25. "And I will give you peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid" (Vayikra 26:6). Rabbi Yosi opened the discussion with the verse: "Tremble, and sin not..." (Tehilim 4:5). This verse has been explained. It behooves man to have his Good Inclination cause his Evil one to tremble. This is well. But when night falls and man lies in his bed, numerous seekers of Judgment, NAMELY DAMAGING DEMONS, stir up in the world and go and roam about. Thus, men should tremble before the Holy One, blessed be He, and fear Him so that their souls will not be among them, but will be saved from them. It behooves one not to utter one word of them, NAMELY, NOT TO SPEAK OF THEM AT ALL, so as not to rouse them against him, and so that they will not be with him. Hence, it says, "commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still" (Ibid.), WHICH MEANS that one must not talk about them.
25. וְנָתַתִּי שָׁלוֹם בָּאָרֶץ וּשְׁכַבְתֶּם וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד וְגוֹ.' ר' יוֹסֵי פָּתַח, רִגְזוּ וְאַל תֶּחֱטָאוּ וְגוֹ.' רִגְזוּ וְאַל תֶּחֱטָאוּ, הַאי קְרָא אוּקְמוּהָ, דְּבָעֵי בַּר נָשׁ לְאַרְגָּזָא יֵצֶר טוֹב עַל יֵצֶר הָרָע, וְשַׁפִּיר. אֲבָל בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּרָמַשׁ לֵילְיָא, וּבַר נָשׁ שָׁכִיב עַל עַרְסֵיהּ, כַּמָה גַּרְדִּינֵי נִמוּסִין מִתְעָרִין בְּעָלְמָא, וְאָזְלִין וְשָׁאטִין, וּבְנֵי נָשָׁא בָּעָאן לְאִתְרַגְּזָא מִקָּמֵיה קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וּלְדַחֲלָא מִנֵּיהּ, בְּגִין דְּלָא יִשְׁתְּכַּח נַפְשֵׁיהּ בְּגַּוַּיְיהוּ, וְיִשְׁתֵּזִיב מִנַּיְיהוּ. וְיִבְעֵי לֵיהּ לב"נ, דְּלָא יָפִּיק מִנַּיְיהוּ מִלָּה בְּפוּמֵיהּ. בְּגִין דְּלָא יִתְּעַר לְהוּ לְגַבֵּיהּ, וְלָא יִשְׁתַּכְּחוּן בַּהֲדֵּיהּ. הה"ד אִמְרוּ בִלְבַבְכֶם עַל מִשְׁכַּבְכֶם וְדֹמּוּ סֶלָה. דְּלָא יָפִּיק מִנַּיְיהוּ מִלָּה מִפּוּמֵיהּ.