시편 7:15의 Musar

One must learn from the example of the Holy One Blessed is He. For He is the King of the Kings of Kings, yet He chose us out of all the peoples and tongues and called us “My firstborn son Israel” (Shemos 4:22), “the treasured people” (Devarim 7:6) and “Yeshurun” [a straight and honest people] (Devarim 32:15, Yeshayahu 44:2). However, if the children of Israel ignore the will of the Omnipresent, and follow their heart’s desire to engage in commerce and worldly pleasures, what satisfaction can the blessed Creator derive from them? Moreover, even if a person prays and dons tefillin and tzitzis on occasion, he prays hurriedly, giving only lip service to Hashem, while his heart is preoccupied with foreign thoughts. Then immediately after he finishes praying he runs to eat and drink. Concerning such a one the verse declares, “He labors with iniquity and brings forth falsehood” (Tehillim 7:15). Then, one day death suddenly strikes and the person discovers that he has prepared no provisions for the journey that lies before him.