Commentary for Megillah 26:6

ומה צניעות היתה בשאול דכתיב (שמואל א י, טז) ואת דבר המלוכה לא הגיד לו אשר אמר שמואל זכה ויצאת ממנו אסתר ואמר רבי אלעזר כשהקב"ה פוסק גדולה לאדם פוסק לבניו ולבני בניו עד סוף כל הדורות שנאמר (איוב לו, ז) ויושיבם לנצח ויגבהו (וגו') ואם הגיס דעתו הקב"ה משפילו שנאמר (איוב לו, ח) ואם אסורים בזקים וגו'

And what was Saul's discretion? As it is written (I Samuel 10:16) "But he did not tell him the matter of the kingdom as Samuel had said." He was privileged that Esther descended from him. And Rabbi Elazar said: When the Holy One, Blessed Be He, apportions greatness to a person, he apportions [it] to his children and his children's children until the end of all generations as it says (Job 36:7) "He will seat them to endure and be exalted, (etc.)" But if he becomes arrogant, the Holy One, Blessed Be He, humbles him as it says (Job 36:8) "And if they are bound with chains, etc."

Rashi on Megillah

As it is stated, "He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous: And the end of the verse (Job 36:7) is, "He establishes them forever, and they are exalted" - and that is greatness for [all] the generations.

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Rashi on Megillah

But if he becomes arrogant, etc.: Hence the verses are adjacent - "He establishes them forever, and they are exalted"; and "And if they are bound in chains" (Job 36:8): Because they raise themselves, they come to poverty and afflictions.

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