Judaism
Psalms 24
Text
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Who shall ascend into the mountain of the LORD? And who shall stand in His holy place?
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not taken My name in vain, and hath not sworn deceitfully.
He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Such is the generation of them that seek after Him, that seek Thy face, even Jacob. Selah
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; that the King of glory may come in.
'Who is the King of glory?' 'The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle.'
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors; That the King of glory may come in.
'Who then is the King of glory?' 'The LORD of hosts; He is the King of glory.' Selah
Text: The Holy Scriptures, Jewish Publication Society (1917), public domain, via Sefaria.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
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!”