Judaism
Psalms 91
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O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High, And abidest in the shadow of the Almighty;
I will say of the LORD, who is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust,
That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the noisome pestilence.
He will cover thee with His pinions, And under His wings shalt thou take refuge; His truth is a shield and a buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flieth by day;
Of the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor of the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
A thousand may fall at Thy side, And ten thousand at Thy right hand; It shall not come nigh thee.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the recompense of the wicked.
For thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, Even the Most High, thy habitation.
There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.
For He will give His angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee upon their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp; The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.
'Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known My name.
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him, and bring him to honour.
With long life will I satisfy him, And make Him to behold My salvation.'
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.”
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!”