''Karma'' is the word given to the Hebrew term ''midda kneged midda'' - Measure for measure Judges and police officers you shall appoint in all your cities..... [Shoftim 16:18] This verse can be understood in the light of the teaching found in the Talmud in Berachos [61b] that "Tzaddikim are judged by their yetzer tov [good inclination] and the wicked are judged by the yetzer hara