But having recovered himself he sat down, and murmured with his lips and bowed himself thrice; neither could any other man behold the place where he was, much less him.
Chapter IX: Concerning Microprosopus and His Bride in General
He said: Mouth, mouth, which hath followed out all these things, they shall not dry up thy fountain.
Thy fountain goeth forth and faileth not: surely concerning thee may this be applied, “And a river went forth out of Eden”; also that which is written, “Like a fountain of waters whose waters fail not.”
Now I testify concerning myself, that all the days which I have lived I have desired to behold this day, yet was it not the will (of God).
For with this crown is this day crowned, and now as yet I intend to reveal certain things before God the Most Holy—may He be blessed!—and all these things crown mine head.
And this day[838] suffereth not increase, neither can it pass on into the place of another day, for this whole day hath been yielded unto my power.
And now I begin to reveal these things, that I may not enter ashamed into the world to come. Therefore I begin and say:
“It is written, Ps. lxxxix. 14: ‘TzDQ VMShPT, Tzedeq Va-Meshephat, Justice and Judgment are the abode of Thy throne; ChSD VAMTh, Chesed Va-Emeth, Mercy and Truth shall go before Thy countenance.’ ”