#psalm 131

[madewithonerib]

Blcksmth || Weaned from Arrogance || Derek Prince |[Psalm 131:1-2] My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. But I have stilled & quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

..an unweaned child cries & expects s/t immediately from its mother. A weaned child leaves the initiative to its mother; it trusts her to serve food at the right time. As a result of being weaned, David no longer concerned himself with great matters or things too wonderful for him.

We too must allow GOD to wean us from our natural, undisciplined arrogance that cries for answers to problems that are not our concern. Instead we must learn to accept the spiritual food that GOD prepares for us at the time HE sees fit to serve it.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

A Song of degrees; of David.

1 Lord, I am not proud of heart, Nor cast a scornful eye; Nor my aspiring thoughts employ In things for me too high.

2 With infant innocence thou know’st I have myself demean’d; Compos’d to quiet, like a babe That from the breast is wean’d.

3 Like me let Israel hope in God, His aid alone implore: Both now and ever trust in him, Who lives for evermore. — Psalm 131 | Metrical Psalms and Scripture Selections 1696 (MP1696) Metrical Psalms and Scripture Selections 1696 digitised by the British and Foreign Bible Society. Cross References: 2 Samuel 22:28; Ezra 3:11; Job 42:3; Psalm 62:1; Psalm 113:2; Psalm 130:7; Isaiah 28:9; Matthew 18:3; Romans 12:16; 1 Corinthians 14:20

A Calm Soul

[wisdomfish]

Psalm and Anti-Psalm: 131

Psalm 131:

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, HOPE in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.

[King David]

Anti-psalm 131:

Self, who sits above all things; my heart is proud; and my eyes are haughty; and I chase after things too great and too difficult for me. So of course I’m noisy and restless inside; like a hungry infant fussing on his mother’s lap, like a disruptive toddler, I’m restless with my demands and worries. O Self, look to yourself, that’s all you have From this time forth and until you die.

[David Powlison, edited]

[somewhere--in-between]

Psalm 131

O Lord, I am not proud; * I have no haughty looks. I do not occupy myself with great matters, * or with things that are too hard for me. But I still my soul and make it quiet, like a child upon its mother’s breast; * my soul is quieted within me. O Israel, wait upon the Lord, * from this time forth for evermore.

[quarter-mistress]

Contentment is a choice. Through drawing near to God.

[human-perspective]

Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and forevermore.

Psalm 131: 3 NIV 

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Commentary on Psalm 131

[tsynna]

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;

    my eyes are not raised too high;

I do not occupy myself with things

    too great and too marvelous for me.

But I have calmed and quieted my soul,

    like a weaned child with its mother;

    like a weaned child is my soul within me.