Kabbalah Library

48. “Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved.” Since it is written “Heal me,” what is “and I will be healed”? Since it is written, “Save me,” what is “and I will be saved”? Since the healer heals, who is it who strikes?

49. All the healings are in the hands of the Creator, but there are those among them that are through a messenger, and there are those among them that were not given to a messenger. Those that were given to a messenger, sometimes, the illnesses return. But an illness that the Creator heals never returns, and there is no illness after it at all. For this reason, “Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed,” without slandering. And now the Creator has given me healing and robbed me, for He made me ill, and was my guarantor, for He healed me.

50. They told him that whole story. He wondered and wept, and was happy. He said, “Friends, I swear that I will go to the one from whom the gentile stole the pocket, and I will bond with him, and we will give thanks and praise the Lord of the world.” He was happy with them.

51. They said to him, “What did you engage in?” He said to them, “I was engaged in the portion Balak, and I saw that the wisdom of Balak was stronger and greater than the wisdom of Balaam. The wisdom of Balaam was momentary; the wisdom of Balak was at all times. But the keys of all the wisdom were in the hands of Balaam since he was completing with the mouth. Balak knew how to do magic, but he did not know how to complete with the mouth.