Psalms 131:1
My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
2 Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, both now and forevermore.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- LORD, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.
- ASV
- Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.
- DARBY
- {A Song of degrees. Of David.} Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, and in things too wonderful for me.
- BLB
- A Song of the Ascents. Of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> O YHWH, my heart is not lifted high, and my eyes are not raised up, and neither have I gone about in great things, and in marvelous things beyond me.
- ÅB
- En sang ved festreisene; av David. Herre! Mitt hjerte er ikke stolt, og mine øyne er ikke høye, og jeg gir meg ikke av med ting som er meg for store og for underlige.
- OTB
- Herre, mitt hjerte er ikke stolt, og mine øyne er ikke hovmodige;
Jeg gir meg ikke av med store ting,
Eller med ting som er for underfulle for meg. - B1930
- En sang ved festreisene; av David. Herre! Mitt hjerte er ikke stolt, og mine øine er ikke høie, og jeg gir mig ikke av med ting som er mig for store og for underlige.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
Read in contextPsalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Read in contextJob 42:3
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Read in contextMatthew 11:29
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Read in contextPsalms 101:5
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Read in contextJeremiah 45:5
But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:6–7
Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
Read in contextPsalms 122:1
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
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