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Psalms 131:1

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

A Song of degrees of David. 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.

Psalms 131:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 131:1

Theological / Devotional

Not haughty. In the school of experience the psalmist had to renounce pride and selfishness and to develop a meek and lowly spirit. The great men in God’s sight are men of deep humility. Christ stated that among those born of women there had not arisen a greater than John the Baptist (Matt. 11:11), and yet he was one of the humblest of men. John reached the height of self-abnegation (see John 3:30). “Nearest the throne itself shall be, the footstool of humility” (see Jer. 45:5). None but the sincerely humble are truly great.

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