זוהר, פנחס ס״דZohar, Pinchas 64

Segment 1א׳

וְעוֹד (ויקרא ט״ז:כ״ב) וְנָשָׂא הַשָּׂעִיר עָלָיו, כַּד רְעוּתֵיהּ לְמֶעְבַּד קוּרְצְיָא לְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּאִיהוּ נָשָׂא כָּל חוֹבִין דְּיָכִיל לְמִסְבַּל לוֹן, עַד דְּאִתְעָבִיד כָּבֵד, (תהילים ל״ח:ה׳) כְּמַשָּׂא כָבֵד יִכְבְּדוּ מִמֶּנוּ, חוֹבִין עַל גַּדְפּוֹי. מֶה עָבִיד, סָלִיק לְטוּרָא עִלָּאָה, כַּחֲמָרָא כַּד אִיהוּ בָּעֵי לְסַלְּקָא לְטוּר גָּבוֹהַּ, כְּמַשָּׂא כָבֵד יִכְבַּד עָלֵיהּ. כַּד אִיהוּ לְעֵילָּא, וּבָעֵי לְסַלְּקָא לְפִי מִעוּט דְּאִשְׁתְּאַר לֵיהּ, אִתְיְקַר עָלֵיהּ מָטוּלָא, וְנָפִיל, וְאַפִּיל גַּרְמֵיהּ לְתַתָּא, וּבְכֹבֶד מַשָּׂא דְּאִתְתְּקַּף עָלֵיהּ, אִתְעָבִידוּ כָּל אֵבָרִין דִּילֵיהּ פֵּסְקוֹת, דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּאַר אֵבֶר שְׁלִים. אוּף הָכָא אִירָע לְסָמָאֵל וְנָחָשׁ, כָּבֵד וְיוֹתֶרֶת הַכָּבֵד, יֵצֶר הָרָע וּבַת זוּגֵיהּ זוֹנָה. מִתַּמָּן כָּל בַּת אֵל נֵכָר זוֹנָה. (ע"כ רעיא מהימנא) (ובחבורא קדמאה אמר ר' פנחס רכ"ד ע"א שייך רל"א ע"ב)

And further: “And the goat shall bear upon him” (Lev. 16, 22) — when he wishes to bring an accusation before the Holy One, blessed be He, against Israel, he bears all the sins that he is able to carry, until he becomes heavy (kaved) — “as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me” (Ps. 38, 5) — the sins upon his wings. What does he do? He climbs to the supernal mountain, like an ass when it wants to climb a high mountain with a heavy burden weighing heavy upon it. When it is above, and wants to climb the little that remains to it, the load grows heavy upon it, and it falls, and throws itself down; and through the heaviness of the burden that has pressed hard upon it, all its limbs become pieces, so that not one limb remains whole. So too here it befalls Samael and the serpent — the liver and the lobe of the liver, the evil inclination and his mate, a harlot. From there, every daughter of a strange god is a harlot. (End of Ra'aya Meheimna) (And in the first composition: 'R. Phineas said', folio 224a, belongs to folio 231b.)

Segment 2ב׳

אָמַר רִבִּי פִּנְחָס, אוֹרְחָא דָּא הֲוָה מְתֻקָּנָא לִי, לְמִשְׁמַע מִלִּין אִלֵּין מֵעַתִּיק יוֹמִין, זַכָּאָה עָלְמָא דְּאַנְתְּ שָׁארֵי בְּגַוִיהּ. וַוי לְעָלְמָא, דְּיִשְׁתַּאֲרוּן יַתְמִין, וְלָא יַדְעִין מִלֵּי דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא כַּדְּקָא יָאוּת. ודַּאי הָכִי הוּא, דְּכָבֵד נָטִיל כֹּלָּא טַב וּבִישׁ. וְאַף עַל גַּב דִּמְשַׁטְּטָא וְלָקִיט כָּל חוֹבֵיהוֹן דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, הָכִי נָמֵי זַכְיָין דִּלְהוֹן לָקִיט, בְּגִין לְקַיְּימָא קוּרְצֵיהּ. וְכֹלָּא הַאי וְהַאי מַקְרִיב לְגַבֵּי לֵב. וְאוֹרְחוֹי דְּלֵב, לָא נָטִיל אֶלָּא זְכִיכוּ וּבְרִירוּ וְצָחוּתָא דְּכֹלָּא, כְּמָה דְּאַמָרְת. וּשְׁאַר טִנּוּפָא וְלִכְלוּכָא, אַהְדָּר לְכָבֵד, וְנָטִיל כֹּלָּא בְּעַל כָּרְחֵיהּ, דִּכְתִיב וְנָשָׂא הַשָׂעִיר עָלָיו וְגוֹ'. מִלָּה דָּא אַהֲדַרְנָא, בְּגִין דְּיִתְבְּסַם לְפוּמִי כְּמִתְקָא דְּדוּבְשָׁא, זַכָּאָה חוּלָקִי דְּזָכֵינָא לְהַאי, לְמֵחמֵי דָּא בְּעֵינַי.

R. Phineas said: This road was prepared for me, to hear these words from the Ancient of Days. Happy is the world in whose midst you dwell! Woe to the world, for they shall be left orphans, and shall not know the words of the Torah as is fitting! Assuredly so it is: the liver takes all, good and bad. And although it roams about and gathers up all the sins of Israel, so too it gathers up their merits, in order to uphold its accusation. And all of it, this and that, it brings near to the heart. And the way of the heart is to take only the purity and clearness and brightness of all, as you said. And the rest, the filth and grime, it returns to the liver, and it takes it all against its will, as it is written, “And the goat shall bear upon him,” etc. This word I have repeated so that it may be sweet in my mouth like the sweetness of honey. Happy is my portion, that I have merited this — to see this with my eyes.

Segment 3ג׳

אוּף הוּא פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (תהילים קל״א:א׳) יְיָ לֹא גָּבַהּ לִבִּי וְלֹא רָמוּ עֵינַי וְגוֹ', הַאי קְרָא אָמַר דָּוִד, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּהֲוָה אָזִיל עַל כֵּיף נַהֲרָא, (והוה אמר) רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, כְּלוּם הֲוָה בַּר נָשׁ בְּעָלְמָא, דְּאוֹדֵי וּמְשַׁבַּח לְמָארֵיהּ כְּוָותִי. אִזְדַמְּנַת לֵיהּ צְפַרְדֵּעַ, אָמַר לֵיהּ, דָּוִד, לֹא תִּתְגָאֶה, דַּאֲנָא עֲבְדִית יַתִיר מִנָךְ, דְּמָסָרִית גּוּפָאי עַל מֵימְרָא דְּמָארִי, דִּכְתִיב (שמות ז׳:כ״ח) וְשָׁרַץ הַיְאוֹר צְפַרְדְּעִים, וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ. וְתוּ דַּאֲנָא מְשַׁבַּח וּמְזַמֵּר לֵילְיָא וְיוֹמָא, בְּלָא שְׁכִיכוּ. בְּהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא אָמַר דָּוִד, יְיָ לֹא גָּבַהּ לִבִּי וְלֹא רָמוּ עֵינַי. יְיָ לֹא גָּבַהּ לִבִּי. (כאן חסר)

He also opened and said: O Lord, my heart has not been haughty, and my eyes have not been uplifted, etc. (Psalms 131:1). David said this verse while he was walking on the bank of the river. (And he said,) "Master of the Universe, has there ever been a person who thanked and praised his Master like Me?" A frog appeared to him; he said to him, "David, do not be haughty, for I have done more than you, for I have given over my body for the sake of my Master's word, as it is written, The Nile shall swarm with frogs, [and they shall come up and enter your ... your ovens]." And behold, they explained it. "Moreover, I praise and sing night and day without stop." At that time, David said, "O Lord, my heart has not been haughty, and my eyes have not been uplifted." O Lord, my heart has not been haughty, — (here there is text missing).