Commentaire de citation sur Les Psaumes 109:6

Baal ha-Turim writes. It is written here, “you shall put the Levites in charge” [1:50]. Elsewhere, the verse says, “appoint a wicked man over him” [Psalms, 109:6]. This shows, as the Talmud writes, when a person is appointed a ruler on the earth, then he is placed as an evildoer, above in heaven. That is to say, when one is made a ruler in the community or the land, many people are envious of him. There are many opposed to him and argue against him. He must also argue with them and he must battle. The arguments tear at him. He wants to show his rulership against them and through this he comes to sins and great arguments. He becomes an evildoer through this.²⁸Baal ha-Turim, Numbers, 1:50.