Midras Mazmur 25:12: Midrash Tanchuma Buber & Midrash Tehillim

Another interpretation (of Deut. 16:18): RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT. During the time that they judge righteously, they effect righteousness with the people, as stated (in Ps. 85:12 [11]): FAITHFULNESS SHALL SPRING UP FROM THE LAND WHILE RIGHTEOUSNESS LOOKS DOWN FROM HEAVEN. During the time that a faithful judgment springs up from the land, the Holy One effects righteousness with the people. He also saves them from divine punishment and afflictions, while good will comes into the world.

Who is this man? This is Abraham, as it says (Genesis 20:7), "Now therefore, restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live." He feared the Lord. This is Abraham, as it says (Genesis 22:12), "Now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from Me." He will guide us in the way to choose, as he was taught a good way to know God's name, as it says (Genesis 17:1), "Walk before Me and be perfect." His soul leaned toward good. He is buried in the cave, and his descendants will inherit the land, as it says (Genesis 24:7), "The Lord, the God of heaven, Who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and Who spoke to me and Who swore to me, saying, 'To your offspring will I give this land'."

Another man, who is he? This is Joseph, as it says (Genesis 37:15), "And a man found him, and behold! he was wandering in the field, so the man asked him, saying, 'What do you seek?'" He feared the Lord, as it says (Genesis 42:18), "On the third day, Joseph said to them, 'Do this and you will live, for I fear God.'" He will guide us in the way to choose, as he did not sin with his master's wife. His soul leaned toward good. He is buried in the cave, and his descendants will inherit the land, as it says (Numbers 32:33), "So Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan, the entire land with its cities and the territory surrounding them."