Midras Mazmur 20:3: Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Midrash Tanchuma, Midrash Tehillim & Vayikra Rabbah

(Lev. 19:2:) YOU SHALL BE HOLY. This text is related (to Ps. 20:3 [2]): MAY HE SEND YOU HELP FROM THE SANCTUARY AND SUSTAIN YOU FROM ZION. FROM THE SANCTUARY (QDSh) < means > from the holiness (rt.: QDSh) of the works that are in you; AND [SUSTAIN YOU] FROM ZION (MTsYWN) < means > [from the marker (TsYWN)] of the works that are in you.³⁵Tanh., Lev. 7:9; M. Pss. 20:5. R. Berekhyah said: There was a story in our village about a certain spirit who dwelt by the spring.³⁶Lev. R. 24:3. Another spirit came to attack³⁷Lahizdawweg, from the root Zug. The word also has implications of mating. Cf. the Gk.: zeugos, i.e., “a team of beasts,” and then “a married couple.” Cf. also the Latin: conjugium, from jugum. it and sought to get it away from there. There was also there a certain saint whose name was Jose the man of Zaythor. The first spirit appeared to him. It said to him: Rabbi, look at how many years I have been situated here; yet neither at noon nor at night have I harmed < any > mortal. {Also not during the day.} But now this spirit has come upon me from another place and wants to get me away from here in order to harm mortals. He said to it: What shall we do? It said to him: Take your staves and your scythes, and go out against it at the noon hour. Then say: Ours is winning! Ours is winning! And it will run away. They did so and drove it away from there. They used to say: They did not move from here until they saw, as it were, a clot of blood floating on the water. When the sages heard about the matter, they said: If something which was not created with a need for assistance needs assistance, how much the more so in the case of the children of Adam. David, therefore, said (in Ps. 20:3 [2]): MAY HE SEND YOU HELP FROM THE SANCTUARY.

(Lev. 19:2:) “You shall be holy.” This text is related (to Ps. 20:3), “May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.” From the sanctuary (qdsh) [means] from the holiness (rt.: qdsh) of the works that are in you; and [sustain you] from Zion (mtsywn) [means] [from the marker (tsywn)] of the works that are in you.²⁸M. Pss. 20:5. R. Berekhyah said, “There was a story in our village about a certain spirit who dwelt by the spring.²⁹Lev. R. 24:3. Another spirit came to attack³⁰Lahizdawweg, from the root Zug. The word also has implications of mating. Cf. the Gk.: zeugos, i.e., “a team of beasts,” and then “a married couple.” Cf. also the Latin: conjugium, from jugum. it and sought to get it away from there. There was also there a certain saint whose name was Jose the man of Zaythor. The first spirit appeared to him. It said to him, ‘Rabbi, look at how many years I have been situated here; yet neither at noon nor at night nor during the day have I harmed [any] mortal. But now this spirit has come upon me from another place and wants to get me away from here in order to harm mortals.’ He said to it, ‘What shall we do?’ It said to him, ‘Take your staves and your scythes, and go out against it at the noon hour. Then say, “Ours has won! Ours is winning!” And it will run away.’ They did so and drove it away from there.” They used to say, “They did not move from here until they saw, as it were, a clot of blood floating on the water.” When the sages heard about the matter, they said, “If something which was not created with a need for assistance, needs assistance and support, how much the more so in the case of people.” David, therefore, said (in Ps. 20:3), “May He send you help from the sanctuary.”

"Who will give from Zion the salvation of Israel." Rabbi Levi said: All the blessings, comforts, and goodness that the Holy One, blessed be He, brings upon Israel, come from Zion. Torah comes from Zion, as it is said: "For out of Zion shall go forth the law" (Isaiah 2:3). Blessing comes from Zion, as it is said: "May the Lord bless you out of Zion" (Psalm 134:3). Appearance comes from Zion, as it is said: "Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears" (Psalm 50:2). Support comes from Zion, as it is said: "May the Lord support you from Zion" (Psalm 20:3). Life comes from Zion, as it is said: "For there the Lord commanded the blessing—life forevermore" (Psalm 133:3). Greatness comes from Zion, as it is said: "The Lord is great in Zion" (Psalm 99:2). Salvation comes from Zion, as it is said: "Who will give from Zion the salvation of Israel?" (Psalm 14:7). You find this phrase twice in the book of Psalms, once in the first book and once in the second book. But why? Rabbi Levi said: The master said one, and the disciple said the other. The Master said: "Would that this heart of theirs were in them" (Deuteronomy 5:26). And the disciple said: "Would that all the Lord's people were prophets" (Numbers 11:29). Neither the words of the master nor the words of the disciple are fulfilled in this world, but both are fulfilled in the world to come. The words of the master are fulfilled, as it is said: "And I will give you a new heart" (Ezekiel 36:26). From where [do we know that] the words of the disciple [are fulfilled]? As it is said: "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh" (Joel 2:28). Another reason: Why it is said two times? Rabbi Yudan said in the name of Rabbi Joshua ben Levi: Because children say twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening, "Save us, O God, who saves us" (I Chronicles 16:35). Therefore, "Who will give from Zion," is [said] two times. Rabbi Tanchuma said: I said this before Rabbi Nechuniah, and he said to me, "That is not the basis of it. Rather it is because, 'Save us, O God, who saves us,' is said once in the book of Psalms and once in the book of Chronicles. Therefore, [it is said] two times. It is comparable to a king's son who betroths the daughter of another king, and they set up preliminaries on a certain day. The son of the king is awaiting his party, and the daughter of the king is awaiting her party. What is delaying [it]? The preliminaries, as it is said: 'For the day of vengeance is in my heart' (Isaiah 63:4)."