That is, it is a great lovingkindness from God that He repays man measure for measure. As a result, a person understands to search his deeds and know with which transgression he blemished, so that he can return in repentance.
But know! God’s repaying measure for measure is mainly in the Land of Israel. As it is written (Job 20:27), “Heaven will reveal his iniquity, and the land will rise up against him.” “The land” is the Land of Israel. She “will rise up against him” <to repay him measure for measure>. And there, “his iniquity” is revealed, for there they are exacting to “pay each man commensurate with his deeds,” measure for measure.
This is the meaning of that which is written about the Land of Israel (Numbers 13:32): “a land that okhelet (consumes) its inhabitants.” [“OKheLeT” is] an acrostic for “Atah T’shalem L’ ish K’maaseihu (You pay each man commensurate with his deeds),” as above.
This is why those who live in the Land of Israel for the most part experience hardships—because <they are exacting> there to “pay each man commensurate with his deeds.”
וּלְךָ ה' הַחֶסֶד, כִּי אַתָּה תְּשַׁלֵּם לְאִישׁ כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ (תהילים ס״ב:י״ג).
“U’lekha Hashem HaChesed (Yours, O God, is lovingkindness), for You pay each man commensurate with his deeds.” (Psalms 62:13)
הַיְנוּ שֶׁהוּא חֶסֶד גָּדוֹל מֵאֵת הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, שֶׁהוּא מְשַׁלֵּם לְאָדָם מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה הוּא מֵבִין לְפַשְׁפֵּשׁ בְּמַעֲשָׂיו וְלֵידַע הַחֵטְא שֶׁפָּגַם בּוֹ וְלָשׁוּב בִּתְשׁוּבָה.
That is, it is a great lovingkindness from God that He repays man measure for measure. As a result, a person understands to search his deeds and know with which transgression he blemished, so that he can return in repentance.
אַךְ דַּע, שֶׁעִקַּר מַה שֶּׁמְּשַׁלֵּם הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ מִדָּה בְּמִדָּה, הוּא בְּאֶרֶץ־יִשְׂרָאֵל, כְּמָה שֶׁכָּתוּב (איוב כ׳:כ״ז): יְגַלּוּ שָׁמַיִם עֲוֹנוֹ וְאֶרֶץ מִתְקוֹמֶמָה לוֹ, אֶרֶץ הַיְנוּ בְּחִינוֹת אֶרֶץ־יִשְׂרָאֵל, הִיא מִתְקוֹמְמָה לוֹ וְשָׁם נִתְגַּלֶּה עֲווֹנוֹ, כִּי שָׁם מְדַקְדְּקִין לְשַׁלֵּם לְאִישׁ כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ, מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה.
But know! God’s repaying measure for measure is mainly in the Land of Israel. As it is written (Job 20:27), “Heaven will reveal his iniquity, and the land will rise up against him.” “The land” is the Land of Israel. She “will rise up against him” <to repay him measure for measure>. And there, “his iniquity” is revealed, for there they are exacting to “pay each man commensurate with his deeds,” measure for measure.
וְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב עַל אֶרֶץ־יִשְׂרָאֵל (במדבר י״ג:ל״ב): אֶרֶץ אֹכֶלֶת יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ – רָאשֵׁי־תֵּבוֹת: אַתָּה תְשַׁלֵּם לְאִישׁ כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ, כַּנַּ"ל,
This is the meaning of that which is written about the Land of Israel (Numbers 13:32): “a land that okhelet (consumes) its inhabitants.” [“OKheLeT” is] an acrostic for “Atah T’shalem L’ ish K’maaseihu (You pay each man commensurate with his deeds),” as above.
וְעַל כֵּן הַיּוֹשְׁבִים שָׁם בְּאֶרֶץ־יִשְׂרָאֵל יֵשׁ לָהֶם עַל הָרֹב יִסּוּרִין, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁמְּמַהֲרִין שָׁם לְשַׁלֵּם לְאִישׁ כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ:
This is why those who live in the Land of Israel for the most part experience hardships—because <they are exacting> there to “pay each man commensurate with his deeds.”