詩篇 131:1-3 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:1

The sense of what is acceptable with God. This psalm expresses the meek humility of the pardoned and restored sinner. But taken as expressing the sentiment of the restored nation , it suggests the mood of cherished feeling that keeps us in right relations with God. It is not a mood of submission, or even of submissive obedience only. It is a mood of willing submission, of delighted obedience; of submission that has ceased to be a strain, and has become the free, natural, joyous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:1

On knowing our spheres. Prayer-book Version, "I do not exercise myself in great matters: which are too high for me." The poet disclaims three distinct kinds of pride; secret conceit of heart; the ostentation of the man of lofty bearing; and the presumptuous self-importance which intrudes. One of the things that can only be learned through the experiences of life is what we can do, and what we may do. Putting wise limits upon our undertakings and our spheres is one of the most important and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:1-3

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:1-3

Lowliness of mind. This psalm may have been written by David so far as its subject-matter is concerned. For that lowliness of mind of which it treats is quite as compatible with a high as with a humble position in life. Royalty may be very meek, and obscurity may be very proud. All moral qualities are independent of situations; they are a question of character, not of circumstance. Of the greatest One that ever bore our likeness it is said, "Thy King cometh … meek" ( Matthew 21:5 ). But... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:1-3

The soul's most blessed condition. That which the psalmist here affirms of himself is undoubtedly the spiritual condition which is nearest to heaven that here on earth we can know. I. HE TELLS US WHAT IT IS NOT . 1. Pride of heart is absent from it . "My heart is not haughty." We may say this to our fellow-men, and deceive them by a show of humility; but it is quite another thing to affirm this, as is here done, before the Lord, "to whom all hearts are open, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:1-3

Humility. "Lord, my heart is not haughty," etc. "The psalmist has learned from adversity the lesson of submission, and counsels the nation to fit itself in like manner for winning the blessings which are still in store." The authorship is uncertain; but it was probably written after the Exile. The writer had learned— I. HUMILITY . 1. Humility is exemplified in a lowly estimate of ourselves be/ore God and man . Before God as well as before man. 2. In not aiming at things... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:2

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself ; rather, I have stilled and quieted my soul . I have brought my soul into a state of peacefulness and content. As a child that is weaned of his mother . The weaned child is quiet and content; the suckling always impatient and restless. My soul is even as a weaned child . Another repetition for the sake of emphasis (see Psalms 130:5 , Psalms 130:6 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:2

Restraint of natural ambitions. "Instead of fretting after what is too great for him, he quiets his ambition, and his spirit lies calm and gentle, like a child in its mother's arms, that, after the first trouble of weaning is over, is soothed and lulled by the maternal caress." The image is strikingly simple and true, of natural desire stayed and of a subdued quietness of rest rather than delight. Perowne quotes the following as a mother's experience: "The weaned child has for the first... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:3

Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and forever (comp. Psalms 130:7 ). Israel is exhorted to have like confidence and trust in God as the psalmist. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:3

Man's personal experience may be the basis of his hope in God. "Let Israel hope in the Lord;" let him, because he has such abundant reason for so doing, in the experience that he has had of the Lord's gracious working. This is the refrain of several of these "songs of degrees," which, we have seen, are essentially "songs of uplifting," or calls to put trust and hope in God. I. MAN 'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IS SELDOM , IF EVER , PRECISELY REPEATED . Froude suggests that... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 131:3

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