📖 Psalms — Chapter 131 (KJV)
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Psalms 131:1 Lord, Rmy heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I Texercise myself in great matters, or in things too Thigh for me.
Psalms 131:2 Surely I have behaved and Rquieted Tmyself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Psalms 131:3 RLet Israel hope in the LORD from Thenceforth and for ever.
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📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 131:1 — Humility before God
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The speaker refuses pride and grasping after matters beyond his reach. Humility acknowledges limits without abandoning faithful responsibility.
Key Truth: Reject a haughty heart.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Lord, my ____ is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I …” (Psalms 131:1)
Find it in Psalms 131:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “Lord, my heart is not ____ , nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself …” (Psalms 131:1)
Find it in Psalms 131:1 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes ____ : neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or …” (Psalms 131:1)
Find it in Psalms 131:1 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 131:2 — A quieted soul
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
A weaned child beside its mother pictures settled dependence. The image encourages trust rather than demands that distress instantly disappear.
Key Truth: Cultivate quiet dependence on God.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Surely I have behaved and ____ myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: …” (Psalms 131:2)
Find it in Psalms 131:2 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a ____ that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even …” (Psalms 131:2)
Find it in Psalms 131:2 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “… quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his ____ : my soul is even as a weaned child.” (Psalms 131:2)
Find it in Psalms 131:2 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 131:3 — Hope shared with Israel
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The personal prayer closes by inviting Israel to lasting hope. A humble, quiet soul points others toward the Lord.
Key Truth: Invite others into lasting hope.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Let ____ hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.” (Psalms 131:3)
Find it in Psalms 131:3 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “Let Israel ____ in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.” (Psalms 131:3)
Find it in Psalms 131:3 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ____ .” (Psalms 131:3)
Find it in Psalms 131:3 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Matthew 11:29 — Jesus invites learning from his meekness.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
What expectation can you release in humble trust?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How do heart and eyes together reject arrogance?
2. What limit does the refusal of great matters recognize?
3. How does quieting the soul express deliberate humility?
4. What does the mother-and-child image place beside independence?
5. How does the ending widen a personal posture?
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