Kabbalah sa Mga Awit 119:18: Zohar, Ohr Ne'erav & Sha'arei Orah

Solomon thought to penetrate to the innermost meanings of the Torah, but it baffled him and he exclaimed: “I said, I will get wisdom, but it was far from me” (Eccl. 7, 23). David said: “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law” (Ps. 119, 18). We read of Solomon that he “spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five” (I Kings 5, 12), and tradition explains this to mean that each of his proverbs admitted of a thousand and five interpretations. Now if this could be said of the words of mere flesh and blood like Solomon, must we not perforce believe that each of the words of the Torah spoken by the Holy One, blessed be He, contains proverbs, songs, and hymns innumerable, sublime mysteries, and truths of Divine Wisdom? Hence: “Who can express the mighty acts of the Lord?”

It was in this connection that David said, Open my eye that I may behold wondrous things out of your Torah (Ps. 119:18), [meaning] that which is under the garment is really Torah.

We thus find that David included both judgment-Din and mercy-Rachamim, and it therefore states about him,²⁰Samuel II 8:15 “David reigned over all Israel; David administered justice and charity to all his people.” That is, “justice-Mishpat-משפט” stemmed from the side of judgment-Din, in that “He was ruddy-Admonee-אדמוני,” whereas “charity-Tzedakah-צדקה” stemmed from the side of kindness-Chessed and mercy-Tiferet, in that he had “beautiful eyes-Yefeh Aynayim-יפה עינים and was good looking-Tov Ro’ee-טוב רואי.” Therefore, when David would garb himself in the quality of “ruddy-Admonee-אדמוני,” he would wage the wars of HaShem-יהו״ה against HaShem’s-יהו״ה enemies, and his sword never returned empty-handed. When he would garb himself in the quality of “beautiful eyes-Yefeh Aynayim-יפה עינים,” he would sustain the Jewish people and do various kindnesses on their behalf, with a good eye. About this the verse states,²¹Proverbs 22:9 “One with a good eye-Tov Ayin-טוב עין will be blessed, for he has given of his bread to the poor.” When he would garb himself in the quality of “good looking-Tov Ro’ee-טוב רואי,” he would delve into the depths of Torah and behold its hidden secrets, yearning to taste of its delights, and would say,²²Psalms 119:72 “The Torah of Your mouth is better for me than thousands in gold and silver.” He would yearn with great desire and say,²³Psalms 119:18 “Uncover my eyes so that I may behold the wonders of Your Torah.” He thus would sustain Torah through the quality of “good looking-Tov Ro’ee-טוב רואי,” and he would delve into the secrets of the Torah with this quality.