Judaism
Psalms 94
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O LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; Render to the proud their recompense.
LORD, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked exult?
They gush out, they speak arrogancy; All the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.
They crush Thy people, O LORD, And afflict Thy heritage.
They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless.
And they say: 'The LORD will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob give heed.'
Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye understand?
He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? He that formed the eye, shall He not see?
He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? Even He that teacheth man knowledge?
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.
Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, And teachest out of Thy law;
That Thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.
For the LORD will not cast off His people, Neither will He forsake His inheritance.
For right shall return unto justice, And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up.
When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.
But the LORD hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.
And He hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own evil; The LORD our God will cut them off.
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.”
The Path to Wisdom
Dhammapada 20:282 (trans. Bhikkhu Sujato)
“From meditation springs wisdom, without meditation, wisdom ends.”
Analects 2:11 (trans. James Legge)
“If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.”
Tao Te Ching 33 (trans. James Legge)
“He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent.”
Quran 39:9
“Are those who know equal with those who know not?”
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!”