Talmud su Salmi 25:8

[“If sentence had been passed when the High Priest died, he is not exiled.”]⁹⁶Added from G; referring to Mishnah 10 even though the Halakhah refers to Mishnah 8. It was stated⁹⁷Babli 10b, Tosephta 3:5.: “Rebbi Eliezer ben Jacob says, ‘refuge, refuge’ was written at crossroads, so that the homicide might see what was written and continue.” Rebbi Abun said, a sign-post was directing them⁹⁸He does not assume that everybody be literate.. ⁹⁹This paragraph is shortened in G, it is only hinted at in the Babli, 10b (in the name of Rav Ḥama bar Ḥanina), extended in Midrash Tehillim 25[10]. Rebbi Phineas said, good and straightforward¹⁰⁰Ps. 25:8.. Why is He good? Because He is straightforward. And why is He straightforward? Because He is good. Therefore, He teaches the way to the sinners. He instructs in the way of repentance. ¹⁰¹There exist various versions of this homily. In G, the text reads:
שָׁאֲלוּ לַתּוֹרָה. הַחוֹטֵא בְמָהוּא עוֹנְשׁוֹ. אָֽמְרָה לָהֶן יָבִיא קָרְבָּן וְיִתְכַּפֵּר לוֹ. שָׁאֲלוּ לַנְּבוּאָה. הַחוֹטֵא מָהוּ עוֹנְשׁוֹ.אָֽמְרָה. הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַֽחֹטֵא֭ת הִ֥יא תָמֽוּת׃ שָׁאֲלוּ לְדָוִיד הַחוֹטֵא בְמָה עוֹנְשׁוֹ. אָמַר לָהֶן יִתַּ֤מּוּ חַטָּאִ֨ים ׀ מִן־הָאָ֡רֶץ וגו׳.שָׁאֲלוּ לַחָכְמָה. חוֹטֵא מָהוּ עוֹנְשׁוֹ. אָֽמְרָה לָהֶן. חַ֭טָּאִים תְּרַדֵּ֣ף רָעָ֑ה וג׳. שָׁאֲלו לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. חוֹטֵא מָהוּעוֹנְשׁוֹ. אָמַר לָהֶן. יַעֲשֶׂה תְשׁוּבָה וַאֲנִי מְקַבֵּל דִכְתִיב. ט֣וֹב וְיָשָׁ֥ר ײ. לָמָּה הוּא טוֹב.
They asked the Torah, what is the punishment of the sinner? She told them, he shall bring a sacrifice and it will be atoned for him. They asked Prophecy, what is the punishment of the sinner? She told them, the sinning soul is the one which will die. They asked David, what is the punishment of the sinner? He told them, may sins vanish from the earth etc. They asked Wisdom, what is the punishment of the sinner? She told them, evil will pursue sinners. They asked the Holy One, praise to Him, what is the punishment of the sinner? He said to them, let him repent and I will accept.. That is what is written, good and straightforward is the Eternal. (Why is he good?)
A slightly different version of G’s text is in Pesiqta dR. Cahana Shuva (ed. Buber p. 158b), quoted in Yalqut Shimony (Psalms 702, Ezechiel 358). They asked Wisdom, what is the punishment of the sinner? She told them, evil will pursue sinners¹⁰²Prov. 13:21.. They asked Prophecy, what is the punishment of the sinner? She told them, the sinning soul is the one which will die¹⁰³Ez. 18:4.. They asked the Holy One, praise to Him, what is the punishment of the sinner? He said to them, let him repent and it will be atoned for him. That is what is written, therefore, He teaches the way to the sinners¹⁰⁰Ps. 25:8., the way to repentance. ¹⁰⁴The continuation of the quote is not a verse; it seems to be the invention of a copyist who did not understand it. In G, the quote “Like a bird to move, like a swallow to fly, etc.”, is a paragraph by itself. In the Babli 11a, the quote like a bird to move, like a swallow to fly, so undeserved curse will not happen(Prov. 26:2) is quoted in reference to Mishnah 9. Why do the mothers of the High Priests have to support the exiled homicides if their prayers would be ineffective? It is written: Like a bird to move, like a swallow to fly, so is a man moving from his place.