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The Word, in context

Psalms 131

World English Bible · public domain · whole chapter

¹Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty;

²Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul,

³Israel, hope in Yahweh,

¹Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty;

²Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul,

³Israel, hope in Yahweh,

¹Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty;

²Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul,

³Israel, hope in Yahweh,

In context

Psalms 131 is read as a whole chapter — not a single verse pulled free of what surrounds it.

Immediately before

⁴But there is forgiveness with you,

⁵I wait for Yahweh.

⁶My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning,

⁷Israel, hope in Yahweh,

⁸He will redeem Israel from all their sins.

Immediately after

¹Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,

²how he swore to Yahweh,

³“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house,

⁴I will not give sleep to my eyes,

⁵until I find out a place for Yahweh,

How this book begins

¹Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked,

²but his delight is in Yahweh’s1:2 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. law.

³He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water,

⁴The wicked are not so,

⁵Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,

⁶For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous,