“God, in Your strength the king will rejoice, and he will greatly delight in Your salvation.” (Tehilim, 21:2) “Strength” signifies words of Torah. “The king will rejoice”—“the king” is the Torah scholar, for “the sages are the (real) kings.”*see Eyts Yosef on Ester Rabba, 10:1 The Torah gives him strength to stand against and conquer the entire world. This is “the king will rejoice.” “He will greatly rejoice in Your salvation,” however, represents a place where there is a deficiency from his birth, from his very inception, as it is written (Yeshaya, 48:8), “you are called a criminal from the womb.” He then needs salvation from God to renew his life and heal the events of the past.4See the Mei HaShiloach, Parshat Vayeilech, first selection, for more on this idea. This is called salvation and without it he stands perplexed. This is “in Your salvation,” meaning that if he merits salvation then his deficiency will be healed, and then “he will greatly delight.”
ה' בְּעָזְּךָ יִשְׂמַח מֶלֶךְ וּבִישׁוּעָתְךָ מַה יָּגֶל מְאֹד. עֹז הוּא דִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה, "יִשְׂמַח מֶלֶךְ" הַיְינוּ הַתַּלְמִיד חָכָם, כִּי מַאן מַלְכֵי רַבָּנָן וְהוּא שֶׁהַתּוֹרָה נוֹתֶנֶת לוֹ עֹז לִכְבּוֹשׁ וְלַעֲמֹד נֶגֶד כָּל הָעוֹלָם, וְזֶהוּ "יִשְׂמַח מֶלֶךְ", אַךְ "בִּישׁוּעָתְךָ מַה יָּגֶל מְאֹד", הַיְינוּ בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ חֶסְרוֹן בַּתּוֹלָדָה בִּתְחִלַּת יְצִירָתוֹ כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (ישעיה מ"ח,ח') "וּפֹשֵׁעַ מִבֶּטֶן" כוּ', וְצָרִיךְ לִישׁוּעָה שֶׁיִּפְתַּח לוֹ הַש"י חִדּוּשׁ בְּחַיָּיו לְרַפְּאוֹת אֶת הַקּוֹדֵם. וְזֶה נִקְרָא יְשׁוּעָה כִּי עוֹמֵד בִּמְבוּכָה, וְזֶהוּ "וּבִישׁוּעָתְךָ" הַיְינוּ אִם זוֹכֶה לִישׁוּעָה שֶׁיִּתְרַפֵּא חֶסְרוֹנוֹ, אָז "מַה יָּגֶל מְאֹד".
“God, in Your strength the king will rejoice, and he will greatly delight in Your salvation.” (Tehilim, 21:2)
“Strength” signifies words of Torah. “The king will rejoice”—“the king” is the Torah scholar, for “the sages are the (real) kings.”*see Eyts Yosef on Ester Rabba, 10:1 The Torah gives him strength to stand against and conquer the entire world. This is “the king will rejoice.” “He will greatly rejoice in Your salvation,” however, represents a place where there is a deficiency from his birth, from his very inception, as it is written (Yeshaya, 48:8), “you are called a criminal from the womb.” He then needs salvation from God to renew his life and heal the events of the past.4See the Mei HaShiloach, Parshat Vayeilech, first selection, for more on this idea. This is called salvation and without it he stands perplexed. This is “in Your salvation,” meaning that if he merits salvation then his deficiency will be healed, and then “he will greatly delight.”