וְהוֹצִ֣יא כָא֣וֹר צִדְקֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מִשְׁפָּטֶ֗ךָ כַּֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃
네 의를 빛 같이 나타내시며 네 공의를 정오의 빛 같이 하시리로다
Kli Yakar
And Rav Nachman added that it also applies in the morning, meaning that even in the morning there is a makeup for the mincha prayer, even though two prayer times have passed and the day itself has passed, as it is written In the morning, hear my voice; in the morning I will arrange my prayer before You and I will watch expectantly (Psalms 5:4). But this is difficult: why do I need the word morning twice? For one cannot say that it refers to someone who forgot the evening prayer and prays twice in the morning, since the evening prayer is optional, and something that is optional does not require a makeup.
Furthermore, from the phrase I will arrange before You, it is clear that this second morning refers to the mincha prayer, about which it is said The sons of Aaron shall bring it before the Lord (Leviticus 6:7), which is not said about any of the other prayers. And before the Lord mentioned here corresponds to [before] You mentioned there, because this prayer [mincha] is closer to the Lord than all the others. From here, he learned to say that this verse speaks about someone who forgot mincha and did not pray it even in the evening, so they pray two prayers in the morning: the first one is the morning prayer, about which he said, Lord, in the morning hear my voice, and the second one is to make up for mincha, about which he said, in the morning I will arrange my prayer before You and I will watch expectantly — meaning that they were waiting until they first prayed the obligatory morning prayer.
And he said before You similar to before the Lord mentioned here, because the mincha prayer is especially close to the Lord, the attribute of mercy, since at night the attribute of judgment rules; therefore, the evening prayer is not so much a time of favor, and that is why it is optional. And the morning prayer is somewhat close to the night that has passed. But the afternoon mincha prayer is far from both these boundaries, as it says And Your judgment is like the afternoon (Psalms 37:6). Therefore, Scripture arranged them in this section according to their level of significance: evening, morning, afternoon.
Furthermore, from the phrase I will arrange before You, it is clear that this second morning refers to the mincha prayer, about which it is said The sons of Aaron shall bring it before the Lord (Leviticus 6:7), which is not said about any of the other prayers. And before the Lord mentioned here corresponds to [before] You mentioned there, because this prayer [mincha] is closer to the Lord than all the others. From here, he learned to say that this verse speaks about someone who forgot mincha and did not pray it even in the evening, so they pray two prayers in the morning: the first one is the morning prayer, about which he said, Lord, in the morning hear my voice, and the second one is to make up for mincha, about which he said, in the morning I will arrange my prayer before You and I will watch expectantly — meaning that they were waiting until they first prayed the obligatory morning prayer.
And he said before You similar to before the Lord mentioned here, because the mincha prayer is especially close to the Lord, the attribute of mercy, since at night the attribute of judgment rules; therefore, the evening prayer is not so much a time of favor, and that is why it is optional. And the morning prayer is somewhat close to the night that has passed. But the afternoon mincha prayer is far from both these boundaries, as it says And Your judgment is like the afternoon (Psalms 37:6). Therefore, Scripture arranged them in this section according to their level of significance: evening, morning, afternoon.