Salmos 131

Salmos 131:1-3

131:1 "Lord" This is the covenant name for Israel's Deity, first used in Genesis 2:4. SPECIAL TOPIC: NAMES FOR DEITY, D. ▣ "heart" This is a Hebrew idiom referring to a person. SPECIAL TOPIC: THE HEART ▣ "not proud" The psalmist describes his humble attitude toward God in several phrases in Ps. 131:1-2. not proud (lit. "not lifted up") ‒ BDB 146, KB 170, Qal PERFECT eyes not haughty (lit. "my eyes not raised") ‒ BDB 926, KB 1202, Qal PERFECT do not involve (lit. "walk," BDB 229, KB 246, Piel PERFECT) myself in great matters (BDB 152) things too difficult (BDB 810, see SPECIAL TOPIC: WONDERFUL THINGS) for me composed my soul ‒ BDB 1000, KB 1436, Piel PERFECT quieted my soul ‒ BDB 198, KB 226, Poel PERFECT Proud and haughty people are the recipients of YHWH's wrath (cf. Ps. 18:27; 101:5; Zeph. 3:11) because it reveals the results of the Fall of Genesis 3. Humility shows the results of a spiritual conversion and acceptance of God's revelation. There is a real question about what the imagery of #3 means. simply an idiom of humility simply an idiom of dependance someone who does not question God's great acts someone who does not presume on God's power a human who knows his/her place in the scheme of things (cf. Ps. 89:10) SPECIAL TOPIC: THE FALL OF MANKIND 131:2 The psalmist continues to describe his humble attitude by using the imagery of a child. Notice the imagery is of YHWH as a mother. Gen. 1:2 ‒ the Spirit "brooded" (a FEMININE VERB) Deut. 32:11; Exod. 19:4 ‒ actions of female eagle the word Shaddai (see SPECIAL TOPIC: SHADDAI) Isaiah 49:15; 66:9-13 even Jesus used feminine images for Himself ‒ Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34 For more information, listen to my sermon on Mother's Day, "The Femininity of God" online, second green box, #111; www.freebiblecommentary.org ▣ "soul" This is nephesh (BDB 659), a way, like "heart," of referring to the whole person. See full note at Gen. 35:18 online. SPECIAL TOPIC: NEPHESH 131:3 The psalmist uses his own humble heart and peaceful hope/trust/patience (BDB 403, KB 407, Piel IMPERATIVE, cf. Ps. 130:5,6,7) to encourage national Israel to the same place. ▣ "O, Israel" See SPECIAL TOPIC: ISRAEL (the name) ▣ "From this time forth and forever" This Hebrew idiom uses three words beginning with "ע" (cf. Ps. 113:2; 115:18; 121:8; 125:2). BDB 773 ‒ ADVERB for current time (i.e., first phrase) BDB 723 III ‒ PREPOSITION BDB 761 ‒ IMPERATIVE, 'olam SPECIAL TOPIC: FOREVER ('olam)