The World's Reckoning
By way of metaphor: an assessment of the important matters in the world. A world-scale accounting of the soul. Or: assessments concerning the future of the world.
("What is written (Numbers 21): 'Therefore they that speak in proverbs say, etc.'? 'They that speak'—these are those who rule over their inclination. 'Come to Cheshbon'—come and let us reckon the world's reckoning: the loss of a mitzvah against its reward, and the reward of a transgression against its loss, 'it shall be built and established'—if you do so" - Bava Batra 78b)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הַעֲרָכַת הַדְּבָרִים הַחֲשׁוּבִים בָּעוֹלָם. חֶשְׁבּוֹן נֶפֶשׁ עוֹלָמִי. אוֹ: הַעֲרָכוֹת בְּנוֹגֵעַ לַעֲתִיד הָעוֹלָם.
("מַאי דִּכְתִיב (בַּמִּדְבָּר כא) עַל כֵּן יֹאמְרוּ הַמֹּשְׁלִים וְגוֹ'? הַמּוֹשְׁלִים- אֵלּוּ הַמּוֹשְׁלִים בְּיִצְרָם, בּוֹאוּ חֶשְׁבּוֹן- בּוֹאוּ וּנְחַשֵּׁב חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, הֶפְסֵד מִצְוָה כְּנֶגֶד שְׂכָרָהּ, וּשְׂכַר עֲבֵרָה כְּנֶגֶד הֶפְסֵדָהּ, תִּבָּנֶה וְתִכּוֹנֵן- אִם אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה כֵּן"- בָּבָא בָּתְרָא עח ע"ב)