Chassidut on Tehillim 25 – Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz

Chassidut on Tehillim 25 – Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz

Tehillim 25:15 - “Einai tamid el Ad-nai, ki hu yotzi me-reshet raglai” - (My eyes are always turned to G-d, for He brings my feet out of the net.) Just as a bird approaches the snare set by a birdcatcher, pecks at the bait, and becomes trapped in the net, the Samekh-Mem spreads nets before a person—despite the good he does, his charity, and the like—in order to ensnare him in the net of pride. And when a person is overcome by his passions, he has no more chance of escaping than a bird. Nothing can save him except the help of G-d Himself. (Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz)