![]() Psalm 131: Jehovah the Satisfaction of the Pilgrim What kind of an original journey out of self-confident pride into humility and rest first prompted this beautiful psalm? We do not know, but its call to hope in the Lord links it with 130 and makes it the testimony of a sinner forgiven: humbled by the mercy of God, at peace within because at peace above.Ĭommentary #2: Notes on the Psalms, G Campbell Morgan, p 260. He has taken a lowly place (1) his inner being (2) is at rest - like a child grown past the instinctive demands and fretfulness of infancy and now content, as a toddler, simply to be with mother. In Psalm 130 the exhortation to hope arose from what is true of the Lord in 131:3 it arises from what the psalmist has found to be personally true. Like a weaned child is my soul within me.Ĭommentary #1: New Bible Commentary, 21st edition, p 575. ![]() I do not concern myself with great matters (If helpful, go for a leisurely block of time on a Sunday! Or discuss/pray a Psalm in community.) Be alert to what differences might be happening in your relationship with the Lord and your life as a result. Stay at it for three weeks - research shows that it takes about three weeks to build a habit. Don’t worry about doing this perfectly, just start! Invite the Holy Spirit into these times and let his grace and truth shape your prayer and heart. 15-20 minutes a day would be a great starting point. Commentary notes for this Psalm are on the back). (If you want to experiment, Psalm 131 is short, yet speaks richly to New Yorkers today. Use an order to guide you: Chronological Book of Common Prayer schedule (see below). ![]() Use the Psalms to praise God for different aspects of his character.Why is this word chosen or important here? What difference would this make in my life if I believed this with all my heart? If I applied this to my life? Pray for yourself and others from it. Read it aloud over and over, with a different emphasis on each word. Is there a particular verse that is particularly relevant to your life right now? Chew on it. Where might this psalm fit into his life? (see example below). What was the Psalmist going through when he wrote this particular Psalm? The Psalms also point to Christ. A commentary is particularly helpful to understand the context of the Psalm. Try to understand a Psalm before praying it. ![]() from Dr Tim Keller’s January 2006 MCM teaching notes, c2006, used with permission). Yet we as Christians can pray these Psalms as longings for social justice and hatred against the “power and principalities” behind the world. Thus we pray for our enemies, not wish them ill. ![]() But secondly, recognize that the Psalmists did not have the justice of God completely satisfied in Christ. But what is critical is that we speak to the God who speaks to us, and to everything he speaks to us … the Psalms train us in that conversation” (from Eugene Peterson’s Answering God).Īdditional Note: The Imprecatory Psalms can be confusing with their cries for vengeance upon Israel’s or the psalmist’s enemies.īasically, realize that calls for justice are absolutely right, and remind us how important God’s holiness and justice are. “Left to ourselves, we will pray to some god who speaks what we like hearing, or to the part of God we manage to understand.
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