A Believer is Called a Tzadik

The pasuk states (Mishlei 24:15): “A tzadik falls seven times and gets up.”

The Yesod Ha’avodah of Slonim zy”a (quoted in Toras Avos, Emunah U’Bitachon, page 153) asks how it could be said that a tzadik “falls.“ He answers that the pasuk is actually speaking about a simple person who places his trust fully in Hashem, which makes him a tzadik, as the pasuk in Chavakuk says: “A tzadik lives with his emunah.” Such a person may fall seven times but he will always remain strong in his emunah, so he will always get up.