Musar for Rosh Hashanah 33:2
ב"ה אומרים ורב חסד מטה כלפי חסד ועליהם אמר דוד (תהלים קטז, א) אהבתי כי ישמע ה' את קולי ועליהם אמר דוד כל הפרשה כולה דלותי ולי יהושיע
Of them, too, Hannah said, The Lord killeth and maketh alive, he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 1 Sam. II, 6.');"><sup>3</sup></span> Beth Hillel, however, say: He that abounds in grace inclines [the scales] towards grace,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And does not doom them to Gehinnom.');"><sup>4</sup></span> and of them David said, I love that the Lord should hear my voice and my supplication,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXVI, 1. Further on we read, The cords of death compassed me (v. 3) .');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
Still a little later he refers to Jacob's attribute of אמת, when he thanks G–d for making his mission successful with the words: 24,27) ברוך ה' אלוקי אדוני אברהם אשר לא עזב חסדו ואמתו מעם אדוני).
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