זוהר, ויצא ו׳Zohar, Vayetzei 6

Segment 1א׳

אָמַר רִבִּי יִצְחָק, אֶשְׁתַּתַּף בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ, וְאֶשְׁמַע מַאי קָאַמְרֵי. אֲזַל בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ. פָּתַח הַהוּא בַּר נַשׁ וְאָמַר, (תהילים קל״ב:ח׳) קוּמָה יְיָ לִמְנוּחָתֶךָ אַתָּה וַאֲרוֹן עֻזֶּךְ. קוּמָה יְיָ לִמְנוּחָתֶךָ, כְּמַאן דְּאָמַר, יְקוּם מַלְכָּא, לְבֵי נַיְיחָא דְּמַשְׁכְּנֵיהּ.

Said R. Isaac to himself: ‘I will join them and listen to what they have to say.’ He accordingly went along with them. The man then commenced to discourse on the verse: Arise, O Lord, unto thy resting place, thoa and the ark of thy strength (Ps. 132, 8). ‘David,’ he said, ‘when he uttered these words, was like a man saying to a king, “Let your Highness arise and proceed to his abode of rest.”’

Segment 2ב׳

תְּרֵין אִינוּן הֲווּ דְּאָמְרוּ קוּמָה יְיָ, משֶׁה וְדָוִד. משֶׁה אָמַר, (במדבר י׳:ל״ה) קוּמָה יְיָ וְיָפוּצוּ אוֹיְבֶיךָ. וְדָוִד אָמַר, קוּמָה יְיָ לִמְנוּחָתֶךָ. מַאי אִיכָּא בֵּינַיְיהוּ. אֶלָּא משֶׁה כְּמַאן דְּפָּקִּיד לְבֵיתֵיהּ קָאֲמַר, משֶׁה פַּקִּיד לָהּ, לְאֲגָחָא קְרָבָא לָקֳבֵיל שַׂנְאוֹי. דָּוִד זָמִּין לֵיהּ לְנַיְיחָא, כְּמָה דְּמַזְמִין (ליה) לְמָרִיהּ, זַמִּין לְמַלְכָּא וּלְמַטְרוֹנִיתָא עִמֵּיהּ, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, קוּמָה יְיָ לִמְנוּחָתֶךָ אַתָּה וַאֲרוֹן עֻזֶּךָ, בְּגִין דְּלָא לְאַפְרָשָׁא לוֹן.

Moses also addressed God similarly when he said: “Arise, O Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered” (Num. 10, 35). The difference between the two is this. Moses spoke like a man giving orders in his own household, and so, as it were, bade the Lord to make war against His enemies; whereas David solicited Him to retire to His place of rest, and in accordance with the rules of etiquette included in his invitation both the King and His Consort. Hence he said: “Arise, O Lord, unto thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy strength”, so as not to separate them.’

Segment 3ג׳

(תהילים קל״ב:ט׳) כֹּהֲנֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ צֶדֶק וַחֲסִידֶיךָ יְרַנֵּנוּ. מִכָּאן אוֹלִיפְנָא, דְּמַאן דִּמְזַמֵּן לְמַלְכָּא, יְשַׁנֵּי עוֹבָדוֹי בְּגִין לְמֵיהַב חֶדְוָה לְמַלְכָּא. אִי אָרְחֵיהּ דְּמַלְכָּא דְּחָדָאן לֵיהּ בְּדִיחֵי הֶדְיוֹטֵי, יְסַדַּר קַמֵּיהּ בְּדִיחֵי רוֹפִינוּס וּפַרְדַּשְׁכֵי, וְאִי לָאו, לָאו אִיהוּ (בגין) בְּדִיחוּתָא דְמַלְכָּא.

From David’s conduct on this occasion we learn that anyone who invites a king should strive to entertain him in some novel fashion, so as to afford him special pleasure. If, for instance, it is the king’s wont to be entertained by ordinary clowns and jester, he should provide for him specially refined and courtly entertainers.