מדרש אויף תהילים 34:7

[2] Alternative interpretation: "Hear me, O Jacob" (Isaiah 43:22). In scriptures it is said like this: "And you did not call upon me, Jacob" (Isaiah 43:22). This is compared to a king who had a beloved poor man and made a feast for him. The king called his own sons and stood in the middle of the house, saying to the poor man, "You called all your children, but you did not call me. I do not love you." The poor man begged the king, saying, "I am poor and did not act according to your honor. I would be ashamed to call you." The king replied, "You should not be ashamed. You are more precious to me than what I have in my palaces." Similarly, when our father Jacob came to pass from this world, he called his sons and said his farewell and blessings. He sent them out throughout the land, and immediately the Lord was revealed to him. Jacob said to God, "You did not call upon me, and I did not call upon you, Jacob." God replied, "Do you not know that if a poor person calls upon me, I hear him? As it says, 'This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him' (Psalm 34:7). You should have called upon me with your children." Jacob said, "I was ashamed." God responded, "May you not be ashamed, as it is written, 'But now thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, and he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are mine"'" (Isaiah 43:1). When Jacob's sons saw him, they began to praise the Lord and His compassion towards them. As it is written, "When he saw his sons, he recited, and said" (Genesis 49:1), and thereafter, "Listen to me, O Jacob" (Isaiah 48:12).