Reference for Sanhedrin 208:12
(תהלים יד, ד) אוכלי עמי אכלו לחם ה' לא קראו אמר רבא אמר ר' יוחנן כל האוכל מלחמן של ישראל טועם טעם לחם ושאינו אוכל מלחמן של ישראל אינו טועם טעם לחם ה' לא קראו רב אמר אלו הדיינין ושמואל אמר אלו מלמדי תינוקות
They call not upon the Lord. Rab said: This refers to the judges;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who do not mete out fair justice. ');"><sup>31</sup></span> Samuel said: To teachers of children.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who do not carry out their task honestly. ');"><sup>32</sup></span> Now, who enumerated them?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who originally enumerated these kings and commoners as having no portion in the coming world, seeing that ordinary persons cannot know such things? ');"><sup>33</sup></span>
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Eikhah Rabbah
They “opened their mouths wide against you.” Why does peh come before ayin?119The verses in chapter 2 of Lamentations form an alphabetical acrostic, except the verse that begins with peh (verse 16) comes before the verse that begins with ayin (verse 17), despite the fact that ayin precedes peh in the alphabet. Because they would say with their mouths what they had not seen with their eyes.120The word for mouth is peh, whereas the word for eye is ayin. The enemies rejoiced over their projected victory before it even happened.