Zohar on Tehillim 119 or the Power of King David's Eyes
Zohar on Tehillim 119 or the Power of King David's Eyes
Tehillim 119:74
- “Yerecha yiruni veyismachu, ki lidvarecha yichalti” - (Those who fear You will see me and rejoice).
And it is stated there as well: “And the Philistine cursed David with his G-d”—this means that David looked at him with an evil eye. Wherever David looked with an evil eye, every kind of leprosy was drawn there—from David's eyes.
The same happened with Yoav: when David looked at him with an evil eye, he was stricken with leprosy. When the Philistine cursed the Name, David looked at him with an evil eye and saw that leprosy had appeared on his forehead; immediately, the stone sank into his forehead.
David's eye was like a multicolored fabric: there were no eyes as beautiful in the world as David's eyes—all the colors of the world shimmered and sparkled in them, and his gaze radiated love toward all people who feared sin, as it is written: “Those who fear You will see me and rejoice.” They rejoiced when they saw David, while sinners feared him.
(based on a lesson by Rav Tzvi Nisanson on the Zohar, Balak)
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