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Psalm 131:1

A Song of Ascents. By David. LORD, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.

1A Song of Ascents. By David. LORD, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.
2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3Israel, hope in the LORD, from this time forward and forever more.
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David’s refusal of lofty eyes and matters beyond him can expose the pressure to seem important or to have an answer for everything.

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Psalm 133:1A Song of Ascents. By David. See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!Both are Songs of Ascents attributed to David; one speaks of humility before God, the other of brothers living in unity.
Romans 12:16Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.Both reject a lofty view of oneself, with Romans extending that humility into how people treat one another.
Psalm 139:6This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.Both acknowledge limits of understanding through language about things too wonderful or knowledge too lofty to attain.
Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand, things too wonderful for me, which I …Both speak of things too wonderful for the speaker, though Job confesses speaking beyond his knowledge.
Psalm 120:1A Song of Ascents. In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.Both belong to the Songs of Ascents and speak to or about the LORD, one declaring humility and the other recounting answered distress.
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.Both speak of humility in the heart; David disclaims arrogance, and Jesus describes himself as gentle and humble.
Psalm 101:5I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.Both reject arrogance, with Psalm 131 examining the speaker’s own heart and Psalm 101 refusing to tolerate conceit.
Jeremiah 45:5Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says the LORD, ‘but I will let you escape with your life …Both turn away from greatness pursued for oneself, though Jeremiah’s warning comes amid an announcement of disaster.
1 Thessalonians 2:6–7nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.The psalm rejects arrogance, while the apostles reject seeking human glory even where they could claim authority.
Numbers 12:3Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.Both describe humility in a named person: David speaks of his own heart, while Numbers describes Moses.
Amos 7:14–15Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;The link is limited: David disclaims lofty concerns, while Amos names his work as a herdsman and farmer.
Deuteronomy 17:20that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn away from the commandment to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that he may …Both reject an exalted heart, with Deuteronomy specifying that a king must not lift himself above his brothers.
Where this verse fits

Envy and comparison. leadership weight. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

Your understanding has limits. David acknowledges his before YHWH, and the song moves from humility toward hope in God. There is room for unanswered things within that hope.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).