Midrash sobre I Samuel 1:6

R. Levi said: "Satan and Peninnah both intended to please Heaven. Satan, who had seen the Holy One, praised be He! was favorable toward Job, said: 'Shall, Heaven forbid, Abraham's love [of God] be forgotten.' And Peninnah, as it is written (I Sam. 1, 6) And her rival also provoked her continually, in order to make her fret, (so that she should pray]." R. Acha lectured the same in the city of Papunia and Satan came and kissed his feet for this. (Job 2) With all this, did not Job sin with his lips. Raba said: "With his lips he did not sin, but he sinned in his heart." (Ib. 9, 24) Is a hand given up to the wicked? etc. Raba said: "Job attempted to turn the dish upside down (to challenge Providence)." Whereupon Abaye said to him: "Job spoke only with regard to Satan." On this point Tanaim differ. Is the land given up to the wicked? R. Elazar says: "Job attempted to turn the dish upside down." R. Joshua then said to him: "Job spoke only with regard to Satan."

... “He does the will of those who fear Him…” (Tehillim 145:19) Meaning that Gd does not annul his prayers and gives him what he requests. This refers to David, of whom it is written “I am a companion to all who fear You…” (Tehillim 119:63) at the time when he was troubled over the Holy Temple, as it is written “Remember, O Lord, onto David all his affliction. That he swore to the Lord, he vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob; That I shall not come into the tent of my house, and I shall not go up on the bed that was spread for me. I shall not give sleep to my eyes nor slumber to my pupils, Until I find a place for the Lord, dwellings for the Mighty One of Jacob.” (Tehillim 132:1-5) Since the Holy One saw that he stood there, troubled over the Holy Temple, He immediately sent Gad the prophet to him and showed him the place of the Holy Temple, as it is written “And Gad came to David on that day, and said to him, ‘Go up to erect an altar to the Lord in the threshing-floor of Aravnah the Jebusite.’” (Shmuel II 24:18) David went there immediately, as it says “And David went up according to the word of Gad, as the Lord had commanded. (Shmuel II 24:19) He found there the altar where Adam, the first man, made offerings, where Noach made offerings, where Avraham made offerings. Once he found it he began to measure, saying ‘from here to here will be the Courtyard, from here to here will be the Holy of Holies’ as it says “And David said, ‘This is the House of the Lord God…” (Divre HaYamim I 22:1) And how could he declare “…and this is the altar for burnt offerings for Israel” (ibid.)? This is what is meant that the Holy One does not nullify the desire of the righteous, but rather gives them what they seek in order to fulfill “He does the will of those who fear Him…” (Tehillim 145:19)

..."And the Lord remembered Channah... (Samuel I 2:21)" and it said earlier, "And her rival provoked her bitterly...(Samuel I 1:6)." Peninah would provoke her and irritate her day after day. What would she do? R' Nahman son of Abba said: Peninah would rise early and say to Channah, "Aren't you going to get up and wash your childrens' faces so they can go to school?" and at noon she would say "Aren't you preparing to welcome your children home from school?"...