The Earth Wept While the Heavens Sang in Praise

Another interpretation: The heaven and the earth, and the earth was formlessness. To what is the matter comparable? To a king who had two attendants, and one began to sing while the other wept. The king said, Why are you weeping? Have I not made the two of you equal? He said to him, My lord, my companion dwells beside you and enjoys your table; it is right that he should sing. But I, whom you have set far off and made my food depend on the hands of others, for this I weep. So too the Holy One, blessed be He: heaven and earth are equal before Him, as it is written, I call to them, they stand together. The heavens sing, as it says (Psalms 19:2), The heavens declare the glory of God, but the earth weeps. She said before Him, Master of the world, the heavens and all that is upon them enjoy the radiance of the Divine Presence, and the angel of death has no dominion over them, therefore they sing. But I, whose food You have made depend on another's hand, and over all that is upon me the angel of death has dominion, therefore I weep. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to her, Do not fear, you too are destined to sing, as it says (Psalms 97:1), The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice, and it is written, From the end of the earth we have heard songs.