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25. “And Moses spoke … the words of this singing until they were finished.” Why does it write, “The words of”? It should have said, “This singing.” Also, why does it write, “Until they were finished”? All the words that Moses said were engraved in the name of the Creator. They would come and rise and fall and become engraved in the name of the Creator, and everything would come before Moses to be engraved by him and stand before him. This is why it is written, “The words of this singing,” for everything came before him to be engraved. And this is why it is written, “Until they were finished,” meaning until they were fully engraved in the name of the Creator.

26. “The words of this singing.” It should have said, “This singing,” and not, “The singing.” What does “The” imply? It is the singing of the Creator, as it is written, “The song of songs, which is for Solomon,” who is a king that peace is all his, meaning the Creator’s. And it is written, “A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day,” meaning for the actual Sabbath day, Malchut. “A song,” which the Creator said for the Sabbath day, Malchut.

27. There it said “song,” and here, “singing.” “Song” is male, ZA, and “singing” is Nukva, Malchut. Compared to Moses, all the prophets are as a monkey in the eyes of people. They said, “song,” meaning “The song of songs,” “A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day,” and Moses said “singing.” But should Moses not have said, “song,” and they, “singing”? Yet, Moses did not say it to himself, but for Israel.

28. It is therefore clear that Moses was at a higher degree than all of them. Moses rose from below upward and they descended from above downward. Moses rose from below upward, as we learn that sanctity is increased, not decreased. Moses rose from below upward, saying the singing, which is the praise of the queen, who praises the king, and he began with Malchut, while Moses himself united with the king.

It follows that his singing rose from below upward, and they descended from above downward, saying a song, male, the praise, that the King praises the queen, and they united in the queen. It follows that their song is from above downward, from ZA to Malchut. Hence, by that, Moses’ merit is recognized as more than all the others, as it is written, “Than Moses and the children of Israel shall sing that singing to the Lord,” the singing of the queen. To whom? To the Lord. Therefore, it is written, “And Moses wrote this singing,” and, “And this singing shall testify.”

29. “And this singing shall testify.” Should it not have said, “And these words testified”? Rather, it is written, “And the earth will rise up against him,” meaning that the earth, Malchut, rebels, to execute Din against people. Moses regarded everything, which is why he said singing, the Malchut, to give the matters a grip in Malchut, from which the Din will be upon them, as it is written, “This singing shall testify before them as a witness … for I know his inclination.” It is also written, “For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you.” And when you do it, promptly, ‘That this singing shall testify before them as a witness,’” meaning that Malchut will punish you.

30. “The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.” ZA, who is called “heaven,” only discloses the iniquity. But “And the earth shall rise up against him.” In the earth, in Malchut, the Din is done to whom it is done.

31. “And David spoke unto the Lord the words of this singing.” Now the praise is David’s, since he said the singing from below upward, from Malchut to ZA, as did Moses. He was rewarded with that degree—saying singing from below upward—but said this singing only at the end of his days, so it would be with greater wholeness, as we learn, “Do not believe in yourself until the day you die.” David was rewarded with saying the singing from below upward at the end of his days because then he was at rest on all his sides, as it is written, “In the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies.”

32. What is the most important singing? As we learned, the work should be in words and in action, in two unifications—from below upward and from above downward. So here, it is from below upward and from above downward, and then to aim in the heart and to tie everything in one connection.