Psalms 131:1
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
רוּם
To be high, to be exalted, to rise. Ruwm. I dwell on a high and holy place but also with the contrite. God is both transcendent and intimately near.
לֵב
heart/ my
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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יְהֹוָה
O Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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עַיִן
eyes/ my
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עַיִן
Eye, spring of water. Ayin. Open the eyes of my heart LORD. I lift my eyes to You who are enthroned in heaven.
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מִן
for/ me
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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הָלַךְ
I have walked
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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גָּבַהּ
it has been lofty
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גָּבַהּ
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
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