Psalms — Chapter 14
aCf. Psalm 53. For the leader. Of David.The scoundrel thinks,“God does not care.”bGod does not care Lit. “There is no God”; cf. 10.4. HumancHuman Heb. “Their.” deeds are corrupt and loathsome;no one does good.
GOD looks down from heaven on humankindto find someone with understanding,someone mindful of God.
All have turned bad,altogether foul;there is no one who does good,not even one.
Are they so witless, all those evildoers,who devour my people as they devour food,and do not invoke GOD?
There they will be seized with fright,for God is present in the circle of the righteous.
You may set at naught the counsel of the lowly,but GOD is their refuge.
O that the deliverance of Israel might come from Zion!When GOD restores the fortunes of this covenanted people,Jacob will exult, Israel will rejoice.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
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?”
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
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Dhammapada 1:1-2
“Mind is the forerunner of all actions. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows like a shadow.”
Bhagavad Gita 16:21
“There are three gates to self-destructive hell: lust, anger, and greed. Therefore, one must learn to give these up.”