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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10 (A)They close their hearts to pity;
    with their mouths they (B)speak arrogantly.

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10 They close up their callous hearts,
    and their mouths speak with arrogance.

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10 [a]They are inclosed in their own fat:
With their mouth they speak proudly.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 17:10 Or, They have shut up their heart