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Psalms 131:1-3
Humble Submission to God.
A song of degrees of David, in which he expresses his feelings when exercising his royal authority and teaches proper submissiveness to the heavenly Father.
Humble Submission to God.
A song of degrees of David, in which he expresses his feelings when exercising his royal authority and teaches proper submissiveness to the heavenly Father.
PSALM CXXXI _The psalmist professes his humility, and the peaceableness of_ _his disposition and conduct_, 1, 2. _Exhorts Israel to hope in God_, 3. NOTES ON PSALM CXXXI Some think that David co...
LORD, MY HEART IS NOT HAUGHTY - Though this is charged upon me; though I may have said things which seem to imply it; though this might appear a just inference from my conduct - yet I am conscious tha...
PSALM 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrat...
CXXXI. REST IN GOD. The Psalmist accepts the place God gives him: he does not concern himself with great matters, _i.e._ with high positions or the like. But an explanation recently suggested is also...
TITLE.. SONG OF DEGREES. Same as Psalms 120. App-67. OF DAVID. by David. For its place here see App-67. LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. HIGH. wonderful....
_David, professing his humility, exhorteth Israel to hope in God._ A Song of Degrees of David. _Title._ לדוד המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth ledavid_] David is thought to have written this psalm in...
PSALMS 131 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Sinking of Self in Seeking Israel's Welfare. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 131:1, Direct Protestation of Humility. Stanza II., Psalms 131:2, The Weaning from Selfishne...
131:1 myself (d-21) Lit. 'have I walked.'...
A song of child-like resignation of one committing himself to God in time of trouble....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 131 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
שִׁ֥יר הַֽ מַּֽעֲלֹ֗ות לְ דָ֫וִ֥ד יְהוָ֤ה ׀ ל
Psalms 131:1 A QUIET, because self-quieted, heart speaks here in quiet accents, not unlike the "crooning" of the peaceful child on its mother's bosom, to which the sweet singer likens his soul. The ps...
“OUT OF THE DEPTHS” Psalms 130:1-8; Psalms 131:1-3 _The cry_, Psalms 130:1-2. The word _Lord_ occurs as often as there are verses. The soul in trouble repeats again and again that precious Name,...
This is a brief psalm, but it is very full of beauty, as it sets forth the contentment of a restless soul in the will of God. It follows the last as an advance of experience, and as a sequence. Its pe...
"A Song of degrees of David." LORD, (a) my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great (b) matters, or in things too high for me. (a) He sets forth his great humi...
David. Jesus Christ, (St. Hilary, &c.) or the pious king David, when he intended to build the temple. Solomon adopts some of the verses at his dedication, (ver. 8., and 2 Paralipomenon vi. 41.; Haydoc...
CONTENTS This short but sweet Psalm speaks the humblings of the soul, induced by grace, and taking confidence in the Lord's mercy. A Song of Degrees of David. Psalms 131:1 It is a paradox to men of...
1._O Jehovah! My heart has not been elated _David had been made head over God’s people, and in order to prove that he was their lawful prince, entitled to the allegiance of the faithful, he is desirou...
Psalms 131 briefly states the humble absence of all self-confidence, that so he has walked. Israel is now to trust in Jehovah and for ever....
LORD, MY HEART IS NOT HAUGHTY,.... The heart of every man is naturally so, and everything in civil life tends to make it more so; as riches and honour, birth and blood, wisdom, knowledge, and learning...
Psalms 131:1 «A Song of degrees of David. » 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. Ver. 1. _Lord, my heart is...
_Lord, my heart is not haughty_ Lifted up with that pride of which I am accused, as thou, the searcher of all hearts, knowest; _nor mine eyes lofty_ Either to look with envy on those that are above me...
EXERCISE: _ Heb._ walk HIGH: _ Heb._ wonderful...
PSALM 131 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm seems to have been composed by David during Saul's persecution. when be was charged with boundless ambition, and a greedy affectation of the royal throne, and that he...
Psalms 131:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 David H1732 LORD H3068 heart H3820 haughty H1361 (H8804) eyes H5869 lofty...
A SONG OF DEGREES Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example (Psalms 112:1); (Psalms 112:2)....
Psalms 131 We know not at what period of David's life this Psalm was written. We know not what matters they were which were too high for him to meddle with, matters about which he had to refrain his s...
Psalms 131:1. _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._ I commend this verse to some who profess to be Christi...
CONTENTS: The lowliness and humility of a sanctified heart. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The love of God reigning in the heart will subdue all inordinate self love. To know God and our duty t...
David is supposed to have written this psalm in reply to the slanders of Saul's courtiers, that he was plotting treasons and aspiring to the crown. REFLECTIONS. The preseding psalm has described the...
_Lord, my heart is not haughty._ THE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE EXCELLENCIES OF TRUE RELIGION I. Negative. 1. Freedom from superciliousness. 2. Freedom from restlessness. 3. Freedom from worldliness....
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 131:1. This psalm of confidence in the Lord describes the ideal of a “calmed and quieted soul.” ⇐...
INTRODUCTION “A Song of Degrees.” See introduction to Psalms 120. In the superscription this Psalm is ascribed to David, and although it is so short, it contains marks of its Davidic origin. “This sho...
EXPOSITION This psalm has been said to be "like a string era Christian 'Lyre Innocentium'"_ _(Bishop Alexander). It breathes the profoundest humility and submission to God's will (Psalms 131:1, Psalms...
LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things that are too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is w...
1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Samuel 16:22; 1 Samuel 17:15;...