Psalms — Chapter 103
Of David.Bless GOD, O my soul,all my being, that holy name.
Bless the ETERNAL One, O my soul,and do not forget all God’s bounties.
All your sins are forgiven,all your diseases healed.
Your life is redeemed from the Pit,you are surrounded with steadfast love and mercy.
You are satisfied with good things in the prime of life,athe prime of life Meaning of Heb. uncertain. so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
GOD executes righteous actsand judgments for all who are wronged—
making known to Moses the divine ways,and to the children of Israel, holy deeds.
GOD is compassionate and gracious,slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love.
[God] will not contend forever,or nurse anger for all time.
[God] has not dealt with us according to our sins,nor requited us according to our iniquities.
For as the heavens are high above the earth,so great is divine steadfast love toward those who show reverence.
As east is far from west,so far have our sins been removed from us.
As a father has compassion for his children,so GOD has compassion for those who show reverence.
For [God] knows how we are formed,and is mindful that we are dust.
Mortals, their days are like those of grass;they bloom like a flower of the field;
a wind passes by and it is no more,its own place no longer knows it.
But GOD’s steadfast love is for all eternitytoward those who show reverence,and God’s beneficence is for the children’s children
of those who keep the covenantand remember to observe the divine precepts.
GOD has established the heavenly throne,with a sovereign rule over all.
Bless the ETERNAL One, O angels,mighty creatures who do God’s bidding,ever obedient to that bidding;
bless the ETERNAL One, all youbyou Heb. “His.” hosts,youcyou See preceding note. servants who do God’s will;
bless the ETERNAL One, all God’s works,through the length and breadth of God’s realm;bless the ETERNAL One, O my soul.
✦ 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.”