Speaking With the King:
The Toldos Yaakov Yosef (Parshas Va’eschonon) quotes the Baal Shem Tov zy”a as saying an explanation on the pasuk (Tehillim 102:1): ‘A prayer to a poor man when he wraps himself and pours out his speech before Hashem.” He asks why it says “a prayer to a poor man (l’ani), rather than “a prayer from a poor man” (m’ani), and answers with the following moshol::
There once was a kind and powerful king who proclaimed that anyone who needed anything could come to him and present their request. Some people asked for gold or silver, while others asked for a position of authority, etc. One wise man made a different request. He asked to be allowed in to speak to the king three times every day. This made the king very happy because he saw how much this person loved him and how he valued spending time with him more than anything else in the world. Therefore, he said that his request would be granted and that he would be allowed in three times each day, and whenever he came he could take whatever treasures he wanted from the palace..
Accordingly, he explains that Dovid Hamelech refers to Hashem as “the poor one” because He doesn’t hold anything in His hands and he gives everything over angels whom he appoints to take care of all of the world’s treasures. Dovid asks Hashem for permission to “wrap himself” with Him, meaning to be able to connect with Him by “pouring out his speech” to Him three times every day, knowing that if this request is granted, he will be able to take whatever he needs from Hashem’s treasures.
