Powtórzonego Prawa 7:10 Midrasz: Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition), Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, Midrash Tehillim & Midrash Tanchuma Buber

And repayeth those that hate Him, to his face, to destroy him, (Deu. 7, 10). R. Joshua b. Levi said: "Were it not for the passage, it would be impossible to make such an assertion; for this is as if the Lord is like unto a mortal who carries a heavy burden and wants to throw it away [in order to be rid of it]." He will not delay, to him who hateth Him (Ib.), R. Ela said: "To His enemies he delayeth not punishment, but he delayeth the reward to the strictly righteous, and this is what is intended by R. Joshua b. Levi, who said: What is the meaning of the passage (Ib. ib. 11.) Which I command thee this day to do them. i.e., to-day it is to he fulfilled, but to-morrow it could not be fulfilled; to-day it is to be fulfilled but the reward shall be paid to-morrow [in the future world].' " R. Haggai, and according to others. R. Samuel b. Nachmeini said: "What is meant by the passage (Ex. 34, 6.) Slow to angers (in the plural). It should have been slow to anger, i.e., Slow to anger to the wicked and slow [to pay the reward] to the righteous."

"who took you out from the land of Egypt": They were servants of kings. You say, they were servants of kings, but perhaps they were servants of servants. (Devarim 7:8) "And he redeemed you from the house of servants, from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt," makes it clear that they were servants of kings and not servants of servants. Variantly: ("from the house of servants":) from the house of the servants of idolatry.

Another thing, a meditation for David. King Solomon said (Proverbs 21:23), "He who guards his mouth and his tongue guards his soul from troubles." Similarly, it says (Ecclesiastes 5:4), "Do not be hasty with your mouth." The prophets said to the Holy One, Blessed be He, "Why do You do good to the heathen nations in this world?" He said to them, "Because I wrote (Deuteronomy 7:10), 'And repays those who hate Him.'" Similarly, it says (Isaiah 45:9), "Woe to him who argues with his Maker, as a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth!" Habakkuk came and did the same thing, making a figurine of bread in the land, and said, "I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts" (Habakkuk 2:1). What is the "rampart" that he fashioned? "And I will look out," (Habakkuk 2:1) said the Holy One, Blessed be He. "I am looking for all who break their pledge to come to Me." He began to cry out (Psalms 13:2), "How long, O Lord, will You forget me forever?" The Holy One, Blessed be He, answered him, "You are a son of Torah and not a son of the earth. It is written for you in one tablet, Aleph Bet, and then you shall say, 'Inform me of the end.' " And similarly, it says (Habakkuk 2:2), "And the Lord answered me, 'Write the vision down, inscribe it clearly on the tablets." The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to him, "When I told you in the first exile that Babylon would be filled for seventy years, what is written (Chronicles II 36:22-23)? 'Cyrus, King of Persia, etc.' Even now, when the end comes, I will redeem you." Similarly, it says (Isaiah 34:8), "For it is a day of vengeance for the Lord and a year of recompense for the vindication of Zion." When Habakkuk heard this, he fell on his face and pleaded before the Holy One, Blessed be He, saying, "Master of the Universe, do not judge me willfully but rather ignorantly," as it says (Habakkuk 3:1), "A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon his shigionoth." Similarly, David said, "Meditation for David. When he was being pursued by Saul" (Psalms 57:1). Similarly, it says (Samuel I 26:2), "And Saul arose and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph. When he came to kill him, Abishai said to David, 'I will go and strike him down,' for it says (Samuel II 16:9), 'Thus says Abishai the son of Zeruiah, 'Let me go and strike him down.'" And the people said to him, "You shall not go out, for if you go out, it will be a snare for you" (Samuel II 18:3).