The Midrash likened this to the words, “I Kohelet have been King over Israel in Jerusalem,” in which Rabbi Samuel the son of Rabbi Isaac said ought to have been written as a superscription at the beginning of the Book of Ecclesiastes, but is written in because the Torah does not follow a chronological order. A Midrash cited as one of several places where Scripture speaks of the people of Israel as it does of angels. For Scripture speaks of both angels and the people of Israel as "standing". In reference to angels, says, “Above Him "stood" the seraphim,” while concerning Israel, says, “You are "standing" this day.” Similarly, reports that the angels daily proclaim a three-part praise of God, saying, “Holy, holy, holy,” and the people of Israel correspondingly daily say in three parts in the Amidah prayer, “The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” calls the angels “fire,” referring to, “The flaming "fire" Your ministers,” and also calls Israel “fire,” saying, “And the house of Jacob shall be a "fire".” The Midrash told how angels renew themselves each day, praise the Lord, and then return to the river of fire from which they emerged, and the Lord renews them and restores them to their former condition; for reports, “They are new every morning.” So also Israel is sunk in iniquity on account of the evil impulse (, "yetzer hara"), but they do penitence, and God each year (on Yom Kippur) pardons them and renews their heart to fear God; for says, “A new heart also will I give you.” Hence God compared Israel to angels in Song of Songs which calls Israel: “Terrible as an army with banners.” Rabbi Berekiah interpreted “I am the man (, "gever") who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath,” to mean that God strengthened the writer (representing the people of God) to withstand all afflictions (interpreting , "gever", “man,” to mean , "gibor", “strong man”). Rabbi Berekiah noted that after the 98 reproofs in says, “You are standing this day all of you,” which Rabbi Berekiah taught we render (according to Onkelos), “You "endure" this day all of you,” and thus to mean, “you are strong men to withstand all these reproofs.”