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Midrash Tehillim
"For the poor shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall not perish forever." Rabbi Yudan said: What does it mean when it says "the hope of the poor shall not perish forever"? Just as the poor shall not be forgotten forever, so too the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
Midrash Tehillim
"Another matter: How long, O Lord, will You forget me? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? (Psalms 13:2) The Knesset of Israel said to the Lord: 'There is a King without a throne, a King without subjects. How long, O Lord, will You forget us?' Man, what did you say to the prophet Samuel, who was the champion of Israel? As it is said: "And also, the Glory of Israel will not lie or have regret" (1 Samuel 15:29) and it also says: "God is not a man, that He should lie" (Numbers 23:19). Rabbi Samuel said: This verse is neither the beginning nor the end of the matter. When the Lord decrees to bring good into the world, no man is a god who can lie, but when He decrees evil, that statement is made. Thus, when the Lord said to Abraham: "For in Isaac shall your seed be called" (Genesis 21:12), no man is a god who can lie. And when He said to him: "Take now your son" (Genesis 22:2), he said and did not do. And when He said to him: "And also the nation whom they will serve, I will judge" (Genesis 15:14), he said and did not do. And when He said: "I have surely visited you" (Exodus 3:16), no man is a god who can lie. And when He said to him: "Let Me alone, that I may destroy them" (Deuteronomy 9:14), he said and did not do. Rabbi Berechiah said: There was a certain pious man who preached that "You shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child" (Exodus 22:21). One widow heard him and came to him. He said to her, "Go now, and I will come after you." She said to him, "If you had not preached to me that 'You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child,' you would not have come to me now." Thus said the Knesset of Israel: 'Master of the Universe, we have not come to You except relying on what is written: "For the poor will not always be forgotten; the hope of the needy will not perish forever" (Psalms 9:19)."
Bereshit Rabbah
“To Sodom [sedoma]” – it is taught in the name of Rabbi Neḥemya: Every word that requires a lamed at the beginning,10Indicating the preposition “to.” give it a heh at the end:11A heh at the end of a word (as in Sedoma) can be used in place of a lamed at the beginning of the word. Sedoma, Se’ira, Mitzraima, Ḥarana.12To Sodom, to Se’ir, to Egypt, to Ḥaran. But is it not written: “The wicked will return to the netherworld [lishola]”?13It has both a lamed prefix and a heh suffix. If both affixes have the same meaning, how can both be used in the same word? (Psalms 9:18). Rabbi Abba bar Zavda said: It means to the lowest depths in the netherworld.
“In the evening [ba’erev]” – the evening of Sodom arrived [ba arba]; its sun had set, and its sentence was sealed.
Rabbi Levi said: The Holy One blessed be He judges the nations of the world only at night, when they are sleeping,14And not engaged in sin. and judges Israel only during the day, when they are engaged in mitzvot. That is what is written: “He will judge the world in righteousness. [He will administer fair judgment to the nations]” (Psalms 9:9).
“And Lot was sitting [yoshev]” – yashav is written.15Meaning: He assumed his seat. It was on that day that they appointed him the chief justice. There were five major judges in Sodom: Ketz Sheker, Rav Sheker, Rav Masteidin, Rav Naval, and Klepander.16The meanings of these names are, respectively: Ultimate in Lies, Chief of Lies, Chief Perverter of Justice, Chief Scoundrel, Abductor. Lot was the chief justice of them all. When he would tell them things that were agreeable to them, they would say to him: “Gesh hala” (Genesis 19:9) – rise to the top. But when he would tell them things that were disagreeable to them, they would say to him: “This one came to sojourn, and he sits in judgment?” (Genesis 19:9).
“In the evening [ba’erev]” – the evening of Sodom arrived [ba arba]; its sun had set, and its sentence was sealed.
Rabbi Levi said: The Holy One blessed be He judges the nations of the world only at night, when they are sleeping,14And not engaged in sin. and judges Israel only during the day, when they are engaged in mitzvot. That is what is written: “He will judge the world in righteousness. [He will administer fair judgment to the nations]” (Psalms 9:9).
“And Lot was sitting [yoshev]” – yashav is written.15Meaning: He assumed his seat. It was on that day that they appointed him the chief justice. There were five major judges in Sodom: Ketz Sheker, Rav Sheker, Rav Masteidin, Rav Naval, and Klepander.16The meanings of these names are, respectively: Ultimate in Lies, Chief of Lies, Chief Perverter of Justice, Chief Scoundrel, Abductor. Lot was the chief justice of them all. When he would tell them things that were agreeable to them, they would say to him: “Gesh hala” (Genesis 19:9) – rise to the top. But when he would tell them things that were disagreeable to them, they would say to him: “This one came to sojourn, and he sits in judgment?” (Genesis 19:9).