Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 131:2
Surely — When my mind was provoked. Weaned — Wholly depending upon God's providence, as the poor helpless infant, relies upon its mother for support.
Surely — When my mind was provoked. Weaned — Wholly depending upon God's providence, as the poor helpless infant, relies upon its mother for support.
Verse Psalms 131:2. _I HAVE BEHAVED AND QUIETED MYSELF, AS A CHILD_] On the contrary, I have been under the rod of others, and when chastised have not complained; and my _silence_ under my affliction...
SURELY I HAVE BEHAVED AND QUIETED MYSELF - Margin, as in Hebrew, my soul. The Hebrew is, “If I have not soothed and quieted my soul.” This is a strong mode of affirming that he had done it. The negati...
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...
SURELY. [See] whether. have not, &c. QUIETED. silenced. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "soothed and uplifted": i.e. comforted. MYSELF. my soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ MY SOUL. Myself....
DISCOURSE: 725 WEANEDNESS FROM THE WORLD Psalms 131:2. _My soul is even as a weaned child._ AMONG the great variety of representations whereby the Christian’s character is set forth in the Holy Scrip...
SURELY, &C.— _On the contrary, I compose and hush my soul like one that is weaning in his mother's arms; as one that is weaning in the arms, is my soul._ Mudge....
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...
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. SURELY I HAVE BEHAVED AND QUIETED MYSELF - literally, 'I have composed and quie...
131:2 restrained (e-4) Or 'quieted.'...
BEHAVED] RV 'stilled.' Children were weaned between two and three years of age. EVEN] better, 'within me,' or 'upon me,' referring to the child upon its mother's bosom....
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
SURELY. — This seems the best way of rendering the phrase, which literally is _if not,_ and is plainly elliptical, being commonly used to express strong asseveration after an oath. I HAVE BEHAVED... —...
אִם ־לֹ֤א שִׁוִּ֨יתִי ׀ וְ דֹומַ֗מְתִּי נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י...
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...
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a (c) weaned child. (c) He was void of ambition and wicked desires....
_Jacob. Probably after he had removed the ark to Sion. (Berthier) --- What is omitted in one place, is thus explained elsewhere. (Calmet) --- David had a most earnest desire to build the temple; and t...
_A HYMN OF HEART’S-EASE_ ‘My soul is even as a weaned child.’ Psalms 131:2 I. THE INWARD OBEDIENCE OF THE HEART, THE OBEDIENCE OF RECEIVING, the passive, which lies rather in how we take than in w...
2._If I have not set, _etc. He here employs a figure which appropriately explains what he meant, and likens himself to a weaned child; by which is intended, that he dismissed all the anxieties which d...
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....
SURELY I HAVE BEHAVED AND QUIETED MYSELF,.... Or "my soul" o; behaved quietly and peaceably towards all men, even his inferiors in Saul's court and elsewhere, and had given no tokens of a restless, tu...
_Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a weaned child._ Ver. 2. _Surely I have behaved_] Heb. if I have not, &c., a deep asseveration...
_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...
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, the figure being that of a weaned child clinging with perfect contentment to his mother, AS A CHILD THAT IS WEANED OF HIS MOTHER, and therefore perfectly sati...
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....
MYSELF: _ Heb._ my soul...
When my mind was provoked to irregular practices, either by my own corrupt heart, or by Saul's implacable rage and tyranny, or by the solicitation of any of my followers, as 1SA 24,1SA 26, I restraine...
Psalms 131:2 calmed H7737 (H8765) quieted H1826 (H8776) soul H5315 child H1580 (H8803) mother H517 child...
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 131:2 I. The inward obedience of the heart, the obedience of receiving, the passive, which lies rather in how we take than in what we do, is higher than the active. It is higher because: (1) i...
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....
_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...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 131:1. This psalm of confidence in the Lord describes the ideal of a “calmed and quieted soul.” ⇐...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 131:2 Just as a WEANED CHILD is content simply having his mother’s presence, so the faithful worshiper is content (CALMED AND QUIETED) simply with God’s presence....
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 Corinthians 14:20; 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 25:32; 1 Samuel 25:33;...