Midrash su Ester 8:1

“The king rose in his fury from the wine banquet to the palace garden and Haman stood to plead for his life from Esther the queen, for he saw that the king has resolved to do him harm” (Esther 7:7).
“The king rose in his fury from the wine banquet to the palace garden.” What did the angel Michael do? He began cutting the saplings before him, adding fury to his fury; he returned to the wine banquet and Haman stood up to plead for his life. What did Michael do? He pushed him [Haman] onto Esther, and she was crying ‘My lord, the king, here he is overpowering me before you!’ The king said: “Will he also overpower the queen with me in the house?” (Esther 7:8). Haman heard this statement and his face fell. What did Eliyahu, of blessed memory, do? He appeared as Ḥarvona and said to him [to the king]: ‘My lord the king, “indeed, here is the gibbet that Haman had made for Mordekhai…”’ (Esther 7:9). As Rabbi Pinḥas said: One must say ‘Ḥarvona, of blessed memory.’ And Rav said: One must say ‘cursed is Haman, cursed are his sons, cursed is Zeresh his wife, as it is written: “The name of the wicked will rot”’ (Proverbs 10:7).
The king immediately commanded to hang him on the gibbet that he had prepared for Mordekhai, and about this, Solomon, in his wisdom, said: “A righteous person will be delivered from trouble and the wicked will come in his stead” (Proverbs 11:8). For Haman got up early to hang Mordekhai and was hanged himself on the gibbet that he prepared for Mordekhai, and [the king] gave everything that was Haman’s to Esther the queen, and Esther gave it to Mordekhai. This is what is written: “On that day King Aḥashverosh gave the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther…” (Esther 8:1), and it is written: “As for his harvest, the hungry will eat it and take it from shields [tzinim] and the bound [tzamim] will swallow their wealth”¹⁰ The midrash understands this verse idiosyncratically. The word mitzinim, here translated as ‘from shields,’ is usually translated as ‘from thorns’ or ‘from baskets.’ The word tzamim, here translated as ‘the bound,’ is usually translated as ‘the thirsty.’ (Job 5:5). “As for his harvest,” that is Haman. “The hungry will eat it,” that is Mordekhai and Esther. “Take it from shields,” not with a weapon, and not with a shield, but with prayer and supplication, as you say: “His truth is a shield [tzina] and a buckler” (Psalms 91:4). That is prayer, which protects him from trouble like a shield protects a person in battle. By the merit of prayer, which is called a shield, he will take Haman. From where [is it known] that they engaged in prayer? That is what is written: “Sackcloth and ashes were worn by many” (Esther 4:3). What is the use of sackcloth and ashes without prayer? “And the bound will swallow their wealth.” Who overcame Haman’s wealth? Mordekhai and Esther and those bound to them.

“For to the man who is good before Him, He gave wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He gave the task to gather and to amass, to give to one who is good before God. This, too, is vanity and herding wind” (Ecclesiastes 2:26).
“For to the man who is good before Him…”: “For to the man who is good before Him” – this is Abraham our patriarch, [to whom] “He gave wisdom, knowledge, and joy.” “But to the sinner He gave the task to gather and to amass” – this is Nimrod. And of whom is it stated: “To give to one who is good before God”? This is Abraham, as it is stated: “The Lord blessed Abraham with everything” (Genesis 24:1).
Another matter: “For to the man who is good before Him” – this is Isaac, [to whom] “He gave wisdom, knowledge, and joy.” “But to the sinner He gave the task to gather and to amass” – this is Avimelekh. And of whom is it stated: “To give to one who is good before God”? This is Isaac, as it is stated: “Isaac sowed in that land [and found in that year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him]” (Genesis 26:12).
Another matter: “For to the man who is good before Him” – this is Jacob, [to whom] “He gave wisdom, knowledge, and joy.” “But to the sinner He gave the task to gather and to amass” – this is Laban. And of whom is it stated: “To give to one who is good before God”? This is Jacob, as it is stated: “Because I saw everything that Laban has done to you” (Genesis 31:12).⁷³The preceding verses described how a large number of Laban’s livestock were diverted to Jacob via divine intervention. See especially Genesis 30:43 and 31:9.
Another matter: “For to the man who is good before Him” – these are the Israelites who were in Egypt, [to whom] “He gave wisdom, knowledge, and joy.” “But to the sinner He gave the task to gather and to amass” – these are the Canaanites. Rabbi Levi said: None of them would add even a drop of oil to his beans, and even if his egg would break, he would not taste it, but rather, he would sell it and turn it into money, so that the Israelites would enter the land and find it filled with blessings.⁷⁴Instead of consuming their resources, the Canaanites would sell them to outsiders and amass treasure, which the Israelites then took possession of when they entered the land. And of whom is it stated: “To give to one who is good before God”? These are the Israelites, as it is stated: “To these you shall distribute the land” (Numbers 26:53).
Another matter: “For to the man who is good before Him” – this is Hezekiah, [to whom] “He gave wisdom, knowledge, and joy.” “But to the sinner He gave the task to gather and to amass” – this is Sennacherib. And of whom is it stated: “To give to one who is good before God”? This is Hezekiah, as it is stated: “He was exalted in the eyes of all of the nations” (II Chronicles 32:23).
Another matter: “For to the man who is good before Him” – this is Mordekhai, [to whom] “He gave wisdom, knowledge, and joy.” “But to the sinner He gave the task to gather and to amass” – this is Haman. And of whom is it stated: “To give to one who is good before God”? This is Mordekhai, as it is stated: “On that day, King Aḥashverosh gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman…[ And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordekhai. And Esther set Mordekhai over the house of Haman]” (Esther 8:1–2).