Midrash for Psalms 98:3
זָ֘כַ֤ר חַסְדּ֨וֹ ׀ וֶֽאֱֽמוּנָתוֹ֮ לְבֵ֪ית יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל רָא֥וּ כָל־אַפְסֵי־אָ֑רֶץ אֵ֝֗ת יְשׁוּעַ֥ת אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃
He hath remembered His mercy and His faithfulness toward the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Midrash Tanchuma Buber
[Another interpretation (of Gen. 30:22): THEN GOD REMEMBERED RACHEL.] This text is related (to Ps. 98:3): HE HAS REMEMBERED HIS LOVING-KINDNESS AND FAITHFULNESS < TOWARD THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL >. < These words > speak about Joshua (Yehoshua'), who stemmed from Rachel's children. (Ibid., cont.:) ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH HAVE SEEN THE VICTORY (yeshu'ah) OF OUR GOD. That victory is the one that Joshua accomplished, the one about which it is stated (in Josh. 10:12): O SUN, STAND STILL AT GIBEON.
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber
Another interpretation (of Ps. 98:3): HE HAS REMEMBERED HIS LOVING-KINDNESS. The remembrance is of our mother Rachel. (Ibid., cont.:) TOWARD THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, as stated (in Ruth 4:11) < RACHEL AND LEAH >, BOTH OF WHOM BUILT UP THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. Ergo (in Gen. 30:22): THEN GOD REMEMBERED RACHEL.
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