Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and forever, looking to Him alone for help and assistance, for sustenance and strength; for He resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble in every circumstance of life, no matter what it may be.
Verse Psalms 131:3. _LET ISRAEL HOPE IN THE LORD_] Act all as I have done; trust in him who is the God of justice and compassion; and, after you have suffered awhile, he will make bare his arm and del...
LET ISRAEL HOPE IN THE LORD ... - The connection would seem to require us to understand this as the assertion of him who had been accused of thoughts which seemed to be too lofty. As the result of all...
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...
ISRAEL. Not "a liturgical addition", but used to link the three Psalms of this group together (Psalms 129:1; Psalms 130:7; Psalms 130:8; Psalms 131:3
LET ISRAEL HOPE, &C.— i.e. "Let all good men, all the children of God, in like manner, modestly place their confidence and hope in the Lord, as long as their live; and choose rather to be depressed, t...
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...
Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. LET ISRAEL HOPE IN THE LORD FROM HENCEFORTH AND FOREVER. Hope in the Lord is the antidote of haughty thoughts and overweening aims by one's...
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
יַחֵ֣ל יִ֝שְׂרָאֵל אֶל ־יְהוָ֑ה מֵֽ֝ עַתָּ֗ה...
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...
PSALM CXXXI. (MEMENTO DOMINE.) A prayer for the fulfilling of the promise made to David. If. He expresses his vow in the form of an imprecation, without expressing the penalty, as he submits to the...
REFLECTIONS BLESSED Lord Jesus! whenever we think of humbleness, to whom shall we look for the brightest illustration of it, but to thee. Here, Lord, as in all things excellent, thou hast also the pre...
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....
LET ISRAEL HOPE IN THE LORD FROM HENCEFORTH AND FOR EVER. What he did himself, and found it good for him to do, that he knew was good for others, and therefore exhorts and encourages to it, to hope in...
Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. Ver. 3. _Let Israel hope_] See Psalms 130:7 ....
_Surely I have behaved and quieted myself_ Hebrew, שׁויתי ודוממתי נפשׁי, _I have composed_ and _hushed_, or, _rendered silent, my soul._ When my mind was provoked to any irregular passion or temper, I...
FROM HENCEFORTH: _ Heb._ from now...
Let all Israelites learn by my example to commit themselves to God in well-doing, and to fix all their hope and trust upon him alone....
Psalms 131:3 Israel H3478 hope H3176 (H8761) LORD H3068 forever H5704 H5769 Let Israel -...
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 131:2 I. The text carries us into the region of thought. It recognises the responsibility of thinking. It presupposes the possibility of choosing and refusing in the entertainment of subjects....
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...
_Let Israel hope in the Lord._ HOPE IN THE LORD Humility is the root of hope. Hope is the blossom of meekness. As these graces of the true child develop themselves in the heart of a man, he cherishe...
_As a child that is weaned of its mother._ THE WEANED SOUL HOPING IN THE LORD In the same hour in which the soul of man is by grace weaned from itself and-its own high thoughts, it begins to hope and...
_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...
Isaiah 26:4; Jeremiah 17:7; Jeremiah 17:8; Psalms 115:18; Psalms 1