Psalms 131:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 131

¹A 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 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 12:16
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Job 42:3
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Jeremiah 45:5
And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
1 Thessalonians 2:6-7
Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. …

Topics

Fasting Gentleness Humiliation and Self-Affliction Humility Infidelity Meekness Modesty Mortification

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-3)

Here are two things which will be comforts to us:— I. Consciousness of our integrity. This was David’s rejoicing, that his heart could witness for him that he had walked humbly with his God, notwithstanding the censures he was under and the temptations he was in. 1. He aimed not at a high condition, nor was he desirous of making a figure in the world, but, if God had so ordered, could have been we…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Psa 131:1-3. This Psalm, while expressive of David’s pious feelings on assuming the royal office, teaches the humble, submissive temper of a true child of God. 1. eyes lofty--a sign of pride (Psa 18:27). exercise myself--literally, “walk in,” or “meddle with.”