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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Psalms 131:3

PSALM CXXXI. (MEMENTO DOMINE.)

A prayer for the fulfilling of the promise made to David.

If. He expresses his vow in the form of an imprecation, without expressing the penalty, as he submits to the rigour of God's justice, if he proves faithless. (Calmet) --- He vows to take no rest, till he might, if it so pleased God, find a place to build a temple. (Worthington) --- This he discovered; yet was not permitted to execute his pious designs. How does his fervour confound our neglect of salvation! (Haydock) --- Self-love shuts the door of our heart against Christ. (St. Augustine)

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See also Psalms 131:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 131:3. _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 awhile, he will make bare his arm and del...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 of all...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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 depressed, t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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 one's...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A song of child-like resignation of one committing himself to God in time of trouble....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יַחֵ֣ל יִ֝שְׂרָאֵל אֶל ־יְהוָ֑ה מֵֽ֝ עַתָּ֗ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 131:1 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. The ps...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

      “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 Name,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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 pe...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 131 briefly states the humble absence of all self-confidence, that so he has walked. Israel is now to trust in Jehovah and for ever....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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, I...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and forever, looking to Him alone for help and assistance, for sustenance and strength; for He resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble in every...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FROM HENCEFORTH: _ Heb._ from now...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 131:3 Israel H3478 hope H3176 (H8761) LORD H3068 forever H5704 H5769 Let Israel -...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The lowliness and humility of a sanctified heart. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The love of God reigning in the heart will subdue all inordinate self love. To know God and our duty t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 131:1. This psalm of confidence in the Lord describes the ideal of a “calmed and quieted soul.” ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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 sho...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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, Psalms...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things that are too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is w...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 26:4; Jeremiah 17:7; Jeremiah 17:8; Psalms 115:18; Psalms 1

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