Is not haughty; or, lifted up, with that pride whereof I am accused, as thou the Searcher of all hearts knowest.
Nor mine eyes lofty; which is a sign and effect of pride, Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 21:4.
Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me; Heb. neither have I walked in great matters, &c. It neither is nor hath been my course to attempt or arrogate any thing to myself above my degree and private capacity, or to affect worldly glory or domination.

When my mind was provoked to irregular practices, either by my own corrupt heart, or by Saul’s implacable rage and tyranny, or by the solicitation of any of my followers, as 1 Samuel 24; 1 Samuel 26, I restrained and subdued all such evil motions.
As a child that is weaned of his mother, either,
1. As void of all that ambition and malice wherewith I am charged as a child newly weaned; or rather,
2. As wholly depending upon God’s providence for the way and. time of bringing me to the kingdom, as the poor helpless infant, when it is deprived of its natural and accustomed food, the mother’s milk, takes no care to provide for itself, but wholly relies upon its mother’s care and providence for its support.

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.