Tafsiran yang Mengutip untuk Mazmur 89:3

The Torah not yet having revealed... The creation of fire and of the angels was also not mentioned in the Torah, although [the angels] were created on the second day, [and the heavens were created from fire and water. If so, why does this not raise the same question? The answer is:] Water is different because the Torah mentions it in the sequence of creation: “The breath of Elohim hovered above the surface of the water” (v. 2). Thus, the time of its creation should be mentioned.

This is conveyed in the verse, “On the day when Adonoy Elohim made.” Rashi might be bringing this verse also to answer the question: Why say that Hashem added the attribute of mercy because He saw that the world cannot exist with justice alone? The reason is for it is written (Tehillim 89:3), “The world will be built with kindness,” or perhaps there was a different reason. Furthermore, why did He give priority to the attribute of mercy? Rashi answers by citing the verse, “On the day when Adonoy Elohim made earth and heaven” (2:4). And why does the verse not mention heaven before earth like the first verse did, “In the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth”? The answer is: to show that Hashem added the attribute of mercy mainly for sake of the earth and what emerged from it, for the earth cannot stand up to the attribute of justice. Thus He gave priority to mercy over justice, so that mercy would be stronger, for the sake of the earth. The heavens, however, can stand up to the attribute of justice.

“How precious is Your kindness, O God” (Psalms 36:8). Eternal kindness builds, making second and third levels, and before mountains were born and the earth and its fullness were brought forth, His name alone was exalted. There was no one to call upon His blessed name, and there was no person to serve God. God saw that there was no man, and He was astounded that there was no one who recognized the power of His blessed kingdom. Upon whom would the Divine Presence rest, and to whom would God’s arm be revealed? Then it arose in His blessed will to create with His utterance the heavens and all their hosts, and He established His assembly upon the earth’s foundation. In every generation and dwelling place are His servants who do His will, and in every place, offerings and presentations are made to His blessed name by those who see the King’s face. And among the lower beings, He chose for Himself the human whom He formed with wisdom, whose wisdom exceeded all the ancient ones who preceded them in creation. And last but most beloved is humanity, who was created in the image and likeness of their Creator’s form, to whom He granted understanding with greater elevation and might. From among them all, God chose Jacob, the seed of Abraham His beloved, who would call out loudly in the name of the eternal God, saying “This is our God, our Lord who guides both the upper and lower realms; there is none besides Him.” From him, the whole earth was illuminated, for he lit up the righteous one of the world from the east, and the people who walked in darkness saw God’s light. They held fast to this faith generation after generation, and the face of the world was filled with knowledge and fear of God from Jacob, His inherited portion, the threefold cord, and God’s throne stands on three legs. This is my discourse and the opening of my words from the beginning of faith, to sing God’s song like the Song of Songs which is Solomon’s (Song of Songs 1:1).