Psalms — Chapter 111
Hallelujah.אI praise GOD with all my heartבin the assembled congregation of the upright.
גGOD’s works are great,דwithin reach of all who desire them.awithin reach of all who desire them Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
הSplendid and glorious are God’s deeds;וGod’s beneficence is everlasting;
זrenowned are God’s wonders.חGOD is gracious and compassionate—
טgiving food to those who show reverence,יand ever mindful of the covenant—
כrevealing powerful works to this people,לand giving them the heritage of nations.
מTruth and justice are God’s handiwork—נwhose precepts are enduring,
סwell-founded for all eternity,עעwrought of truth and equity.
פRedeeming this people,צ[God] ordained the covenant for all time;קholy and awesome is God’s name.
רThe beginningbbeginning Or “chief part.” of wisdom is reverence toward GOD;שall who practice it gain sound understanding.תPraise of [God] is everlasting.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
Divine Compassion & Mercy
Quran 1:1
“In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.”
Luke 6:36
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Snp 1.8
“As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one cultivate a limitless heart with regard to all beings.”
Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 1
“One Universal Creator God. The Name Is Truth. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred.”
The Path to Wisdom
Dhammapada 20:282
“Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes.”
Analects 2:11
“If you study the past and use it to understand the present, you are worthy of being a teacher.”
Tao Te Ching 33
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
Quran 39:9
“Are those who know equal to those who do not know?”