Talmud zu Tehillim 71:16

Rebbi Judah bar Pazi started¹⁵⁴Started a sermon. with this: (Ps. 71:16): “I shall come in strength, Eternal, God.¹⁵⁵While the verse is quite clear: “When I reach old age, o Master, Eternal, I shall remember only Your justice!”, it is taken here out of context to note that it seems to be possible to come in strength before the Eternal.” It is written (Zach. 4:14): “These are the two oil-sons who stand over the Lord of all the earth.” Rebbi Abbahu said, Rebbi Joḥanan and Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish disagree. One says, these are the ones who come in novitiate¹⁵⁶From Latin tiro, -onis “novice, recruit” to mean “come without accumulated merit before the Eternal. {The commentaries and dictionaries all derive the word from Greek τυραννίς, because of a similar homily in the next paragraph using באין בזרוע “being strong-armed”. But then it should read טוּרוניא and a clear meaning of the sentence can only be obtained by distorting the meaning of the word.} before the Holy One, praised be He. The other one says, these are the ones who come by the power of [kept] commandments and good deeds before the Holy One.