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Midrash for Psalms 32:4

כִּ֤י ׀ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַיְלָה֮ תִּכְבַּ֥ד עָלַ֗י יָ֫דֶ֥ךָ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְשַׁדִּ֑י בְּחַרְבֹ֖נֵי קַ֣יִץ סֶֽלָה׃

For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; My sap was turned as in the droughts of summer. Selah

Midrash Tanchuma

R. Hoshaya declared: Happy is the individual born of woman who has the King of Kings as His attendant, guarding Him and sending angels as His messengers, as it is said: And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau (ibid. 32:4). It likewise says: The angel who hath redeemed me from all evil (ibid. 48:16). Hence Scripture says: He that walketh in his integrity as a just man, happy are his children after him (Prov. 20:7)
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