93. We have learned that all those that toil in Torah at night have their images carved above before the Holy One, blessed be He. The Holy One, blessed be He, enjoys Himself with them all day and pays attention to them. That voice rises and penetrates all firmaments until it arises before the Holy One, blessed be He. Then the verse writes, "For sweet is your voice, and your countenance is comely" (Ibid.). Now the Holy One, blessed be He, has carved the image of Rabbi Shimon on high, whose voice rises higher and higher and is crowned with the holy crown until the Holy One, blessed be He, crowns him throughout the worlds and commends him. About him, it is written, "And said to Me, You are My servant, Yisrael, in whom I will be glorified" (Yeshayah 49:3).
93. וְתָאנָא, כָּל אִינּוּן דְּמִתְעַסְּקֵי בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, בְּלֵילְיָא, דִּיּוּקְנֵיהוֹן אִתְחַקָּק לְעֵילָּא קָמֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מִשְׁתַּעְשַׁע בְּהוּ כּוּלֵיהּ יוֹמָא, וּמִסְתְּכַּל בְּהוּ. וְהַהוּא קָלָא, סָלִיק וּבָקַע כָּל אִינּוּן רְקִיעִין, עַד דְּסָלִיק קָמֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. כְּדֵין כְּתִיב, כִּי קוֹלֵךְ עָרֵב וּמַרְאֵךְ נָאוֶה. וְהַשְׁתָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא חָקַק דִּיּוּקְנָא דר"ש לְעֵילָּא וְקָלֵיהּ לְעֵילָּא לְעֵילָּא סַלְּקָא, וּמִתְעַטְּרָא בְּכִתְרָא קַדִּישָׁא, עַד דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מִתְעַטָּר בֵּיהּ בְּכֻלְּהוּ עָלְמִין. וּמִשְׁתְּבַּח בֵּיהּ. עָלֵיהּ כְּתִיב, וַיֺּאמֶר לִי עַבְדִּי אָתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר בְּךָ אֶתְפָּאָר.