Like A Weaned Child

Psalm 131 New Living Translation (NLT)

Psalm 131

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

1 Lord, my heart is not proud;

    my eyes are not haughty.

I don’t concern myself with matters too great

    or too awesome for me to grasp.

2 Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself,

    like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk.

    Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

3 O Israel, put your hope in the Lord—

    now and always.

Many through wishing to be great have failed to be good. 

Charles Spurgeon

On this 9/11 anniversary, facing a contentious and sad presidential election, this psalm reminds me to put my hope not in men, but in the Lord.  Yes, in the Lord, now and always, I can be still.

Be Still My Soul (Psalm 131) - Sandra McCracken