"Why do you stand far off, O Lord?" This is what the verse says in Daniel 7:25: "And words against the Most High shall he speak." Rabbi Yosei said, "The wicked do not associate with a person unless they defame him, as it says, 'And words against the Most High shall he speak.'" (Rabbi Yosei is referring to God). Afterwards, the verse continues, "And the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom."
These are the people of Israel, as it says in Leviticus 19:2, "You shall be holy." And from where do we know that Israel is called "supreme"? As it says in Deuteronomy 28:1, "The Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth."This can be compared to a man who had a vineyard, and robbers wanted to enter it but were unable to because he had a fence around it. What did they do?
They broke down the fence and then entered the vineyard. Similarly, the nations of the world associate with Israel, who is like God's vineyard, as it says in Isaiah 5:7, "For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel." They defame God and then attack Israel, as it says in Daniel 7:25, "And words against the Most High shall he speak." The verse continues, "And the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom."
"Saints" refers to those who observe the three pilgrimage festivals, and "kingdom" refers to the Torah, as it says in Deuteronomy 33:2, "From His right hand came a fiery law for them." The verse then concludes, "And they shall possess the kingdom forever." We may always study the Torah, as it says in Daniel 7:25, "And they shall possess it forever, even forever and ever." Why do we subject ourselves to this, that God distances Himself from us? Therefore, the verse ends with the question, "Why do you stand far off, O Lord?"