Psalms — Chapter 138
Of David.I praise You with all my heart,sing a hymn to You before the divine beings;
I bow toward Your holy templeand praise Your name for Your steadfast love and faithfulness,because You have exalted Your name, Your word, above all.aYour name, Your word, above all Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
When I called, You answered me,You inspired me with courage.bYou inspired me with courage Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O ETERNAL One,for they have heard the words You spoke.
They shall sing of GOD’s ways,“Great is GOD’s majesty!”
From way up high GOD sees the lowly;aloft, yet perceiving from afar.
Though I walk among enemies,You preserve me in the face of my foes;You extend Your hand;with Your right hand You deliver me.
GOD will settle accounts for me.O ETERNAL One, Your steadfast love is eternal;do not forsake the work of Your hands.
✦ 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.”