And when I went down from there
I heard a voice speak in the Aramaic language,
and in that language it was speaking:
The holy temple to a ruin,
and the palace to flaming fire,
and the king’s abode will be kept a wasteland,
and the king’s children killed,
and the king’s consort will be kept a widow,
lasses and lads to disgrace,
and the pure altar to an abomination,
and the set table enemies will disgrace,
and Jerusalem to a waste,
and the land of Israel to quaking!

At that time, when I heard this strong voice,
I trembled and was stunned and fell back,
until Harfiel Hadriel Hadraniel came,
who gave me spirit and soul, and raised me up,
and said to me, “My beloved,
what has come upon you?
I said to him, “My splendid radiance,
is there no fix for Israel!?”
He said to me, “My beloved,
come and I will bring you to the chambers of salvation
and to the chambers of comfort!”
He took me to the chambers of salvation
and to the chambers of comfort,
and I saw parties of ministering messenger-angels
who were sitting and arranging clothes of salvation,
and making crowns of good life
with gemstones of pearls affixed in them,
and compounding all kinds of spices,
and sweetening wines for the righteous
in the future to come.
And I saw one crown different from all the crowns,
with the sun and moon and zodiac affixed on it.
And I said to him, “My splended radiance,
for whom are these crowns?”
He said to me, “For Israel.”
“And this special crown is for whom?”
He said to me, “For David, king of Israel.”
I said to him, “My splendid radiance,
show me the glory of David!”
He said to me, “My beloved,
wait for me three hours
until David comes here
and you will see his greatness.”

He grabbed me and set me in his lap.
He said to me, “What do you see?
I said to him, “I see seven lightning bolts that are all running as one.”
He said to me, “My son, cover your eyes or you’ll be shocked!
Those came out to greet David.”
Immediately all the wheel-angels
and snake-angels and holy beasts
and storehouses of snow
and storehouses of hail
and clouds of glory
and zodiac signs and stars
and ministering messenger-angels flaming in glory
trembled and said, “To the leader, a psalm of David.
The heavens recount the glory of God,
and the works of Their hands the firmament tells” (Psalms 19:1-2).
And I heard a loud rushing sound that came from Eden saying,
“The Cause will reign for eternity! Your God, o Zion,
from generation to generation! Hallelujah!” (Psalms 146:10)
And behold David, king of Israel, at the head,
and all the kings of the house of David after him,
and each and every one had a crown on his head,
and the crown of King David was distinct and different from all the crowns,
and its radiance went form one end of the universe to the other.

When David ascended to the great study-hall in the firmament,
a throne of fire was prepared for him,
forty parasangs tall,
twice as wide and twice as long.
And when David came and sat himself on his throne,
which was prepared corresponding to the throne of his Posessor,
all the kings of the house of David were sitting before him,
and the kings of the house of Israel behind him.
Immediately David was saying songs and praises
such as no ear had ever heard.

And when he opened with
“The Cause will reign for eternity!
Your God, o Zion, from generation to generation!
Hallelujah!” (Psalms 146:10)

Metatron and all the zodiac opened and said,
“Holy, holy, holy is the Cause of Multitudes!
All the earth is full of Their glory!” (Isaiah 6:3)

And the holy beasts lauding and saying,
“Blessed be the Cause’s glory
from its place!” (Ezekiel 3:12)

And the firmaments saying,
“The Cause will reign for eternity!
Your God, o Zion, from generation to generation!
Hallelujah!” (Psalms 146:10)

And the earth saying,
“The Cause reigns! The Cause reigned!
The Cause will reign for eternity and aye!” (Exodus 15:18)

And all the kings of the house of David saying,
“And the Cause will be sovereign over all the earth;
on that day the Cause will be one
and Their name will be one” (Zechariah 14:9).^[1] All the passages above, including this citation of Zechariah 14:9, is from Hekhalot Rabbati 6:4–7:2. 

And some say this:

“And You are holy,
enthroned on Israel’s praises.” (Psalms 22:4)

Two snake-angels stand to the right of the blessed Holy One,
and one to Their left.
Six wings on each.
With two he covers his face,
lest he see the face of the Presence.
With two he covers his legs,
so as not to be seen before the face of the Presence,
so as to forget the decree of the calf.
And with two he flies.^[2] Based on Isaiah 6:2 

As it is said…
“Holy, holy, holy is the Cause of Multitudes!
All the earth is full of Their glory!” (Isaiah 6:3)

And they do not know the place of Their glory,
and stand in fear and awe and trembling and shaking,
that the consuming fire not consume the messenger-angels’ fire,
and from the sweat of their faces
a river of fire extends and goes out from before Them,
as it is said, “A river of fire flows and goes out from before Them.” (Daniel 7:10)
And since they do not know the place of Their glory,
they respond and say in every place where Their glory is:
“Blessed be the Cause’s glory
from its place!’ (Ezekiel 3:12)” (Yalkut Shimoni Nach §404)

And Their people Israel are unifying Their great name
twice a day in love
and saying: “Hear, Israel!
The Cause is our God;
the Cause is one!” (Deuteronomy 6:4)
They respond to Israel,
“I am the Cause your God
who saves you from all stress.”^[3] Everything from “Two snake-angels” on is a variant of a baraita also found in Pirkei d’Rabbi Eliezer 4:6—7 and Yalkut Shimoni Nach 404. 

Deity, as per Your word,
our Master, Righteous One of Israel, selah
who hope for Your righteousness eternal;
acclaim Your righteousnesses to acclaim You.
They open their mouth and say,
“O Cause our Master,
how noble is Your name in all the earth!” (Psalms 8:10)
And they will ensovereign You as written in Your holy words:
“The Cause will reign for eternity!
Your God, o Zion, from generation to generation!
Hallelujah!” (Psalms 146:10) ^[4] To the editor’s knowledge, this concluding passage is original to this text. 

And continue with “O Cause, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel our ancestors…”^[5] This verse, from I Chronicles 29:18, introduces the catena of verses after the Qədusha d-Sidra.