13 There are those—how (A)lofty are their eyes,
    how high their eyelids lift!

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13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,
    whose glances are so disdainful;

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13 There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes!
And their eyelids are lifted up.

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Everyone who is arrogant in heart is (A)an abomination to the Lord;
    (B)be assured, he will not go unpunished.

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The Lord detests all the proud of heart.
    Be sure of this: they will not go unpunished.

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Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah:
Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

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I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

131 O Lord, my heart is not (B)lifted up;
    my eyes are not (C)raised too high;
I do not (D)occupy myself with things
    too great and (E)too marvelous for me.

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Psalm 131

A song of ascents. Of David.

My heart is not proud, Lord,
    my eyes are not haughty;
I do not concern myself with great matters
    or things too wonderful for me.

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Childlike trust in Jehovah.

A Song of Ascents; of David.

131 Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty;
Neither do I [a]exercise myself in great matters,
Or in things too wonderful for me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 131:1 Hebrew walk.

But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
    like a weaned (A)child with its mother;
    like a weaned child is my soul within me.

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But I have calmed and quietened myself,
    I am like a weaned child with its mother;
    like a weaned child I am content.

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Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child with his mother,
Like a weaned child is my soul within me.

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