Succah 52b § 3
The Yetzer Shoots to Kill
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A person’s inclination overcomes him each day.
Only evil all day.
All day long his thoughts and desires are for evil.
A person’s evil inclination overcomes
him each day and seeks to kill him,
The wicked watches the
righteous and seeks to kill him
Wicked here is referring to the wickedness
inside one’s heart. And if not for God
assisting him with the good inclination,
he would not overcome it.
The Lord will not leave him in
his hand, nor suffer him to be
condemned when he is judged.
Only evil all day.
All day long his thoughts and desires are for evil.
A person’s evil inclination overcomes
him each day and seeks to kill him,
The wicked watches the
righteous and seeks to kill him
Wicked here is referring to the wickedness
inside one’s heart. And if not for God
assisting him with the good inclination,
he would not overcome it.
The Lord will not leave him in
his hand, nor suffer him to be
condemned when he is judged.