🏔️ Psalms 131

Psalms 131 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.” Psalms 131 opens with these words: “Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.” The line to keep is Psalms 131:1: “Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.” Carry the word “heart” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 131:1: “Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Psalms 131? Then try this: Read “Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.