Midras Mazmur 118:23: Midrash Tehillim

By the Lord, this was wondrous in our eyes. Speaking in the Knesset of Israel at a time when they were enslaved in mud and bricks, and after they had left, they began to rise in clouds of glory, and the Egyptians were amazed at them, saying, "Until now you were enslaved in all kinds of hard labor, and now you are rising in all glory." And Israel answers them, saying, "You are amazed at us, but we are more amazed than you, as it is written (Song of Songs 6:12), 'I did not know my soul had made me chariots of my people, a noble steed.'" And the Holy Spirit answers and says, "By the Lord, this was wondrous in our eyes."

Another saying, from David, when he was shepherding his sheep and collecting soft grass, and laying it before the kids and the weak and hard grass before the goats and the sheep. The Lord said, "This is fit to be a shepherd for the people of Israel." And when he became king, they would say about him, "Yesterday he was a shepherd for the sheep, and today he became a king." And he says to them, "You are amazed at this, but this is what is written (Song of Songs 6:12)." And the Holy Spirit answers them, "By the Lord, this was wondrous in our eyes." They all answered and said, "It is wondrous in our eyes." A parable: there was a man who carried his load to the duke, and he became an officer, and he says to them, "You are amazed at me, but I am more amazed than you." So when the nations of the world see Israel in peace to come, they will say, "These are not the ones who were beaten, these are not the ones who were pushed." And Israel answers them, "You are amazed at us, but we are more amazed than you." And the Holy Spirit answers them, "By the Lord, this was wondrous in our eyes."