Psalmów 9:9 Kabała: Zohar & Sha'arei Orah

R. Jose interpreted the verse: “The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof, the universe, and they that dwell therein; for he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers” (Ps. 24, 2-3) in the following way. ‘ “The earth” is the Holy Land of Israel, which is the first to imbibe sustenance and receive blessing from God, the rest of the world then receiving from it;

However, this quality is unique to the court of the land of Israel, as written,¹⁵⁰Psalms 9:9 “He who judges-Yishpot-ישפט Teiveil-the inhabited land with righteousness-Tzedek-צדק.” On the other hand, the other nations of the world are judged by the Upper Court, which is called “fairness-Meisharim-מישרים,” as the verse concludes, “He will judge-Yadin-ידין the regimes with fairness-Meisharim-מישרים.”