“I cry out to God on High” (Psalms 57:3). “I cry out to God on High” – on Rosh HaShana. “To the Almighty who completes for me” (Psalms 57:3) – on Yom Kippur, to determine which will be for God and which will go to an uninhabitable land.1As part of the Temple service on Yom Kippur, two goats were brought, and lots were drawn to determine which would be sacrificed as an offering to God and which would be brought to a barren land and pushed off a cliff, symbolically carrying off the people’s sins.
If the lot that said “to God” would be drawn by the High Priest in his right hand, that was a sign that God was inclined to respond positively to the prayers of the people and to grant atonement (Matnot Kehuna). Another matter: “I cry out to God on High” (Psalms 57:3) – this is Jacob our patriarch. “To the Almighty who completes for me” (Psalms 57:3) – that the Holy One blessed be He agreed with him to give to each and every one as befitting him.2God agreed to implement the blessings Jacob gave to his sons.