Domine, none est. The prophet’s humility. A gradual canticle of David.
Anie iust soule in humble confidence offereth his innocencie, as a spiritual and gratful sacrifice to God, 3. exhorting al Gods seruants euer to hope in him.
1Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me.Cantico dei gradi. Signore, non si è insuperbito il mio cuore: ed alti non portai gli occhi miei. Né aspirai a cose grandi, né a cose meravigliose sopra la mia capacità.A gradual Canticle of Dauid. LORD my hart is not exalted: neither are mine eies loftie. Neither haue I walked in great matters: nor in meruelous thinges aboue me.Canticum graduum David. Domine, non est exaltatum cor meum, / neque elati sunt oculi mei, / neque ambulavi in magnis, / neque in mirabilibus super me. 2If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul.Se io (dando luogo al fasto nell'anima mia) non ebbi bassi sentimenti, Quali son quei d'un fanciullo divezzato di fresco verso sua madre; così sia data a me la mercede.If I was not humbly mynded: but exalted my soule: As the weaned childe is toward his mother, so retribution in my soule.Si non humiliter sentiebam, / sed exaltavi animam meam: / sicut ablactatus est super matre sua, / ita retributio in anima mea. 3Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.Nel Signore speri Israele da questo punto, e pe' secoli.Let Israel hope in our Lord, from henceforth now and for euer.Speret Israël in Domino, / ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.
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Berthier
Of David, is not in Septuagint. But he probably composed this psalm to exculpate himself from the accusation of pride. (Berthier)
Worthington
David proposes his own humility to the imitation of others, without any evil intention. (Worthington)
Berthier
Sometimes the saints may speak their own praises, as St. Paul, did, particularly when they are inspired. (Berthier)
Calmet
Above me. This deportment is admirable in the great. (Calmet)
Menochius
We must neither undertake nor pry into things above our ability. (Menochius)
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Challoner
So reward, etc. The meaning is, that according to his disposition with regard to humility, so he expected a reward in his soul to return to him, and stick as close to him as the child just weaned, which would willingly never be separated from the mother. (Challoner)
Calmet
If I was not humble, may my soul be treated like an infant, etc. Hebrew, "If I did not render (or humble and silence) my soul, like an infant weaned from his mother, let my soul be to me as a weaned child." I willingly submit to all thy rigours, if I did not adore thy ways in silence and in humiliation. (Calmet)
Berthier
The text may be differently rendered. (Berthier)
Worthington
As children come willingly to their mother, so the child of God approaches to Him, though he may not always find the same sweetness; and he expects that he will be rewarded accordingly. (Worthington)
Du Hamel
Gemul means, "a weaned infant, or a reward." (Du Hamel)
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Calmet
Israel. This occurs in the preceding psalm. (Calmet)
Worthington
David encourages all to hope by his own experience. (Worthington)
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Dauid by Gods special grace hauing a sincere minde tovvards al men, euen tovvards his enimies, and an humble hart, not desiring anie thing ambiciously, but al to the honour of God, proposeth his ovvne example, for others to imitate: that they may vvith him offer the sacrifice of humilitie, and innocencie vnto God, from vvhom al good thinges procede.
Al this vvith a thankful mind to God vvho gaue this grace.
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As children after they are vveaned come stil vvillingly to their mother, so doth the childe of God relie vpon Gods helpe, though he alvvayes feele not the same svvetnes:
& according to his demaneur herein, he expecteth revvard.
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King Dauid, or anie other being for his vertue aduanced, and revvarded by God, is a good example to moue others to do the like, so shal they receiue like revvard.
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Tertullian † AD 220 On Patience 3
And this species of the divine patience indeed being, as it were, at a distance, may perhaps be esteemed as among “things too high for us;”
Origen † AD 254 Origen Against Celsus 6.15
… he who is about to become happy follows her closely in humility, and becomingly adorned.” He did not observe, however, that in writers much older than Plato the following words occur in a prayer: “Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty, neither do I walk in great matters, nor in things too wonderful for me; if I had not been humble,”
St Jerome † AD 420 The Letters of St. Jerome 22.27
… I do not think it necessary to warn you against boasting of your riches, or against priding yourself on your birth, or against setting yourself up as superior to others. I know your humility; I know that you can say with sincerity: “Lord, my heart is not haughty nor mine eyes lofty;”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 131.2
… let us offer our sacrifice there. Let us consider what sacrifice we ought to offer; for God is not pleased with burnt-offerings, as ye have heard in the Psalm. But in that place he next showeth what he offereth: “The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, shalt Thou not despise.
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 131.3
3. “Lord, my heart was not lifted up, neither were mine eyes raised on high” (
John Cassian † AD 435 The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults 1.3
… And these men have returned to childhood in Christ and sing at all hours with heart and soul: “Lord, my heart is not exalted nor are mine eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters nor in wonderful things above me. If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: as a child that is weaned is towards his mother.”
John Cassian † AD 435 The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults 12.6
… neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me. If I was not humbly minded;”
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St Ignatius of Antioch † AD 108 Epistle to the Ephesians: Shorter and Longer Versions 10
… oppose to their blasphemies your earnest prayers; while they go astray, stand ye stedfast in the faith. Conquer ye their harsh temper by gentleness, their passion by meekness. For “blessed are the meek;” and Moses was meek above all men; and David was exceeding meek.
St Jerome † AD 420 The Letters of St. Jerome 108.30
… All who were assembled felt that it was their own funeral at which they were assisting, and shed tears as if they themselves had died. Paula’s daughter, the revered virgin Eustochium, “as a child that is weaned of his mother,”
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 131.3
3. “Lord, my heart was not lifted up, neither were mine eyes raised on high” ( ver. 1 ); “I have not exercised myself in great matters, nor in wonderful things which are too high for me” (
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 131.4
4. “If I had not lowly thoughts, but have lifted up my soul, as one taken from his mother’s breast, such the reward for my soul” (
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St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Expositions on the Book of Psalms 131.8
8. This Psalm therefore concludeth to this purpose: “O Israel, trust in the Lord, from this time forth and even unto eternity” (
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v. 2 s; non, vel pro formula sese devovendi, vel pro firma assertione). — In utroque loco legit retributio et hunc sensum eruit Wies. instar retributionis quam quis in matrem suam confert, est retributio גג me collata, 1.e. 51 non humilio, sed exalío animam meam, honos matris est honos mihi colla tusi.e. pro bono communi aceipio honorem mihi collatum, quia iste est honor communitatis; vide Zeitschrift f. kath. Theologie 1896, 369 sq.
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