וְ֭נַפְשִׁי תָּגִ֣יל בַּיהוָ֑ה תָּ֝שִׂישׂ בִּישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃
A dusza moja rozraduje się w Bogu, ucieszy się pomocą Jego.
Akeidat Yitzchak
The five hymns of praise David sang on account of the five worlds he lived in, as described in our opening Midrash, refer to the following. 1) Being a creature born by woman of material that came into existence by a joint undertaking of G-d and Earth (nature), he gives thanks for his superiority to all other living creatures in the creation of which G-d was only marginally involved. 2) Once having seen the light of the world, man who faces the sky, stars etc. is superior to the beasts whose eyes are trained only towards the ground, the earth. Man learns to appreciate the works of G-d through his upright posture. 3) The third world, though metaphorically described as "suckling on his mother's breasts," refers to the study of the Torah. If the Midrash had referred to the actual breast of the mother, then that stage should have been mentioned as phase two in man's development, not as phase three. 4) The fourth world is the experience of seeing the wicked receive their deserts. 5) The fifth world is the day of death; it is the realization that death of the body does not represent the disintegration of one's personality. For all these insights David sang hymns, praises to the Lord. This, then, is what Solomon referred to when he said, "She opened her mouth with wisdom, and the Torah of kindness is on her tongue" (Proverbs 31,26). The verse "The Lord fashioned man, dust from the earth, and blew a soul of life into his nostrils, whereupon man became a living creature" (Genesis 2,7) describes the entire process of how man was created as matter. The "soul" is something which is at first a neutral force, later on a force with certain characteristics.