Likutei Moharan, Part II 16:3/ליקוטי מוהר"ן·תנינא ט״ז:ג׳

13. The rule is: One should see the King in the aspect of “Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty” (Isaiah 33:17)—that is, when He is “in his beauty” and grandeur, and not at a time of constriction. Thus, if they were to give a person his livelihood immediately, as ready bread, it might result in his seeing the King at a time of constriction, such as when [a king] humbles himself and thinks of himself as having a checkered background and the like, as mentioned above.

2But now that livelihood is provided through causes, it follows that it arrives at specific times. For each cause necessarily has its specific time, until the livelihood comes forth to him. Therefore, he will not happen to see the King in his constriction, but only “in his beauty,” because they don’t give him livelihood immediately, but at a specific time, so that he sees Him only in His beauty, as in “the king in his beauty….” For through livelihood, one sees the King adorned with a crown, as mentioned above.

3This mystery is hinted at in the verse: “Everyone’s eyes look to You with hope, and You give them their food in its time. You open Your hand [and satisfy the desire of every living thing]” (Psalms 145:15-16). “Everyone’s eyes…”—this is the aforementioned question. In other words, “Everyone’s eyes look to You with hope, and You give them their food in its time”—i.e., they request livelihood and it is not given immediately, only “in its time,” as mentioned above. And the answer is: “You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.” (But he did not conclude.)