“ Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. ”
Let Israel hope in the Lord ... - The connection would seem to require us to understand this as the assertion of him who had been accused of thoughts which seemed to be too lofty. As the result o...
CXXXI. Rest in God. The Psalmist accepts the place God gives him: he does not concern himself with great matters, i.e. with high positions or the like. But an explanation recently suggested is al...
Israel. Not "a liturgical addition", but used to link the three Psalms of this group together ( Psalms 129:1 ; Psalms 130:7 ; Psalms 130:8 ; Psalms 131:3 ). For Israel is to find rest and peace...
Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. Let Israel hope in the Lord - Act all as I have done; trust in him who is the God of justice and compassion; and, after you have suffered awh...
Let Israel hope, &c.— i.e. "Let all good men, all the children of God, in like manner, modestly place their confidence and hope in the Lord, as long as their live; and choose rather to be depre...
Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and forever. Hope in the Lord is the antidote of haughty thoughts and overweening aims by...
A song of child-like resignation of one committing himself to God in time of trouble.
Psalms 131:1-3 A QUIET, because self-quieted, heart speaks here in quiet accents, not unlike the "crooning" of the peaceful child on its mother's bosom, to which the sweet singer likens his soul....
“Out of the Depths” Psalms 130:1-8 ; Psalms 131:1-3 The cry , Psalms 130:1-2 . The word Lord occurs as often as there are verses. The soul in trouble repeats again and again that precious...
This is a brief psalm, but it is very full of beauty, as it sets forth the contentment of a restless soul in the will of God. It follows the last as an advance of experience, and as a sequence. Its p...
REFLECTIONS BLESSED Lord Jesus! whenever we think of humbleness, to whom shall we look for the brightest illustration of it, but to thee. Here, Lord, as in all things excellent, thou hast also the p...
Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for ever. What he did himself, and found it good for him to do, that he knew was good for others, and therefore exhorts and encourages to it, to hope...
Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. Ver. 3. Let Israel hope ] See Psalms 130:7 .
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself Hebrew, שׁויתי ודוממתי נפשׁי, I have composed and hushed , or, rendered silent, my soul. When my mind was provoked to any irregular passion or temper,...
Humble Confidence. A song of degrees of David. 1 L ORD , my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I...
Let all Israelites learn by my example to commit themselves to God in well-doing, and to fix all their hope and trust upon him alone.
INTRODUCTION “A Song of Degrees.” See introduction to Psalms 120 . In the superscription this Psalm is ascribed to David, and although it is so short, it contains marks of its Davidic origin. “This...
Psalms 131 We know not at what period of David's life this Psalm was written. We know not what matters they were which were too high for him to meddle with, matters about which he had to refrain h...
Psalms 131:1 . 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. I commend this verse to some who profess to be Chri...
David is supposed to have written this psalm in reply to the slanders of Saul's courtiers, that he was plotting treasons and aspiring to the crown. REFLECTIONS. The preseding psalm has described...
Lord, my heart is not haughty. The negative and positive excellencies of true religion I. Negative. 1. Freedom from superciliousness. 2. Freedom from restlessness. 3. Freedom from worl...
EXPOSITION This psalm has been said to be "like a string era Christian 'Lyre Innocentium'" (Bishop Alexander). It breathes the profoundest humility and submission to God's will ( Psalms 131:1...
Humble Submission to God. A song of degrees of David, in which he expresses his feelings when exercising his royal authority and teaches proper submissiveness to the heavenly Father.
Isaiah 26:4 ; Jeremiah 17:7 ; Jeremiah 17:8 ; Psalms 115:18 ; Psalms 115:9-11 ; Psalms 130:7 ; Psalms 146:5