R. Jose discoursed on the verse: The king’s strength also loveth judgement, thou dost establish equity, etc. (Ps. 99, 4) ‘The king’, he said, ‘is God, who loves judgement and takes fast hold of it, because by judgement the earth is established.
By judgement, too, the Community of Israel is confirmed and established, because from there it is sustained, and receives all its blessings. Hence all its desire and all its longing is for judgement. The words “Thou dost establish equity (mesharim, lit. straightnesses)” refer to the two cherubim below who render the world safe and habitable.’
פָּתַח רִבִּי יוֹסֵי וְאָמַר, (תהילים צ״ט:ד׳) וְעֹז מֶלֶךְ מִשְׁפָּט אָהֵב אַתָּה כּוֹנַנְתָּ מֵישָׁרִים וְגו'. וְעֹז מֶלֶךְ מִשְׁפַּט אָהֵב, דָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וְעֹז מֶלֶךְ, תּוּקְפָא דְּאַתְקִיף קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, לָאו אִיהוּ אֶלָּא בְּמִשְׁפָּט, דְּהָא בְּמִשְׁפָּט אִתְקְיַּים אַרְעָא. כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (משלי כ״ט:ד׳) מֶלֶךְ בְּמִשְׁפָּט יַעֲמִיד אָרֶץ.
R. Jose discoursed on the verse: The king’s strength also loveth judgement, thou dost establish equity, etc. (Ps. 99, 4) ‘The king’, he said, ‘is God, who loves judgement and takes fast hold of it, because by judgement the earth is established.
וּבְגִין כָּךְ, וְעֹז מֶלֶךְ מִשְׁפָּט אָהֵב, וְלָא (אתקף) אִתְתַּקָּנַת כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶלָא בְּמִשְׁפָּט, בְּגִין דְּמִתַּמָּן אִתְּזָנַת, וְכָל בִּרְכָאן דְּנָטְלָא, מִתַּמָּן נָטְלָא. וּבְגִין כָּךְ וְעֹז מֶלֶךְ מִשְׁפָּט אָהֵב, כָּל תְּאִיבוּ, וְכָל רְחִימוּ דִילָהּ לָקֳבֵיל מִשְׁפָּט. אַתָּה כּוֹנַנְתָּ מֵשָׁרִים, רָזָא (קצ"ב ע"א בסתרי תורה) דִתְרֵין כְּרוּבִים לְתַתָּא, דְּאִינוּן תִּקּוּנָא וְיִישׁוּבָא דְעַלְמָא, וְהָא אִתְּמָר.
By judgement, too, the Community of Israel is confirmed and established, because from there it is sustained, and receives all its blessings. Hence all its desire and all its longing is for judgement. The words “Thou dost establish equity (mesharim, lit. straightnesses)” refer to the two cherubim below who render the world safe and habitable.’