The Modzhitzer Rebbe zy”a (Sefer Divrei Yisroel, Parshas Vayeitzei) related the following vort that he heard in his youth from a chasid who heard it directly from the Bnei Yissochor:
The pasuk in Tehillim states (86:2): “Protect my soul because I am a chasid.” Does only a chasid need protection?
The answer is seen from Chazal (Kiddushin 30B), who say that if one meets the ”menuval” (the yeitzer hara), he should drag him into the bais medrash. This is referring to times when the yeitzer hara tries to seduce a person to do an aveirah by trying to convince him that it is, in fact, a mitzvah. Chazal advise us to drag him into the bais medrash and to say, “You claim that this is a mitzvah. Show me in the Shulchan Aruch where this mitzvah is listed.”
For a simple person, this plan is sufficient. But if the individual is a chasid, the yeitzer hara will tell him, “It isn’t a mitzvah in the Shulchan Aruch. It is lifnim m’shuras hadin! Since you are a chasid who goes beyond the letter of the law, you have to do it.”
The only solution at this point is to turn to Hashem and beg Him: “Protect me from the yeitzer hara because I am a chasid.”
