Midrasch zu Tehillim 32:8

Another interpretation (of Gen. 12:1): GO < … > UNTO THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU. R. Berekhyah the Priest Berabbi said: [This text is related (to Ps. 32:8): LET ME INSTRUCT YOU AND TEACH YOU IN THE WAY IN WHICH YOU SHALL GO.] So shall I instruct you. What is the meaning of LET ME INSTRUCT (askil) YOU? Let me place wisdom within you, as stated (in Josh. 1:7): SO THAT YOU MAY BE SUCCESSFUL (taskil). (Ps. 32:8:) AND TEACH YOU ('WR), in the sense that I am enlightening (rt.: 'WR) your eyes.

Another interpretation (of Ps. 32:8): AND TEACH YOU. < The words mean > that I am guiding you onto a good way. (Ps. 32:8, end:) IN THE WAY IN WHICH YOU SHALL GO, LET ME GIVE COUNSEL WITH MY EYES UPON YOU.

Another interpretation (of Ps. 32:8): LET ME INSTRUCT YOU AND TEACH YOU. What is the meaning of AND TEACH YOU? < AND TEACH YOU THE WAY TO GO >, (according to Gen. 12:1) UNTO THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU. He said to Abraham: You are not losing out. FOR (according to vs. 2) I WILL MAKE YOU INTO A GREAT NATION.¹⁷Gen. R. 39:11; Numb. R. 11:2. "For I will establish you" is not written here but FOR I WILL MAKE YOU, because I creating you as a new creature. In the same sense it is stated (in Gen. 1:7): AND GOD MADE THE FIRMAMENT. < Similarly > (in vs. 16): AND GOD MADE THE TWO < GREAT > LIGHTS. R. {Minhas} [Pinhas] bar Hama [the Priest] said: When did the Holy One make Abraham a great nation? When Israel had left Egypt, come to Sinai, and received the Torah, Moses looked at them and said: Behold, they have been made just as the Holy One had promised to the patriarch. Thus it is stated (in Deut. 4:8): AND WHAT GREAT NATION….