Psalms
Chapter 131
1
Lord, My Heart Is Not Ambitious
O Lord, my heart is not proud nor do I have arrogant eyes. I am not engrossed in ambitious matters, nor in things too great for me.
2
I have quieted and stilled my soul, like a weaned child, on its mother’s lap; like a contented child is my soul.
3
Hope in the Lord, O Israel, now and forever.
Commentaries
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A perfect expression of the childlike trust and peace that should be the attitude of the children of God! But it is not achieved without effort: ‘I have quieted and stilled my soul’ (v. 2).
Charles de Foucault’s prayer, “Father, I place myself in your hands,” is a beautiful paraphrase of this psalm.