כִּֽי־לֹא־כֵ֥ן בֵּיתִ֖י עִם־אֵ֑ל כִּי֩ בְרִ֨ית עוֹלָ֜ם שָׂ֣ם לִ֗י עֲרוּכָ֤ה בַכֹּל֙ וּשְׁמֻרָ֔ה כִּֽי־כָל־יִשְׁעִ֥י וְכָל־חֵ֖פֶץ כִּֽי־לֹ֥א יַצְמִֽיחַ׃
Sebab tidaklah demikian wangsaku di hadapan Allah, karena Ia telah menetapkan bagiku perjanjian kekal, tertata dalam segala hal dan terpelihara; sebab segala keselamatanku dan segala keinginanku — sebab Ia tidak akan menumbuhkan [yang lain].
Mishneh Torah, Torah Study
The words of the Torah do not remain permanently with one who is indolent in acquiring them, nor with such who study the Torah in an environment of luxury and amidst eating and drinking, but with one who sacrifices his life for them and constantly suffers his body and does not yield sleep to his eyes nor dozing to his eyelids. Said the wise men symbolically: "This is the Law, when a man dieth in a tent" (Num. 19.14); the Torah does not remain with any save with him who sacrifices his life in the tents of the wise. And so did Solomon in his wisdom say: "If thou fall in the day of adversity thy strength is small indeed" (Prov. 24.10); and he, moreover, said: "Also my wisdom stood me in stead12The word Aph in the Hebrew text is usually translated to mean “also”, also means wrath or trouble. G. (Ecc. 2.9); only the wisdom which I studied in trouble stood me in stead" (Shabbat, 83a). The sages said: "There is an established covenant that he who endures hardship in studying the Torah in the Beth Hamedrash will not easily forget it; but he who endures the hardship of his studies privately by himself becomes wise, even as it is said: "But with the lowly is wisdom" (Prov. 11.2). He who during his study reads the words audibly, his study remains with him; but he who whispers out his words speedily forgets them.13Ketubot, 111b; Berakot, 65a; Menahot, 54a; Yer. Berakot, 41. C. G.