Tafsiran yang Mengutip untuk Mazmur 76:2

Furthermore, the author of the Akeidah based this interpretation on the Midrash (Genesis Rabbah 1:12) which expounds on the verse: Your humility has made me great (Psalms 18:36). A flesh and blood king mentions their name first and then their deeds, but the Holy One, Blessed be He, mentioned His deeds before mentioning His name. One must contemplate: What aspect of humility is demonstrated in this, and what is meant by “has made me great” — in what way did He make us great? The explanation that seems closest to me is that Rashi wanted to address all of this when he said that the verse is calling for interpretation — that it is because of the Torah and Israel, who are called “reishit.” This means that it is impossible to recognize the existence of the Blessed God except through the Torah and Israel. Therefore, they are called “reishit” because both are prerequisites for coming to recognize the existence of the Blessed God, as the Torah publicizes the belief in creation and His divinity, may He be blessed. And Israel also knows how to publicize the existence of the Blessed Name through the tradition they received, passed down from person to person back to Adam, who witnessed the world both destroyed and built, and they are a reliable witness to the world’s creation, which is proof of its Creator. This tradition spread through the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel.

However, regarding this method of investigation, not many will become wise enough to enter into the secret of God while passing through the murky valley of this material world. Therefore, it is sufficient for a person to grasp His existence through received tradition and through the Torah as stated. Regarding this, our Sages said (Chullin 91a) that those below mention His blessed Name after two words, as it is said (Deuteronomy 6:4): Hear Israel, the Lord. But those above do not mention the Name except after three words, as it is said (Isaiah 6:3): Holy, Holy, Holy, the Lord. This is because the angels’ intellectual power is pure and clean, and it is easier for them to comprehend the essence of these three worlds’ investigation. Therefore, they are not permitted to mention the Name except after three sanctifications, meaning they must first comprehend the nature of all earthly existence and understand their source, and through this, they sanctify Him below. From there they ascend to understand the nature of beings in the intermediate world and sanctify Him to crown Him over them as well. From there they ascend to understand the nature of their own essence, and from there they rise to grasp His blessed Name. Therefore, they do not mention the Name until they first sanctify Him in all three worlds. But those below, whose intellect is not so pure, and not everyone can grasp this investigation, for it is too great, therefore it is sufficient for them to come to recognize God’s existence after two words — “Hear Israel.” For “Hear” means to hear the words of this Torah which publicizes His divinity, and “Israel” refers to the tradition that spread among Israel from Adam to Abraham, who proclaimed and publicized His divinity, as Rashi explained on the verse :The Lord, God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house (Genesis 24:7). From him, His divinity was publicized throughout the seed of Israel and Judah, as it is written (Psalms 76:2): God is known in Judah, His name is great in Israel. Therefore it says: In the beginning He created and then “God” — hinting at all three, for In the beginning refers to Israel and the Torah which are called “beginning,” and through creation God became known. This is the way of humility, that He hinted at Israel’s name before His own blessed Name, and this is truly splendor, preciousness, and greatness for Israel. Thus it is said: Your humility has made me great. Some say that this humility refers to His dealing first with the needs of His world and only afterward publicizing His blessed Name.

ואכבדה בפרעה AND I WILL BE HONOURED THROUGH PHARAOH — When the Holy One, blessed be He, takes vengeance on the wicked His name is magnified and honoured. Thus, too, it states, (Ezekiel 38:22, 23) “And I will plead against him [with pestilence and with blood etc.]”, and afterwards, “Thus I shall be magnified and sanctified etc.” And it states, (Psalms 76:3) “There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow”, and afterwards (after He has done this) (v. 2) “In Judah is God known. “Further it states, (Psalms 9:17) “The Lord is known because He executeth judgment” (Mekhilta).