Psalms — Chapter 130
A song of ascents.Out of the depths I call You, O ETERNAL One.
O my Sovereign, listen to my cry;let Your ears be attentiveto my plea for mercy.
If You keep account of sins, O Yah,aYah See note at 68.5. my Sovereign, who will survive?
Yours is the power to forgiveso that You may be held in awe.
I look to GOD;my whole being is looking;I await God’s word.
I am more eager for my Sovereignthan guards for the morning,guards for the morning.
O Israel, wait for GOD;for with GOD is steadfast loveand great power to redeem.
It is this One who will redeem Israel from all their iniquities.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:12
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
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 10:1
“All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.”
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.”