וְהוּא ישֵׁב פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל כְּחֹם הַיּוֹם (בראשית יח, א), רַבִּי בֶּרֶכְיָה מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי לֵוִי אָמַר יָשַׁב כְּתִיב, בִּקֵּשׁ לַעֲמֹד, אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֵׁב, אַתָּה סִימָן לְבָנֶיךָ, מָה אַתָּה יוֹשֵׁב וּשְׁכִינָה עוֹמֶדֶת, כָּךְ בָּנֶיךָ יוֹשְׁבִין וּשְׁכִינָה עוֹמֶדֶת עַל גַּבָּן, כְּשֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל נִכְנָסִים לְבָתֵּי כְנֵסִיּוֹת וּלְבָתֵּי מִדְרָשׁוֹת וְקוֹרִין קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע וְהֵן יוֹשְׁבִים לִכְבוֹדִי וַאֲנִי עַל גַּבָּן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים פב, א): אֱלֹהִים נִצָּב בַּעֲדַת אֵל. אָמַר רַבִּי חַגַּי בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי יִצְחָק עוֹמֵד אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן אֶלָּא נִצָּב, אֱטִימוֹס, כְּמָה דְתֵימָא (שמות לג, כא): וְנִצַּבְתָּ עַל הַצּוּר. כְּתִיב (ישעיה סה, כד): וְהָיָה טֶרֶם יִקְרָאוּ וַאֲנִי אֶעֱנֶה, רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר חִיָּא וְרַבִּי יוּדָן בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי חֲנִינָא, עַל כָּל שֶׁבַח וְשֶׁבַח שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל מְשַׁבְּחִין לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַשְׁרֶה שְׁכִינָתוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם, מַה טַּעַם (תהלים כב, ד): וְאַתָּה קָדוֹשׁ יוֹשֵׁב תְּהִלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל.
“He was sitting [yoshev] at the entrance of the tent in the heat of the day” (Genesis 18:1) – Rabbi Berekhya said in the name of Rabbi Levi: Yoshev is written without a vav. He sought to stand, but the Holy One blessed be He said to him: ‘Sit. You are a model for your descendants; just as you sit and the Divine Presence stands, so your descendants will sit with the Divine Presence standing over them, when the people of Israel enter synagogues and study halls and recite the Shema. They sit in honor of Me, and I am over them,’ as it is stated: “God stands [nitzav] in the assembly of the Almighty” (Psalms 82:1).
Rabbi Ḥagai said in the name of Rabbi Yitzḥak: Omed is not written here, but nitzav – indicating being at the ready to act, just as it says: “You shall stand [venitzavta] on the rock” (Exodus 33:21). It is written: “It will be that even before they call out I will answer” (Isaiah 65:24).
Rabbi Shmuel bar Ḥiyya and Rabbi Yudan in the name of Rabbi Ḥanina: For each and every praise that Israel praises the Holy One blessed be He, He rests His Divine Presence upon them. What is the source? “You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel” (Psalms 22:4).
Rabbi Ḥagai said in the name of Rabbi Yitzḥak: Omed is not written here, but nitzav – indicating being at the ready to act, just as it says: “You shall stand [venitzavta] on the rock” (Exodus 33:21). It is written: “It will be that even before they call out I will answer” (Isaiah 65:24).
Rabbi Shmuel bar Ḥiyya and Rabbi Yudan in the name of Rabbi Ḥanina: For each and every praise that Israel praises the Holy One blessed be He, He rests His Divine Presence upon them. What is the source? “You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel” (Psalms 22:4).
(א) מִזְמ֗וֹר לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים נִצָּ֥ב בַּעֲדַת־אֵ֑ל בְּקֶ֖רֶב אֱלֹהִ֣ים יִשְׁפֹּֽט׃
A psalm of Asaph.
God stands in the divine assembly;
among the divine beings He pronounces judgment.
God stands in the divine assembly;
among the divine beings He pronounces judgment.