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Q1. According to Psalm 131, just how does David quiet his inner person before the Lord? What are the elements mentioned in this psalm?

Pride results from overvaluing ourselves and undervaluing others.It leads to restlessness because it makes us dissatisfied with what we have and concerned about what everyone else is doing. It keeps us always hungering for more attention and adoration. By contrast , HUMILITY puts others first and allows us to be content with God's leading in our lives.

Such contentment gives us security so that we no longer have to prove ourselves to others . Let Humility and trust affect your perspective and give you the strength an freedom to serve God and others. AMEN!

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Q1. According to Psalm 131, just how does David quiet his inner person before the Lord? What are the elements mentioned in this psalm?

1) David quiet his inner person before the Lord by first having an attitude of humility and have a quiet heart. We need to take our pride and humble ourself before we can have a peaceful heart. After having the heart stilled and quietted my soul, we will not have the attitue of having the control of everything. We need to allow ourself to know that God is in control and over us.

2) The elemens mentioned in this psalm is having humility and trust, have stilled and quiet soul, and having trust in the Lord by having a humble heart first.

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Q1. According to Psalm 131, just how does David quiet his inner person before the Lord? What are the elements mentioned in this psalm?

The first verse tells of what the psalmist is not -- proud, nor haughty. (I love the sound of the word ' haughty' because just saying it I instantly see the coldness of the word "huffed" out of the mouth and the tilt of the head allowing the eyes to skate derisively down the nose.) Next, the psalmist seems to be saying that he doesn't distract himself with issues outside of his purview.

So it seems he is neither looking down upon anyone or any situation, nor is he looking beyond his own horizon. His eyes are focused and clear "here and now". Therefor, he is like a weaned child -- close to his mother, anxious for nothing and trusting he is loved, watched over and cared for.

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Q1. According to Psalm 131, just how does David quiet his inner person before the Lord? What are the elements mentioned in this psalm?

1). David quiet his inner person before the Lord with an attitude of humility. He stilled and quieted rested with God like a weaned child enjoying the intimacy of breast feeding. Humility puts others first and allows us to be content with God's leading in our lives.

2). The elements mentioned in this psalm was allowing humility and trust to do God`s perspective way so that we will have the strength to serve God and others with love and gratitude.

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1). David quiet his inner person before the Lord with an attitude of humility. He stilled and quieted rested with God like a weaned child enjoying the intimacy of breast feeding. Humility puts others first and allows us to be content with God's leading in our lives.

2). The elements mentioned in this psalm was allowing humility and trust to do God`s perspective way so that we will have the strength to serve God and others with love and gratitude.

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David quiets his inner being by being humble, not proud & seeming to have all the answers to big problems. He stilled & quieted his heart, by resting in God, being content where he was.

The elements were stillness & quiet, leaving all matters in the hand of his God.

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Q1. According to Psalm 131, just how does David quiet his inner person before the Lord? What are the elements mentioned in this psalm?

By being still and quite in the presence of the Lord. the elements are stillness, quiteness and hope in the Lord.

Being still to me is while in prayer we wait and allow God to talk to us. We are waiting for the power of God to lead us in what He has planned for our lives. Being quite again to me is waiting for the Lord to speak to our hearts and the only wait we can hear Him is to be quite and listen to our hearts. Having hope in the Lord is faith know that He has the power to do all that He says He will and waiting for it to happen in His time, know to wait is patience and patience builds faith in God.

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Q1. According to Psalm 131, just how does David quiet his inner person before the Lord? What are the elements mentioned in this psalm?

According to Psalm 131, just how does David quiet his inner person before the Lord?

* He has stilled his soul before the Lord. He has become as a weaned child from his mother's breast.

* He has put his hope in the Lord.

* His crying has ceased

* His mind is at peace

* His will is surrendered

* His eyes are no longer graze upon the darkness, but they graze upon light of the horizon of the coming glory of the Lord.

What are the elements mentioned in this psalm?

* Humility

* A rest

* Trust

* Hope

* Love

* Future

These are the foundational elements that has been created in him through the events in his life. He has not only learned through trial and error, but through learning the personality of who his God is and how he as king sees the love of God for His people.

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In Psalm 131 David stays within himself, accepting that he is but a mere babe before the Almighty. He counts himself as one who has learned to patiently wait upon the Lord, as he is certain that he will soon be "fed". He is exercising his faith.

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According to this Psalm, David quiets his inner person before the Lord by his attitude of humility and trust in the Lord; not being overly concerned with matters in life that are too great and wonderful for him to comprehend (but they are those that he would still worship and praise the Lord for them even if he didn

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Proverbs 16:18;

Pride goeth before destruction; And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide

the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 29:23;

A man's pride shall bring him low: But honor shall uphold the

humble in Spirit.

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Psalm 131

Lord my heart it not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty.

David is saying that his heart is not lifted up. (As King Uzziah in II Chronicles 26:16)>But when he was strong his heart was lifted up to his destruction; as he transgressed against the Lord his God.....

His heart is not exalted, lifted high by pride.

God's Word says that David was a man after God's own heart; not because he was so righteous, but mainly because David was a man of true repentance. Pride keeps a lot of people from being humble of lower not only to ask forgiveness from others, but also lower themselves to seek or ask godly repentance of God. In other words they think themselves more highly than they are so they are headed for a great fall.

David was saying he had not been lifted up with pride, and his eyes did not seek that upon which pride feeds.

Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

David did not attempt to dive into the secret of God's purposes, or into the sovereigh design of God.

(2). Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother.

Hebrews records this statement as some form of oath, a phrase of asserveration. What had David the Psalmist been weaned?;

(a). Self-sufficiency (B). Self-will

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David acknowledges that in order to really trust in the Lord, He needs to accept that he cannot understand everything done by God. When we start to look for logic in the things of God, we start to get haughty and proud, because we think we can analyse and understand everything that God does. But "who can understand the mind of God? Who can be His counselor" Is. 5: 14-19 and ff. Such people are already condemned, because the Lord hates a proud and haughty spirit.

David surrenders every inclination to know the mind of God and simply submits to him, and it is only in humility that he can do this. We must have that humility of heart to surrender to God, only then will we find true peace.

Stillness and quietness,these are what we need in the world today, when things happen which we cannot understand.

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Q1. According to Psalm 131, just how does David quiet his inner person before the Lord? What are the elements mentioned in this psalm?

1. David quiets his inner person by being humble, not being proud, not worrying about things he doesn't understand, quiets his soul and puts all his trust the the Lord. He is determined to put all his hope in the Lord for as long as he lives.

2. Some of the elements in this psalm are rest, humility, hope and trust.

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:rolleyes:

Q1. According to Psalm 131, just how does David quiet his inner person before the Lord?

David quiets his inner person by resting in the Lord. This means being humble and not being concerned with knowing everything. There are some things beyond our understanding and we turn our concern about them over to the Lord.

What are the elements mentioned in this psalm?

Humility, trust, hope, trusting the Lord in those areas which are beyond our understanding :)

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David quiets his inner person before the Lord by not letting himself be concerned with things that are beyond him. He realises that he is 'not all that' and that he is small in comparison to God! David humbles himself before the Lord and is understanding that it is God who is in control. He realises that it's not all about him but is all about God. It is important to let go and give God the controls. Until we truely do this our lives can not be fully lived for His purpose and plan. Sometimes less is more and this psalm is one of those times!
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David is humble before the Lord, he knows he can do nothing in his own strength, he fully trusts in the Lord. He does not worry himself, as they will take care of themselves with God there beside him. He is content in where God has placed him and where he is being used as his hope lies in the Lord.

Elements raised are: trust, being content, humility, hope and faith

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Davie quiet his inner person before the Lord by simply trusting in the Lord. He was humble, trusted God and David had hope. David was no longer unsettled and discontendted like a child but one that is at peace and trusting in his mother. A mother that is there to comfort and to meet his needs. David had hope in the lord. We can quiet our innner person if we follow the example of David.

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Q1. According to Psalm 131, just how does David quiet his inner person before the Lord? What are the elements mentioned in this psalm?

With humility and trust he came to God as a little nursing baby who at first receives all his needs met from the Lord. Then as he grows he begins to wean himself from God meeting all his needs instantiously so he rests. When we act and wean ourselves from God we are acting out our selfish ambotion or vain conceit. So we must find that place or rest and contentment or trust.

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