Judaism
Psalms 145
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[A Psalm of] praise; of David. I will extol Thee, my God, O King; And I will bless Thy name for ever and ever.
Every day will I bless Thee; And I will praise Thy name for ever and ever.
Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable.
One generation shall laud Thy works to another, And shall declare Thy mighty acts.
The glorious splendour of Thy majesty, And Thy wondrous works, will I rehearse.
And men shall speak of the might of Thy tremendous acts; And I will tell of Thy greatness.
They shall utter the fame of Thy great goodness, And shall sing of Thy righteousness.
The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; Slow to anger, and of great mercy.
The LORD is good to all; And His tender mercies are over all His works.
All Thy works shall praise Thee, O LORD; And Thy saints shall bless Thee.
They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, And talk of Thy might;
To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, And the glory of the majesty of His kingdom.
Thy kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, And Thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth up all those that are bowed down.
The eyes of all wait for Thee, And Thou givest them their food in due season.
Thou openest Thy hand, And satisfiest every living thing with favour.
The LORD is righteous in all His ways, And gracious in all His works.
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, To all that call upon Him in truth.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear Him; He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
The LORD preserveth all them that love Him; But all the wicked will He destroy.
My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; And let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever.
Text: The Holy Scriptures, Jewish Publication Society (1917), public domain, via Sefaria.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:12
“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.”
Hadith (An-Nawawi 13)
“None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.”
Mahabharata 5.1517
“One should never do to another what one regards as injurious to oneself.”
Dhammapada 129 (trans. Bhikkhu Sujato)
“All tremble at the rod, all fear death. Treating others like oneself, neither kill nor incite to kill.”
Divine Compassion & Mercy
Quran 1:1
“In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.”
Luke 6:36
“Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.”
Snp 1.8 (trans. Bhikkhu Sujato)
“Even as a mother would protect with her life her child, her only child, so too for all creatures unfold a boundless heart.”
Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 1
“ik oankaar sat naam: one Creator, whose Name is Truth, beyond fear and enmity.”
Impermanence & Letting Go
Dhammapada 20:277 (trans. F. Max Müller)
“‘All created things perish,’ he who knows and sees this becomes passive in pain; this is the way to purity.”
Tao Te Ching 76 (trans. James Legge)
“Man at his birth is supple and weak; at his death, firm and strong. (So it is with) all things. Trees and plants, in their early growth, are soft and brittle; at their death, dry and withered.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”
Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2 (trans. Edwin Arnold)
“Nay, but as when one layeth His worn-out robes away, And taking new ones, sayeth, "These will I wear to-day!" So putteth by the spirit Lightly its garb of flesh, And passeth to inherit A residence afresh.”
Good vs Evil / Light vs Darkness
Yasna 30:3
“Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action.”
John 1:5
“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”
Dhammapada 2 (trans. Bhikkhu Sujato)
“Intention is the leader of things; intention is first, they’re made by intention. If with pure intent you speak or act, happiness follows you like a shadow that never leaves.”
Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 16 (trans. Edwin Arnold)
“The Doors of Hell Are threefold, whereby men to ruin pass, The door of Lust, the door of Wrath, the door Of Avarice. Let a man shun those three!”