Musar for Avodah Zarah 6:7
איני והא אמר רב יהודה אמר רב שתים עשרה שעות הוי היום שלש הראשונות הקב"ה יושב ועוסק בתורה שניות יושב ודן את כל העולם כולו כיון שרואה שנתחייב עולם כלייה עומד מכסא הדין ויושב על כסא רחמים
But is this so? Has Rav Judah not said in the name of Rav: There are twelve hours in a day; during the first three hours the Holy Blessed One occupies Himself with the Torah, during the second three He sits in judgment of the whole world, and when He sees that the world deserves destruction, He transfers Himself from the seat of Justice to the seat of Mercy;
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
For if the reward and punishment were the arrangement, then, Heaven Forbid, it will look as if there is a change from desire to desire. Because now he agrees one way and then agrees another way. The matter of Desire is a secret that reveals the emanation that includes all the changes according to awakenings of awakening. This is how it continues from the essence and in nature. The idea is if we sanctify ourselves below, we sanctify Him above in the same nature of the matter that arises. And if he defiles himself, he defiles him from above in the same nature of the matter that has arisen. And if he awakens himself and throws of his ways of exile and binds himself in holiness, he is found in nature sanctified. And the Will of heaven is not changed, for on the contrary, the will is revealed and everything is expected and the authority is given to do so.
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