You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?”(A)
Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,
things too wondrous for me to[a] know.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 42:3 Lit me, and I did not

Psalm 131

A Childlike Spirit

A song of ascents. Of David.

Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.(A)
I do not get involved with things
too great or too wondrous for me.(B)
Instead, I have calmed and quieted my soul
like a weaned child with its mother;
my soul is like a weaned child.(C)

Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
both now and forever.(D)

This wondrous knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.(A)

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