INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 131
A SONG OF DEGREES OF DAVID. This psalm was written by David in his
younger days, before he came to the throne; while he was in Saul's
court, or persecuted by him. The occasion of it, as is generally
thought, was a calumny cast upon him, as if he had some ill designs
agains... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, MY HEART IS NOT HAUGHTY,.... The heart of every man is naturally
so, and everything in civil life tends to make it more so; as riches
and honour, birth and blood, wisdom, knowledge, and learning, strength
and beauty, especially where there is a superiority of those to
others; and in religious... [ Continue Reading ]
SURELY I HAVE BEHAVED AND QUIETED MYSELF,.... Or "my soul" o; behaved
quietly and peaceably towards all men, even his inferiors in Saul's
court and elsewhere, and had given no tokens of a restless, turbulent,
and ambitious spirit; as well as behaved patiently under all his
troubles and afflictions,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 in the
Lord and wait for his salvation; and which should be done constantly,
and to the end of life, o... [ Continue Reading ]