"The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. There is no greater pain and suffering than blindness. It is similar to someone who passes by a caravan of camels and donkeys loaded with goods. An equal amount was given to each animal, and they were all charged with carrying the provisions for all of them.
The owner of the caravan warned them to be careful not to put straw in one animal's load, saying, "I know what I have given him." They entered the country to unload their cargo. The owner of the house allowed them to do so, but first he had them unload the animal that he had charged the most. Similarly, the Lord commands the blind that there is no greater suffering than theirs.
As it says (Deuteronomy 27:18), "Cursed is he who misleads the blind on the road." And when it comes to healing the world, the first to be healed are the blind, as it says, "The Lord opens the eyes of the blind." And who are these blind generations that walk in the Torah like blind people? As it says (Isaiah 59:10), "We grope like the blind along the wall."
They all read and do not know what they are reading, they argue and do not know what they are arguing about. But in the future (Isaiah 35:5), "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened." The Lord raises up the bowed down. And who are the bowed down?
These are the Israelites who were exiled from their land. Since they were exiled from Jerusalem, they have not stood up straight, but have been bowed down before their enemies, walking under them. As it says in Isaiah (51:22-23), "Thus says your Lord, the Lord and your God, who pleads the cause of his people: Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering; the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more; and I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, who have said to you, ‘Bow down, that we may pass over you.’"
Therefore it is said, "The Lord raises up the bowed down." The Lord loves the righteous. As it says (Proverbs 8:17), "I love those who love me." And it says (1 Samuel 2:30), "For those who honor me I will honor."
They love me and I love them. But why do I love the righteous who do not belong to the family of Kohanim or Levites? It is because for Kohanim and Levites, their priesthood or Levite status is inherited from their fathers, as it says in Psalm 115:19-20, "The house of Aaron will bless the Lord, the house of Levi will praise the Lord." Therefore, if a person wants to become a Levite or a Kohen, they cannot, because their father was not a Levite or a Kohen.
However, if one wants to become a righteous person, even if they were a Gentile, they can become righteous by volunteering and loving the Holy One, blessed be He, on their own. As it says in Psalm 33:1, "Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous ones!" And that is why it is said, "The Lord loves the righteous."