What does the Book of Psalms say of success?
"For not from the East or the West,
nor from the desert
does greatness come.
If I live my life
with the awareness that:
God is the source of my blessing
and not myself;
And God is the true judge
the One I answer to
and not other people.
Then my life will be filled with
humility, courage, contentment and truth.”
(excerpt from "Software for the Soul: Psalms for Everyone - discovering the inner meanings"
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(ז) כִּ֤י לֹ֣א מִ֭מּוֹצָא וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב וְ֝לֹ֗א מִמִּדְבַּ֥ר הָרִֽים׃ (ח) כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֥ים שֹׁפֵ֑ט זֶ֥ה יַ֝שְׁפִּ֗יל וְזֶ֣ה יָרִֽים׃
(7) For what lifts a man comes not from the east or the west or the wilderness; (8) for God it is who gives judgment; He brings down one man, He lifts up another.