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Psalms 131:1 — King James Version← Study notes

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 131:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 131:115 words
HebrewMeaning
שִׁ֥ירšiyr
the song ofnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
הַֽ/מַּֽעֲל֗וֹתhamaʿălwōt
the ascentsparticleH4609
degree · deal · go up · stair ···
לְ/דָ֫וִ֥דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
יְהוָ֤הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
גָבַ֣הּgābah
it has been loftyverbH1361
be haughty · be high · lift up · mount up ···
לִ֭בִּ/יlibiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
רָמ֣וּrāmw
they have been upliftedverbH7311
exalt · extol · give · go up ···
עֵינַ֑/יʿēynay
eyes mynounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הִלַּ֓כְתִּיhilakətiy
I have walkedverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
בִּ/גְדֹל֖וֹתbigədōlwōt
in things too greatpronH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
וּ/בְ/נִפְלָא֣וֹתwbənipəlāʾwōt
and in things too difficultconjH6381
(arise...too · be too) hard · hidden · things too high ···
מִמֶּֽ/נִּיmimeniy
for mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 131:1

1. In this Psalm, the humility of one that is a servant of God and faithful is commended unto us, by whose voice it is sung; which is the whole body of Christ. For we have often warned you, beloved, that it ought not to be received as the voice of one man singing, but of all who are in Christ's Body. And since all are in His Body, as it were one man speaks: and he is one who also is many....Now he prays in the temple of God, who prays in the peace of the Church, in the unity…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 131
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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