Mei HaShiloach · Volume I, Writings, Proverbs, Chapter 10
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שפתי צדיק ידעון רצון. היינו ע"ד שאמרו חז"ל (ראש השנה ו'.) כופין אותו עד שיאמר רוצה אני, פי' ע"י דבורו מכניס הרצון ג"כ בלבו. וזהו שפתי צדיק פי' מה שמדבר משפה ולחוץ בעבור שלבו עדיין אינו מבורר, לזה מועיל לו לברר את לבו לרצון בלב שלם, למשל כשצומח כעס בלבו על חבירו והוא יודע ומכיר זה לחסרון אז עצתו קודם לדבר טוב עם חבירו ואף שאין זה בלב שלם רק עי"ז פועל בעצמו מעט מעט עד שמכניס בלבו אהבה במקום שנאה. וזהו ידעון רצון לשון ידע פי' סדר, שע"י דבורו מסדר הרצון עד שמכניס וקובע כן בלב שלם, כמ"ש (תהלים ק"ד,י"ח) שמש ידע מבואו, פי' שיש לה סדר וקביעת בהליכתה מה שאין כן בלבנה פעמים בא בארוכה וכו' כדאיתא בר"ה [כ"ה.] ע"ש.
“The lips of the Tsaddik know Will and the lips of the wicked twist God’s words.” (Mishlei, 10:32) This is like the words of our sages (Rosh Hashanah, 6a), “coerce him until he says, ‘I want to.’” (see there) This means, through his speech, the Will is also entered into his heart. This is “the lips of the Tsaddik,” meaning only his speech, since his heart is not yet mevurar (passive voice of birur, i.e. refined). However, this (process of speaking) will help him to undergo the process of birur and to be drawn to (follow God’s) Will with a complete heart. For example, when anger wells up in his heart against his friend, he knows and accepts that this is a deficiency. In this case he is advised to first speak kindly to his friend, and even though this is not with a willing heart, by means of the act of speaking in this way he will gradually change his very heart by inserting love where there was hate. This is “shall know Will,” for (here) the termb “know” means order. By means of his speech he will arrange the Will until he inserts and installs it there with a complete and willing heart. This is as it is written (Tehilim, 104:18), “the sun knows it is going down.” This means that there is an order and constancy in the path of the sun that is not so with the moon, which sometimes follows a long path and sometimes a short path, as is written in the Gemara (Rosh Hashanah, 25a); see there.*At times, Torah Court forces one who does not agree to do what the law dictates to do it anyway. This because the true inner desire of a Jew is really to do what he is required. Duress to make him say that he wants this arouses the inner desire. Furthermore, this speech affects feeling: “I make Your Faith known with my mouth” (Tehilim) – just speaking words of Faith actually imbues the heart with Faith (Rebbe Nachman, SichotHaRan). [Hagahot Peretz]
שפתי צדיק ידעון רצון. היינו ע"ד שאמרו חז"ל (ראש השנה ו'.) כופין אותו עד שיאמר רוצה אני, פי' ע"י דבורו מכניס הרצון ג"כ בלבו. וזהו שפתי צדיק פי' מה שמדבר משפה ולחוץ בעבור שלבו עדיין אינו מבורר, לזה מועיל לו לברר את לבו לרצון בלב שלם, למשל כשצומח כעס בלבו על חבירו והוא יודע ומכיר זה לחסרון אז עצתו קודם לדבר טוב עם חבירו ואף שאין זה בלב שלם רק עי"ז פועל בעצמו מעט מעט עד שמכניס בלבו אהבה במקום שנאה. וזהו ידעון רצון לשון ידע פי' סדר, שע"י דבורו מסדר הרצון עד שמכניס וקובע כן בלב שלם, כמ"ש (תהלים ק"ד,י"ח) שמש ידע מבואו, פי' שיש לה סדר וקביעת בהליכתה מה שאין כן בלבנה פעמים בא בארוכה וכו' כדאיתא בר"ה [כ"ה.] ע"ש.
“The lips of the Tsaddik know Will and the lips of the wicked twist God’s words.” (Mishlei, 10:32)
This is like the words of our sages (Rosh Hashanah, 6a), “coerce him until he says, ‘I want to.’” (see there) This means, through his speech, the Will is also entered into his heart. This is “the lips of the Tsaddik,” meaning only his speech, since his heart is not yet mevurar (passive voice of birur, i.e. refined). However, this (process of speaking) will help him to undergo the process of birur and to be drawn to (follow God’s) Will with a complete heart. For example, when anger wells up in his heart against his friend, he knows and accepts that this is a deficiency. In this case he is advised to first speak kindly to his friend, and even though this is not with a willing heart, by means of the act of speaking in this way he will gradually change his very heart by inserting love where there was hate. This is “shall know Will,” for (here) the termb “know” means order. By means of his speech he will arrange the Will until he inserts and installs it there with a complete and willing heart. This is as it is written (Tehilim, 104:18), “the sun knows it is going down.” This means that there is an order and constancy in the path of the sun that is not so with the moon, which sometimes follows a long path and sometimes a short path, as is written in the Gemara (Rosh Hashanah, 25a); see there.*At times, Torah Court forces one who does not agree to do what the law dictates to do it anyway. This because the true inner desire of a Jew is really to do what he is required. Duress to make him say that he wants this arouses the inner desire. Furthermore, this speech affects feeling: “I make Your Faith known with my mouth” (Tehilim) – just speaking words of Faith actually imbues the heart with Faith (Rebbe Nachman, Sichot HaRan). [Hagahot Peretz]