Zohar on Tehillim 36 - Animals
Tehillim 36:7
- "Adam u'vehemah toshia Ad-nai" - (You save man and beast, O G-d).
Does this mean that man is likened here to an animal?
Indeed.
For there is a wise man who, despite his own confusion, remains silent.
Why is he likened to an animal?
Because by restraining his tongue, even when he is insulted, he behaves like an animal bereft of speech. This is the wisest course of all, for this man understands how to succeed in life and, most importantly, how to preserve peace.
(Zohar 3:91a)
