The Torah Saves from Death

Every Shabbat King David would sit and learn all day long
to protect himself from the Angel of Death.
But on that final day when the Angel of Death
came to actually kill David would,
the Angel of Death stood before him
and was unable to overcome him
because his mouth did not pause from study.

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The Angel of Death thought:
What shall I do to him?
David had a garden behind his house;
the Angel of Death came, climbed, and shook the trees.
David went out to see.
As he climbed the stair,
the stair broke beneath him.
He was startled and was silent,
interrupted his studies for a moment, and died.