Psalms 131:1

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Psalms 131:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.

2 Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, both now and forevermore.

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