וְיִשְׂמְח֨וּ כָל־ח֪וֹסֵי בָ֡ךְ לְעוֹלָ֣ם יְ֭רַנֵּנוּ וְתָסֵ֣ךְ עָלֵ֑ימוֹ וְֽיַעְלְצ֥וּ בְ֝ךָ֗ אֹהֲבֵ֥י שְׁמֶֽךָ׃
Ngunit magalak nawa ang lahat ng nanganganlong sa Iyo; magsiawit nawa sila sa kagalakan magpakailanman, at kanlungan Mo sila; at magdiwang nawa sa Iyo ang mga umiibig sa Iyong Pangalan.
Derashot HaRan
But there is a question here. We are saying that fear of the L-rd is the foundation of the Torah, and this is stated in many places, viz. (Shabbath 31b): "R. Yehudah said: 'The Holy One Blessed be He created His world only so that He be feared, as it is written (Ecclesiastes 3:14): "And G-d wrought so that He be feared,"'" (Ibid): "R. Yochanan said in the name of R. Elazar in the name of R. Shimon: "The Holy One Blessed be He has nothing else in His world but fear of Heaven alone, as it is written (Job 28:28): "And he said to man: 'Behold, fear of the L-rd — that is wisdom and to depart from evil is understanding.'" And it is explicitly written (Deuteronomy 10:12): "And now, O Israel, what does the L-rd your G-d ask of you? Only to fear the L-rd your G-d." What emerges from all this is that fear of the Blessed One is the intent of the creation and the foundation of the Torah. But the following gives us a different impression (Sotah 22b): "There are seven [negative] types of perushim [abstainers from transgression]… a porush out of love and a porush out of fear" (that is, out of love of reward and fear of punishment). One who serves out of fear is listed here in the category of the wicked! It is stated further there: "Abbaye and Rava said to the Tanna: 'Do not include [as negative types] a porush out of love and a porush out of fear, for R. Yehudah said in the name of Rav: "Let one always occupy himself with Torah and with mitzvoth, and even shelo lishmah [not for their own sakes], for by doing so shelo lishmah he will come to do so lishmah [for their own sakes]."'" The only point of contention here is that he should not be placed in the category of the truly wicked, but whatever the case may be, his service is referred to as lo lishmah! And in the same tractate we learned (31a): "Two disciples were seated before Rava. One of them said to him: 'It was read to me in my dream (Psalms 31:20): "How great is the good which You have stored up for those who fear You, which You have performed for those who trust in You in the sight of the sons of men."' The other said to him: 'It was read to me in my dream (Ibid 5:12): "But let all those that put their trust in You rejoice. Let them ever shout in joy because You defend them. And let those who love Your name be joyful in You."' Rava responded: 'You are both perfectly righteous, but you [the first] out of fear, and you [the second] out of love."'" Now this is even more difficult than the first question. How can he call "perfectly righteous" one who is included in the class of the seven perushim or one of whom it is said: "Let one always occupy himself with Torah and mitzvoth, and even shelo lishmah"!