443. He started a discourse by commenting on the verse: "Teach me, Hashem, Your way, I will walk in Your truth. Make my heart single to fear Your name" (Tehilim 86:11). This is a difficult verse, because we learned that everything except becoming a righteous person or becoming wicked is in the hands of the Holy One, blessed be He. AS IT IS WRITTEN: "ALL IS IN THE HANDS OF HEAVEN EXCEPT FOR THE FEAR OF HEAVEN." WHY then did David ask the Holy One, blessed be He, to be given that?"