Midras Mazmur 119:128: Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer & Aggadat Bereshit

R. ELIEZER AND HIS BRETHREN
THE sons of Hyrḳanos said to their father: Get thee up to Jerusalem and vow that thy son Eliezer should not enjoy any of thy possessions. He went up to Jerusalem to disinherit him, and it happened that a festival was being celebrated there by R. Jochanan ben Ẓakkai. All the magnates of the district were dining with him; (such as) Ben Zizith Hakkeseth, Nicodemus ben Gorion, and Ben Kalba S'bu'a. ||

(Eliezer) replied: Verily I am not equal to one of them. If I had asked the Holy One, blessed be He, for land, it would be possible for Him to give this to me, as it is said, "The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof" (Ps. 24:1). Had I asked the Holy One, blessed be He, for silver and gold, He could have given them to me, as it is said, "The silver is mine, and the gold is mine" (Hag. 2:8). But I asked the Holy One, blessed be He, that I might be worthy (to learn the) Torah only, as it is said, "Therefore I esteem all precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way" (Ps. 119:128).

[1] A song of ascents. "Many [peoples] have afflicted me from my youth," (Psalms 129:1). And scriptures say: From [(the following)] six woes He shall save you [(by the afflictions which you have suffered)], and in the seventh, evil shall not reach you." (Job 5:19). Solomon explains that "six things the Lord hates..." (Proverbs 6:16). David says, "I have kept them," (Psalms 119:128) "My eyes are raised high" (ibid. 131), "My heart is not haughty, my eyes are not lofty" (Psalms 131:1), "A lying tongue" (Proverbs 6:17), "My soul is saved from deceitful lips and tongue" (Psalms 120:2). "Hands that shed innocent blood" (Proverbs 6:17), "I am clean and my kingdom is from the Lord" (2 Samuel 3:28). "A heart that devises wicked schemes" (Proverbs 6:18), "My heart is firm, O God; my heart is firm;" (Psalms 57:8) [edit. There is error in Hebrew reference says 57:5]. "Feet quick to run to evil," (Proverbs 6:18), "My feet stand on level ground" (Psalms 26:12). "A false witness who pours out lies" (Proverbs 6:19), "Do not hand me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me" (Psalms 27:12). "And one who sows discord among brethren" (Proverbs 6:19), "But as for me, listen to my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy place" (Psalms 28:2). From [(the following)] six woes He shall save you [(by the afflictions which you have suffered)], and in the seventh, evil shall not reach you." (Job 5:19), as the Holy One, blessed be He, saved David from these things because he kept them.