Midrash sa Mga Awit 25:6: Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition), Midrash Tanchuma Buber & Midrash Tanchuma

"I shall sing to the L–rd," for He is merciful — (Exodus 34:6) "Hashem, Hashem, the G–d who is merciful and gracious", (Devarim 4:31) "For a merciful G–d is the L–rd your G–d", (Psalms 25:6) "Remember Your mercies, Hashem, etc.", (Ibid. 145:8) "Good is the L–rd to all, and His mercies are on all his works", (Daniel 9:9) "To the L–rd our G–d is mercy and forgiveness."

R. Zutra b. Tubia in the name of Rab said: "With ten things the world was created: Wisdom and understanding; knowledge and strength; rebuke and might; righteousness and justice; mercy and compassion." That it was created with wisdom and understanding we infer from the following passage (Ib. 3, 19) The Lord hath through wisdom founded the earth; He hath established the heavens through understanding. But how will the two passages [of width and height] he explained? The height and the width hold the same measure. By knowledge, as it is written (Ib. 13, 20) By his knowledge were the depths split; by power and strength, as it is written (Ps. 65, 7) Who setteth firmly the mountains with His power, who is girded with might; by rebuke, as it is written (Job 26, 11) The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at His rebuke; by righteousness and Justice, as it is written (Ps. 89, 15) Righteousness and Justice are the prop of Thy throne; by mercy and compassion, as it is written (Ib. 25, 6) Remember Thy mercies, O Lord, and Thy kindness; for they are from everlasting. R Juda in the name of Rab said: "When the Holy One, praised be He! created the world, it went spreading on like two clews of shoot and warp, until the Holy One, praised be He! rebuked it and brought it to a standstill, as it is said (Job 26, 11) The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at His rebuke." And this is also the interpretation of Resh Lakish: "What is the meaning of the passage (Gen. 17, 1) I am the Almighty God (Shadye). This means: "I, who said to My world, Dye (enough)." Resh Lakish said again: "When the Holy One, praised be He! created the sea, it went spreading on, until the Holy One, praised be He! rebuked it and made it dry, as it is said (Nah. 1, 4) He rebuketh the sea and maketh it dry; and all the rivers He dried up."

(Numb. 35:9–11:) AND THE LORD SPOKE <UNTO MOSES, SAYING>: SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, <AND SAY UNTO THEM:> WHEN YOU CROSS <THE JORDAN TO THE LAND OF CANAAN, YOU SHALL PROVIDE YOURSELVES WITH CITIES TO BE CITIES OF REFUGE, WHERE A KILLER MAY FLEE WHO HAS TAKEN A LIFE BY MISTAKE>. This text is related (to Ps. 25:8): THE LORD IS GOOD AND STRAIGHTFORWARD; THEREFORE HE INSTRUCTS SINNERS IN THE WAY. (Ibid., vs. 6:) BE MINDFUL OF YOUR MERCIES, O LORD, AND OF YOUR STEADFAST LOVE…. David said to the Holy One, Sovereign of the Universe, were it not for your mercies, which took precedence for the first Adam, he would not have survived.³¹Tanh., Numb. 10:11; Numb. R. 23:13. Although you said to him (in Gen. 2:17): FOR ON THE DAY THAT YOU EAT FROM IT, YOU SHALL SURELY DIE, you did not act in that way. Instead you excluded him from the Garden of Eden, as stated (in Gen. 3:24): SO HE DROVE OUT THE HUMAN. So why was he driven out? Because he had brought death to <all future> generations, he should have died immediately; but because you were merciful to him, you <simply> drove him out. It is the same with one who kills by mistake, when he goes into exile into the cities of refuge. It is therefore stated (in Ps. 25:6): BE MINDFUL OF YOUR MERCIES, O LORD, AND OF YOUR STEADFAST LOVE,…. When Moses arose, the Holy One said to him (in Numb. 35:11): YOU SHALL PROVIDE YOURSELVES WITH CITIES <TO BE CITIES OF REFUGE>,…. Moses said: Sovereign of the Universe, when someone takes a life by mistake in the South or in the North, how will he know where the cities of refuge are, to which he should flee? He said to him (in Deut. 19:3): YOU YOURSELF SHALL PREPARE (rt.: TKN) THE ROAD (derekh). You yourself shall make the roads <to these cities> straight (rt.: TKN), so that <anyone fleeing to them> will not go astray for the blood avenger to find him and kill him, WHEN (according to vs. 6) HE DID NOT INCUR THE DEATH PENALTY. He said to him: How? He said to him: Erect road markers³²stelai; Lat.: stelae. directing (rt.: TKN) <such a refugee> to the cities of refuge, so that he will know how to go there; and on every marker inscribe: <Involuntary> killers to the cities of refuge, as stated (in Deut. 19:3): YOU YOURSELF SHALL PREPARE (rt.: TKN) THE ROAD (derekh)…. Thus David has said (in Ps. 25:8): THE LORD IS GOOD AND STRAIGHTFORWARD; THEREFORE HE INSTRUCTS SINNERS IN THE WAY (derekh). <Now> if for killers he has made a way and a road (derekh; rt.: DRK for them to flee and escape death), how much the more so in the case of the righteous. (Ps. 25:9:) HE LEADS (rt.: DRK) THE LOWLY IN THE RIGHT PATH.