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Part of the Rosh Hashana ritual, if you will, is to try to make yourself a better person, which, in part, will make the world a better place to be.
Psalm 15 (below in its entirety), I found to have some interesting wording:
"he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not"
This, makes reference to the core beliefs of Tyr: If you make an oath, you keep it. Even if it means that you are hurt in the process. i.e. You keep a promise even if it means losing your own right hand.
I do (sorta) take issue with "good", "evil", "vile" since they are all perspective based, and what one person may consider good, another may consider vile.
Please forgive the overwhelming Judeo-Christian wording (or, bask in it ;-) )
15:1 A Psalm of David. the Lord, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell upon Thy holy mountain?
15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart;
15:3 That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;
15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honoureth them that fear the Lord; he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;
15:5 He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Psalm 15 (below in its entirety), I found to have some interesting wording:
"he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not"
This, makes reference to the core beliefs of Tyr: If you make an oath, you keep it. Even if it means that you are hurt in the process. i.e. You keep a promise even if it means losing your own right hand.
I do (sorta) take issue with "good", "evil", "vile" since they are all perspective based, and what one person may consider good, another may consider vile.
Please forgive the overwhelming Judeo-Christian wording (or, bask in it ;-) )
15:1 A Psalm of David. the Lord, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell upon Thy holy mountain?
15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart;
15:3 That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;
15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honoureth them that fear the Lord; he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;
15:5 He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.