Tehilim Perek 131

Tehilim Perek 131 Hello everybody, today’s NachDaily will discuss Tehilim chapter 131 in the Shir Ha’amalos chapters. This is the second to shortest chapter with only 3 pessukim. The previous perek related that Hashem listens to one who is humble and sincere, who calls out from the depths. Here, Dovid reflects upon his own personality. Always humble, he relied on God with great sincerity, like a child who is solely dependent on his mother. Even in adulthood, he relied on God with the innocence of a child. The chapter ends with Dovid affirming his faith in God’s ability to save us, not only in the present moment, but for all of eternity. The perek begins with the words, שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּֽעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד יְהוָ֤ה ׀ לֹא־גָבַ֣הּ לִ֭בִּי וְלֹא־רָמ֣וּ עֵינַ֑י וְלֹֽא־הִלַּ֓כְתִּי ׀ בִּגְדֹל֖וֹת וּבְנִפְלָא֣וֹת מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ A Song of Ascents, Of David. God, my heart was not proud nor were my eyes haughty; I didn’t aspire to great things or to what is beyond me; Rav Shamshon Raphael Hirsch explains that Dovid summed up his soul in 3 short verses. “Lo gava libi, My heart wasn’t haughty.” He had no gayva, haughtiness, or ego, as he always felt awe knowing that he was in God’s Presence. As he didn’t think of himself as particularly great, he didn’t try to attain that which wasn’t his by asserting himself over his nation. “Eem lo shavisi nafshi, I swear that I silenced my soul.” He accepted everything calmly, with complete reliance on Hashem. He relied on God as a nursing child depends on his