Judaism
Psalms 21
Text
For the Leader. A Psalm of David.
O LORD, in Thy strength the king rejoiceth; and in Thy salvation how greatly doth he exult!
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and the request of his lips Thou hast not withholden. Selah
For Thou meetest him with choicest blessings; Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.
He asked life of Thee, Thou gavest it him; even length of days for ever and ever.
His glory is great through Thy salvation; Honour and majesty dost Thou lay upon him.
For Thou makest him most blessed for ever; Thou makest him glad with joy in Thy presence.
For the king trusteth in the LORD, yea, in the mercy of the Most High; he shall not be moved.
Thy hand shall be equal to all thine enemies; Thy right hand shall overtake those that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger; The LORD shall swallow them up in His wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
For they intended evil against thee, They imagined a device, wherewith they shall not prevail.
For thou shalt make them turn their back, Thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.
Be Thou exalted, O LORD, in Thy strength; so will we sing and praise Thy power.
Text: The Holy Scriptures, Jewish Publication Society (1917), public domain, via Sefaria.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
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.”
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!”