Judaism
Psalms 62
Text
For the Leader; for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
Only for God doth my soul wait in stillness; From Him cometh my salvation.
He only is my rock and my salvation, My high tower, I shall not be greatly moved.
How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay him, all of you, As a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
They only devise to thrust him down from his height, delighting in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah
Only for God wait thou in stillness, my soul; For from Him cometh my hope.
He only is my rock and my salvation, My high tower, I shall not be moved.
Upon God resteth my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Trust in Him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; If they be laid in the balances, they are together lighter than vanity.
Trust not in oppression, And put not vain hope in robbery; If riches increase, set not your heart thereon.
God hath spoken once, Twice have I heard this: That strength belongeth unto God;
Also unto Thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy; For Thou renderest to every man according to his work.
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!”