1.
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. eyes lofty—a sign of pride
(Psalms 18:27).
exercise myself—literally,
"walk in," or "meddle with."
2.
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
2. Surely, c.—The form is that
of an oath or strongest assertion. Submission is denoted by the
figure of a weaned child. As the child weaned by his mother from the
breast, so I still the motions of pride in me (Matthew 18:3
Matthew 18:4; Isaiah 11:8;
Isaiah 28:9). Hebrew children were
often not weaned till three years old.
soul—may be taken for
desire, which gives a more definite sense, though one included in the
idea conveyed by the usual meaning, myself.
3.
Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.