לְהוֹשִׁיבִ֥י עִם־נְדִיבִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם נְדִיבֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹ׃
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Malbim
In refuting this argument, Elihu makes the following analogy. That this is like trying to exonerate a minister of state who has treated a nobleman, one of his people’s princes (Psalms 113:8), unfairly, by saying that he did not do it in order to harm this particular nobleman but that this is the way he behaves towards everyone, wronging them all indiscriminately. For they are all like grasshoppers in his eyes (Numbers 12:33); or like his slaves and possessions, to do with as he sees fit. Is God excused for the injustice done to an individual, to a particular person (to Job himself), by saying that such injustice is ubiquitous; that it is common to all of mankind and all creation, everywhere and at all times? For He made them all like the fish of the sea, like creepy-crawlies that have no ruler (Habbakuk 1:14); handing all of creation into the hands of a cruel angel; a blind ruler with clouded eyes (Numbers 24:3), who loathes justice (Job 34:17). Is He excused by asserting that He allowed evil to multiply? For the question still remains: why did He transfer governance to this cruel ruler and why does He not govern Himself, rendering to each according to his deeds? Could it be because He is incapable of doing so, or out of jealousy, greed or evil-heartedness?
Midrash BeChiddush
הַמַּגְבִּיהִי לָשָׁבֶת, הַמַּשְׁפִּילִי לִרְאוֹת “Who sits on high; Who looks down…” “Who looks down” at the needs of His children in heaven and on earth. מְקִימִי מֵעָפָר דָּל “God brings up the poor out of the dirt…” The word “poor” refers to the fallen Sukkah of David who is impoverished and lacking because She does not cause anything (but is the subject of other causes)300The Shechinah, like the moon, is not the source of light but only receives light from other sources. Similarly - She does not cause but is the subject of other causes. when She is in exile and rolls about in the dust and ashes, as is written, “Arise, shake off the dust…..” (Is. 52:2) מֵאַשְׁפֹּת יָרִים אֶבְיוֹן “From the refuse it raises up the needy.” This is Tzadik Chai, the living righteous301Tzaddik is another name for the Sephirah of Yesod, or foundation. The chart above does not appear in Rabbi Foa’s text but is helpful in understanding the images he is using. who is also needy and desirous of that thing (Shechinah).He lifts Her up and places Her with, “To seat Her with the nobles.” This refers to (the Sephirot) of Netzach and Hod, Supporters of Truth, who are, “The nobles of His people.” (Ps. 113:8) And in particular, looking down, “setting the childless woman…” This refers to Rachel, the childless woman in her household302Rachel is a reference to the Shechinah.. Now she will be the Happy mother of children and therefore (we say,) Halleluyah, as we have explained.
מעתה We now can understand the five Yuds at the ends of the words in Psalm 113. They add up to fifty for the fifty gates of redemption. When King David said, “God lifts up the needy from the refuse heap…” it is because he saw with the holy spirit what the nations would eventually do to the site of the Holy Temple. But the Divine Presence will never leave the Western Wall. This is told to me in a story from the time of Sultan Suliaman.303Suleiman 1494 – 1566 commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the Ottoman realm, was the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 until his death in 1566. Under his administration, the Ottoman Empire ruled over at least 25 million people. He did not know the location of the Holy Temple so he commanded (one of his subjects) to search Jerusalem for it. It came to pass that the person who was responsible for the search was about to give up, when he saw one woman with a basket filled with filth and garbage on her head. He asked her, “What is that on your head?” and she answered, “Filth!” (He asked,) “And where are you going?” (She answered,) “To a certain place,” . He asked her, “Where are you from?” She answered, “From Bethlehem.” He said to her, “Is there no place closer to Bethlehem to throw your garbage?” She answered, “We have a tradition that anyone who brings his garbage to a certain (in Jerusalem) place is fulfilling a commandment.” The appointee said to himself, “This is certainly the place!” He commanded the people to remove the garbage from that place which had turned into a dung heap. Beneath it, he revealed the holy place. He went and told King Suliman and the King was very happy. The King commanded his appointee to oversee the cleaning of the site and to wash the wall with rose water and there they made a place of prayer, causing God again to dwell in this site. The people came when it was built and the Divine Presence dwelled there again. See how evil has befallen us from our enemies. For the woman who spoke to Suliman’s appointee was an Aramean (a non-Jew), and her intention was to desecrate the Holy Temple and cause God’s presence to depart from it, God forbid. It was for this reason that King David said, “from the refuse piles, He raises the destitute…” It should be understood plainly: They made the place of holiness a garbage dump and from there they raised the destitute (the Divine Presence).
מעתה We now can understand the five Yuds at the ends of the words in Psalm 113. They add up to fifty for the fifty gates of redemption. When King David said, “God lifts up the needy from the refuse heap…” it is because he saw with the holy spirit what the nations would eventually do to the site of the Holy Temple. But the Divine Presence will never leave the Western Wall. This is told to me in a story from the time of Sultan Suliaman.303Suleiman 1494 – 1566 commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the Ottoman realm, was the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 until his death in 1566. Under his administration, the Ottoman Empire ruled over at least 25 million people. He did not know the location of the Holy Temple so he commanded (one of his subjects) to search Jerusalem for it. It came to pass that the person who was responsible for the search was about to give up, when he saw one woman with a basket filled with filth and garbage on her head. He asked her, “What is that on your head?” and she answered, “Filth!” (He asked,) “And where are you going?” (She answered,) “To a certain place,” . He asked her, “Where are you from?” She answered, “From Bethlehem.” He said to her, “Is there no place closer to Bethlehem to throw your garbage?” She answered, “We have a tradition that anyone who brings his garbage to a certain (in Jerusalem) place is fulfilling a commandment.” The appointee said to himself, “This is certainly the place!” He commanded the people to remove the garbage from that place which had turned into a dung heap. Beneath it, he revealed the holy place. He went and told King Suliman and the King was very happy. The King commanded his appointee to oversee the cleaning of the site and to wash the wall with rose water and there they made a place of prayer, causing God again to dwell in this site. The people came when it was built and the Divine Presence dwelled there again. See how evil has befallen us from our enemies. For the woman who spoke to Suliman’s appointee was an Aramean (a non-Jew), and her intention was to desecrate the Holy Temple and cause God’s presence to depart from it, God forbid. It was for this reason that King David said, “from the refuse piles, He raises the destitute…” It should be understood plainly: They made the place of holiness a garbage dump and from there they raised the destitute (the Divine Presence).