GEN193 By ten pronouncements … Pirkei Avot V:1 Fashioned with care and supervision, this world is surely valuable and precious to its maker.  Then malicious indeed are the wicked who, with the heedless cruelty of the short-sighted, in any way destroy it.  As the Psalmist hymns, “let the Lord rejoice in His works”” Psalms 104:31.  At creation’s end, we read, “God saw everything He had made, and behold, it was very good.” [this verse]. He had joy and He seeks joy in His splendid creation.  When the righteous fulfill His purposes, they uphold the world and justify its existence: the Almighty can truly “rejoice in His works.” How great must be their reward.  SINAI3 5