Quoting%20commentary for Moed Katan 32:16

ודאתן עלה מיהא אחרונים מכלל דאיכא ראשונים ראשונים מאי היא (שמואל ב כב, א) וידבר דוד לה' את דברי השירה הזאת ביום הציל ה' אותו מכף כל אויביו ומכף שאול

He [Rab Judah] kept silent, without saying anything. Again said the former: 'Last words! This implies there were former words; which are those former [words]'? - He [then] replied: What, think you that one who does not know an explanation of that text is not an eminent man? He [Zutra] realized that he [Rab Judah] had taken the matter to heart [and] submitted himself to the [disability of a] 'reproof' for one day.

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