| 1 Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me. | Of David, is not in Sept. But he probably composed this psalm to exculpate himself from the accusation of pride. Bert. --- It may agree with Esther, Nehemias, &c. 2 Esd. v. 15. C. --- David proposes his own humility to the imitation of others, without any evil intention. W. --- Sometimes the saints may speak their own praises, as S. Paul, did, particularly when they are inspired. Bert. --- Above me. This deportment is admirable in the great. C. --- We must neither undertake nor pry into things above our ability. M.
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| 2 If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul. | So reward, &c. The meaning is, that according to his disposition with regard to humility, so he expected a reward in his soul to return to him, and stick as close to him as the child just weaned, which would willingly never be separated from the mother. Ch. --- If I was not humble, may my soul be treated like an infant, &c. Heb. "If I did not render (or humble and silence) my soul, like an infant weaned from his mother, let my soul be to me as a weaned child." I willingly submit to all thy rigours, if I did not adore thy ways in silence and in humiliation. C. --- The text may be differently rendered. Bert. --- As children come willingly to their mother, so the child of God approaches to Him, though he may not always find the same sweetness; and he expects that he will be rewarded accordingly. W. --- Gemul means, "a weaned infant, or a reward." D.
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