Midrash su Salmi 9:7

Rabbi taught to R. Simon his son: Acherim say: "If it were an exchange (Fol. 14) it would be sacrificed." Whereupon R. Simon interrupted him and said: "Who are they whose water (Torah) we drink and whose names we do not mention?" And he answered: "They were the men who conspird to destroy your glory and that of your father's house." R. Simon then quoted the passage (Ecc. 9, 6) Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy are now already lost. Whereupon his father quoted the following (Ps. 9, 7) The enemy is lost, but his ruinous deeds are still existing. R. Simon then said: "This would be right if the deeds of the Rabbis in question remained effective, but they whom you have in view had only an intention, for they were never realized." Thereupon Rabbi taught to him again: "It was said in the name of R. Mair that if it were an exchange [for the original sacrificial animal] it could not be offered on the altar. To this Raba made the following remark: "Rabbi, though modest in nature, yet refrained from saying, 'It was said by R. Mair,' but taught it was said in the name of R. Mair."

He was righteous (Gen. 6:9). This suggests that he was one of the seven men born circumcised.¹⁰Tradition differs as to the number of men born circumcised. Buber Tanhuma, Noah 6 mentions ten, Midrash on Psalms 9:7 lists thirteen. Adam and his son Seth were born circumcised, as it is written: He begot a son in his own likeness after his image, and he called him Seth (Gen. 5:3). Noah was born circumcised, as it is written: He was righteous (lit. “perfect”) in his generations (ibid. 7:1); Jacob was born circumcised, for it is said: And Jacob was a quiet (lit. “perfect”) man (ibid. 25:27); Joseph was born circumcised, for it is written: These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph (ibid. 37:2) because he resembled his father; Moses was born circumcised, as it is said: And she saw that he was a goodly child (Exod. 2:2); and Job was born circumcised, as it is written: A wholehearted (lit. “just”) and upright (“perfect”) man (Job 1:1).

The enemy ends their ruins forever (Psalm 9:6): The enemies end, but their ruins continue forever. For instance, Constantine built Constantinople, Philippus built Philippi, Antiochus built Antioch, Alexader built Alexandria, Seleucus built Seleucia. They ended, but their ruins continue. And You, in a sense, destroyed their cities. Zion and Jerusalem Your Holy City have become as a desert wilderness. (See Isaiah 64:9) Their monikers, they are lost. But the LORD forever abides. Another interpretation of The enemy ends their ruins — like Caesaria and Rome. and their cities You destroyed "if Edom says, We are crushed..." (Malachi 1:4) etc. Philippos asked Rabbi Elasa: "How could the prophet say if Edom says, We are crushed, they may rebuilt but I will destroy (ibid.), when look, all the cities we built persist!" He said to him, "No, the point of the verse isn't against the buildings but rather against the foresight. For whether you sit and plan in your hearts to build up against us to destroy us, he will destroy your foresight." He said to him "By your life! Thus we sit every year to destroy you, and one would fall and come and be annuled for us!"