desert. Moreover, it is from here that HaShem-יהו"ה “bestows goodness to the culpable.”⁷²Liturgy of the HaGomel blessing recited by the four aforementioned people. For, in these two Divine qualities there is a place of angels whose function is to tear up the sentences that have been decreed against a person, such as the decree of death or any other punishments. This is the secret of the statement of our sages, of blessed memory,⁷³Talmud Bavli, Brachot 31b “They tear up his seventy-year sentence.” That is, in the Supernal court there are seventy ministers who stand in judgment, and one decisor. However, even if the sentence has been issued and sealed, there still is a remedy here. This is why the four above-mentioned categories of people must give thanks-L’Hodot-להודות, since this is the place of thanks-Hoda’ot-הודאות, and is the place of the bestowal of kindnesses (Gemiloot Chassadim). We therefore recite, “Blessed are You, HaShem-יהו״ה…Who bestows goodness to the culpable.”⁷⁴In the liturgy of the HaGomel blessing.