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.