Psalms — Chapter 145
A song of praise. Of David. א I will extol You, my God and sovereign,and bless Your name forever and ever.
ב Every day will I bless Youand praise Your name forever and ever.
ג Great is GOD and much acclaimed;such greatness cannot be fathomed.
ד One generation shall laud Your works to anotherand declare Your mighty acts.
ה The glorious majesty of Your splendorand Your wondrous actsasplendor / and Your wondrous acts A Qumran Psalms scroll reads: “splendor they will speak of / and Your wonders.” will I recite.
ו All shall talk of the might of Your awesome deeds,and I will recount Your greatness.
ז They shall celebrate Your abundant goodness,and sing joyously of Your beneficence.
ח GOD is gracious and compassionate,slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
ט GOD is good to all,and divine mercy is upon all God’s works.
י All Your works shall praise You, O ETERNAL One,and Your faithful ones shall bless You.
כ They shall talk of the majesty of Your sovereignty,and speak of Your might,
ל to make known to all humankind YourbYour Heb. 3rd person. mighty actsand YourcYour See previous note. sovereignty’s majestic glory.
מ Your rule is an eternal rule;Your dominion is for all generations.
ס GOD supports all who stumble,and makes all who are bent stand straight.
ע The eyes of all look to You expectantly,and You give them their food when it is due.
פ You give it openhandedly,feeding every creature to its heart’s content.
צ GOD is beneficent in all waysand faithful in all works.
ק GOD is near to all who call,to all who call with sincerity.
ר Fulfilling the wishes of those who show reverence,[God] hears their cry and delivers them.
ש GOD watches over all who show their love,but all the wicked are destroyed.
ת My mouth shall utter the praise of GOD,whose holy name all creaturesdcreatures Lit. “flesh.” shall bless forever and ever.
✦ 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.”
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.”