Psalm 131:1
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A Song of Ascents, of David. O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me. (NASB ©1995)

2 Samuel 22:28 "And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.

Job 42:3 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' "Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know."

Psalm 101:5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

Psalm 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

Proverbs 30:13 There is a kind-- oh how lofty are his eyes! And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

Isaiah 2:12 For the LORD of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against everyone who is proud and lofty And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be abased.

Isaiah 5:15 So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased, The eyes of the proud also will be abased.

Jeremiah 45:5 But you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I am going to bring disaster on all flesh,' declares the LORD, 'but I will give your life to you as booty in all the places where you may go.'"

Zephaniah 3:11 "In that day you will feel no shame Because of all your deeds By which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst Your proud, exulting ones, And you will never again be haughty On My holy mountain.

Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. (NASB ©1995)



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.

1 David professing his humility
3 Exhorts Israel to trust in God

A Song of Degrees. Some think that this Psalm was composed by David when accused by Saul and his courtiers that he affected the crown; though others refer it to the time of the captivity; and consider it as containing a fair account of the manner in which the captives behaved themselves. Ps 122:1 124:1 133:1

my heart Nu 12:3 De 17:20 1Sa 16:13,18,22 17:15,28,29 18:23 Mt 11:29 Ac 20:19 1Th 2:6,7,10

neither Ps 78:70-72 Jer 17:16 45:5 Am 7:14,15 Ro 12:16

exercise. Heb. walk
high for me. Heb. wonderful for me Ps 139:6 Job 42:3 Ro 11:33

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