Chapter 131
LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
(Title
&) A Song of degrees. Some think that this Psalm was composed by David when accused by Saul and his courtiers that he affected the crown; though others refer it to the time of the captivity; and consider it as containing a fair account of the manner in which the captives behaved themselves.
my heart
Numbers 12:3 Deuteronomy 17:20 1 Samuel 16:13,18,22 17:15,28,29 18:23 Matthew 11:29 Acts 20:19 1 Thessalonians 2:6,7,10
neither
78:70-72 Jeremiah 17:16 45:5 Amos 7:14,15 Romans 12:16
exercise
Heb. walk. high for me. Heb. wonderful for me.
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
quieted
42:5,11 43:5 62:1 *marg:; 1 Samuel 24:10 25:32,33 30:6 2 Samuel 15:25,26 16:11,12 Isaiah 30:15 Lamentations 3:26
myself
Heb. my soul.
as a child
Matthew 18:3,4 Mark 10:15 1 Corinthians 14:20
Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
Let Israel
115:9-11 130:7 146:5 Jeremiah 17:7,8
from henceforth
Heb. from now.