מדרש אויף תהילים 10:11

Another interpretation (of Gen. 27:1): AND HE SAID UNTO HIM (Esau): MY SON; AND HE SAID UNTO HIM: HERE I AM. Solomon proclaimed (in Prov. 26:23): SILVER DROSS LAID OVER EARTHENWARE ARE BURNING LIPS AND AN EVIL HEART. To what was Esau comparable? To a caldron³¹Gk.: miliarion; Lat.: miliarium. with an outside of gold inlaid with pearls but an inside of earthenware. [Thus did Esau say to his father: HERE I AM, while in his heart he was saying: When will he die?] Thus it is stated (in Gen. 27:41): AND ESAU SAID IN HIS HEART: LET THE DAYS OF MOURNING FOR MY FATHER COME, AND I WILL KILL MY BROTHER JACOB. Ergo (in Prov. 26:23): SILVER DROSS LAID OVER EARTHENWARE…. And so you find that the seed of [Esau], Haman, said in his heart (in Esth. 6:6): NOW HAMAN SAID IN HIS HEART. (Is. 14:13f.:) THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART: < THERE IS NO GOD >. (Is. 14:13:) AND YOU SAID IN YOUR HEART: I WILL ASCEND TO THE HEAVENS…. < I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH >. (Ezek. 38:10:) IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY THAT THOUGHTS SHALL COME UPON YOUR HEART, < AND YOU WILL DEVISE AN EVIL DESIGN >. (Ps. 10:11:) HE HAS SAID IN HIS HEART: GOD HAS FORGOTTEN. (Is. 47:8:) AND NOW {PLEASE} HEAR [THIS], {YOU} ELEGANT WOMAN WHO DWELLS IN SECURITY, WHO SAYS IN HER HEART: [I AM, AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE]. Ergo (in Prov. 26:25): FOR THERE ARE SEVEN ABOMINATIONS IN HIS HEART; and Solomon proclaimed (in Prov. 26:23): SILVER DROSS < LAID OVER EARTHENWARE ARE BURNING LIPS AND AN EVIL HEART >.

He said in his heart, "God has forgotten; he has hidden his face; he will never see it." As it says, "Thick clouds veil Him, so that He does not see" (Job 22:14). It is as if He has hidden His face and will not see forever. Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand. Rabbi Yudan said in the name of Rabbi Yehuda, "The people of Israel said before the Holy One, blessed be He, 'Troubles have come upon us like a man who kisses the clouds. Stretch out your hand and deliver us.' Do not forget us, for Zion said, 'The Lord has abandoned me; the Lord has forgotten me.'"...

"Teach me the way of life." Rabbi Yudan said, "David said before the Holy One, blessed be He, 'Teach me the way of life.' And He said to him, 'You desire life? Look to the fear of the Lord, for fear of the Lord adds days.' Rabbi Azariah said, 'David said before the Holy One, blessed be He, "Teach me the way of life." And He said to him, "You desire life? Look to the Torah, for it is a tree of life to those who hold fast to it."' Rava said, 'David said before the Holy One, blessed be He, "Teach me the way of life." And He said to him, "You desire life? Do good and eat well, for pleasantness is in your right hand, and victory."' Two Amoraim said different explanations: one said it refers to those who come to study Torah, as it says, 'From His right hand came a fiery law for them' (Deuteronomy 33:2); and the other said it refers to scribes and teachers of children, who are destined to dwell in the shadow of the Holy One, blessed be He, as it says, 'I have set the Lord always before me.' Another interpretation is 'Teach me the way of life.' Rabbi Avin said it refers to the proper reading of the Torah on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and the seven species of the Land of Israel. 'Satiated with joy from Your countenance' - do not read 'satiated', but rather 'satiated sevenfold.' These are the seven classes of righteous individuals who will see the face of the Divine Presence in the World to Come, as it says, 'You will make me know the way of life; the fullness of joys is in Your presence.' Do not read 'fullness', but rather 'sevenfold.' And it also says, 'And those who love Him are like the sun when it goes forth in its might.'"