Mei HaShiloach · Volume I, Writings, Psalms, Chapter 69
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ואני תפלתי לך ה' עת רצון. כי לפעמים מרגיש האדם בעצמו חשקות ורצון גדול לדרוש את ה' ועוזו, ואז צריך להתאמץ בתפלה ולבקש מהש"י שישאר זה הרצון קבוע בו לעד, וכמו שדוד המלך ע"ה בקש מהש"י כאשר הרגיש נדבת לב ישראל לביהמ"ק אז אמר (דברי הימים א' כ"ט,י"ח), שמרה זאת לעולם ליצר מחשבות וכו', היינו שלא ינתק מהם לעד וזה פי' עת רצון מילתא הוא שנא' בגמ' (יבמות ע"ב.)
“And as for me, my prayer to you, O God, is to receive a moment of the consciousness of Your will ….” (Tehilim, 69:14) At times man feels the great desire and will to seek God and His power. At this time one must greatly exert himself in prayer and ask God to permanently illuminate this will into him for all time. This is as David haMelech asked of God the willingness of the heart of Israel to build the Beit Hamikdash, the Holy Temple. He then said (Divrei haYamim 1, 29:18), “remember this to the eternal credit to the thoughts of Your people’s hearts.” He asked God never to disconnect this holiness from them. This is the meaning of the phrase in the Gemara (Yevamot, 72a), “a time of God’s will is essential.” (That God grant us realization to implant inspiration to seek Him all the time, and not as a passing matter. As King David prays, “Seek God and His Might, search for His Presence continuously” (Tehilim 105:4))
ואני תפלתי לך ה' עת רצון. כי לפעמים מרגיש האדם בעצמו חשקות ורצון גדול לדרוש את ה' ועוזו, ואז צריך להתאמץ בתפלה ולבקש מהש"י שישאר זה הרצון קבוע בו לעד, וכמו שדוד המלך ע"ה בקש מהש"י כאשר הרגיש נדבת לב ישראל לביהמ"ק אז אמר (דברי הימים א' כ"ט,י"ח), שמרה זאת לעולם ליצר מחשבות וכו', היינו שלא ינתק מהם לעד וזה פי' עת רצון מילתא הוא שנא' בגמ' (יבמות ע"ב.)
“And as for me, my prayer to you, O God, is to receive a moment of the consciousness of Your will ….” (Tehilim, 69:14)
At times man feels the great desire and will to seek God and His power. At this time one must greatly exert himself in prayer and ask God to permanently illuminate this will into him for all time. This is as David haMelech asked of God the willingness of the heart of Israel to build the Beit Hamikdash, the Holy Temple. He then said (Divrei haYamim 1, 29:18), “remember this to the eternal credit to the thoughts of Your people’s hearts.” He asked God never to disconnect this holiness from them. This is the meaning of the phrase in the Gemara (Yevamot, 72a), “a time of God’s will is essential.” (That God grant us realization to implant inspiration to seek Him all the time, and not as a passing matter. As King David prays, “Seek God and His Might, search for His Presence continuously” (Tehilim 105:4))