A song of ascents by David
131:Title See Psalm 120. Here is a small psalm with big thoughts on the proper character and conduct of a believing pilgrim. It points the way to ascent in the spiritual life. Humility is the key thought.⚜
131
📚LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty;
nor do I concern myself with
great matters 📖,
or with things too exalted
for me.
131:1 See Ps 101:5; Prov 6:16-17; Isa 2:12; Rom 12:16; Jam 4:6. Not everyone who says he is humble is really so, and they who think they are not may be. Was David revealing pride in speaking of his humility? No. He wrote these words by the inspiration of God’s Spirit and spoke them to God, not to men. David’s conduct throughout his life proves the truth of his words here, and in this matter is an example to us all as to how to conduct ourselves.⚜
2 📚Surely I have calmed
and quieted myself,
like a weaned child with
his mother;
my soul within me is
like a weaned child.
131:2 David, though he was a mighty warrior, a successful king, and a great poet compared himself to a child. He was taught by God’s Spirit a truth the Lord Jesus later put in words – Matt 18:3-4; Mark 10:15; Luke 18:16-17. But David disciplined himself to be a weaned child. An unweaned child is all taken up with his own desires. He selfishly clamors for the satisfaction and comfort his mother gives. He wants only his own will to prevail. A weaned child is beginning to learn discipline and self control. He is learning that the mother’s will is best for him. And he starts appreciating her for herself and not merely for what she can give him. And he has left a milk diet for stronger food. We should apply all this to a believer’s relationship with God (Heb 5:11-14; 1 Cor 3:1-2; 14:20).⚜
3 📚Let Israel hope in the LORD
from this time on and forever.