Kabbalah sa Mga Awit 119:164: Sefer HaBahir & Tikkunei Zohar

שֶׁ֣בַע בַּ֭יּוֹם הִלַּלְתִּ֑יךָ עַ֝֗ל מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י צִדְקֶֽךָ׃

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Sefer HaBahir

[Rabbi Berachiah continued,] "Further, we have said, 'Seven in a day, I praise you for the justice of your righteousness' (Psalms 119:164)."
They said to him, "What are they?"
He said, "You did not examine my words. Go out and examine them, and you will find them."
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Sefer HaBahir

[He continued,] "What is 'Seven upon your sins' (Leviticus 26:28)? Knesset Yisrael said, 'I will reprimand you, I and also them,' as is said about them, 'I praise You seven' (Psalms 119:164). They joined her, answered, and said, 'Also the seven of us. Even though among us is the one who turns about, the one who oversees the merit and goodness, we too are turned and will reprimand.'Why? Because of 'your sins'. 'But if you return to Me, I will return to you, as is written, 'Return to me and I will return to you' (Malachi 3:7). 'I will return' is not written, rather 'I will return Myself to you'* — with you — and all of us will seek compassion from the King.' And what does the King say? 'Return, rebellious children, I will heal your afflictions' (Jeremiah 3:22) [and] 'Return and cause returning' [שובו והשיבו] (Ezekiel 18:30). What is 'cause returning'? Return and seek the seven that will return with you, as is written 'cause returning' them that say, 'Seven upon your sins'</.> (Leviticus 26:28).
*[Ed. - Some versions read ואשוב/ואשובה, matching Malachi 3:7, “I will return to you.” Sefaria brings another version, apparently the version possessed by the author of Or HaGanuz, which appears to read ואשיב/ואשיבה as Hifil, “I will restore/return [them] to you,” and explains the unstated object as the seven lower middot, which return with Israel through repentance. This reading shifts the passage from divine accompaniment to sefirotic restoration.]
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Tikkunei Zohar

These are the twelve faces and twelve wings of the heavenly beasts, as it is written (Ezekiel 1:8) "Each of the four had the face of a lion on the right" - this is the white of the eye. "Each of the four had the face of an ox on the left" - this is the red of the eye. "Each of them had the face of an eagle" - this is the green of the eye. And it is written, "Each had four faces... and four wings." - this all comes to twenty-four. And these wings are the eyelids, which are referred to as (Exodus 32:15) "they were inscribed on one side (zeh) and the other side (zeh)." [So too,] about the heavenly beasts it is said (Isaiah 6:3) "One (zeh) would call to the other (zeh), Holy! Holy! Holy! The Lord of Hosts! His presence fills the earth." Certainly, they are called "zeh and zeh", just like the two sides of the tablets of Torah, inscribed on one side and the other. These are inscribed tablets of stone, and that stone is the Foundation Stone from which the earth is formed. And this is the pupil of the eye, of which it is written (Zechariah 3:9) "A single stone with seven eyes." These are the seven skins of the eye, of which it is said (Psalms 119:164) "I praise you seven times a day." And this is the Holy Regency, as it is written, (Psalms 118:22) "The stone that the builders rejected will be the chief cornerstone." Who are these 'builders'? They are they masters of the Mishnah who built structures in the world, and the deciders of law (Halachah) who rejected Her in exile. [Therefore,] it is written of Her, "will be the chief cornerstone. For she is Moses' Halachah from Sinai, received by Moses. Although Her pupil was black, through it and from it will the Holy One light up the world, for He will illuminate Her.
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