I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

131 O Lord, my heart is not (B)lifted up;
    my eyes are not (C)raised too high;
I do not (D)occupy myself with things
    too great and (E)too marvelous for me.

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Psalm 131

A song of ascents. Of David.

My heart is not proud,(A) Lord,
    my eyes are not haughty;(B)
I do not concern myself with great matters(C)
    or things too wonderful for me.(D)

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131 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.

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34 Toward the (A)scorners he (B)is scornful,
    (C)but to the humble he gives favor.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:34 Or grace

34 He mocks(A) proud mockers(B)
    but shows favor to the humble(C) and oppressed.

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34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

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48 for (A)he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.
    For behold, from now on all generations (B)will call me blessed;

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48 for he has been mindful
    of the humble state of his servant.(A)
From now on all generations will call me blessed,(B)

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48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

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But (A)he gives more grace. Therefore it says, (B)“God opposes the proud but (C)gives grace to the humble.”

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But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:6 Prov. 3:34

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

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(A)Who is like the Lord our God,
    who is seated on high,
who (B)looks far down
    on the heavens and the earth?

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Who is like the Lord our God,(A)
    the One who sits enthroned(B) on high,(C)
who stoops down to look(D)
    on the heavens and the earth?

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Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,

Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

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