Psalm 131
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Chapter summary
The shortest of David's psalms and among the deepest: 'Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too wonderful for me.' 'Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me': not the nursing infant demanding, but the weaned child content simply to be held.
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Chapter summary
The shortest of David's psalms and among the deepest: 'Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too wonderful for me.' 'Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me': not the nursing infant demanding, but the weaned child content simply to be held.
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The shortest of David's psalms and among the deepest: 'Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too wonderful for me.' 'Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me': not the nursing infant demanding, but the weaned child content simply to be held. 'O Israel, hope in Jehovah from this time forth and for evermore.'
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.
Context
Poetry · David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, others — Psalms overview
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