I might do things that are even more embarrassing! Maybe you won’t respect me, but the girls you are talking about are proud of me!”
Psalm 131:1 - Easy To Read Version Lord, I am not proud.\par I don’t try to act important.\par I don’t try to do great things.\par I don’t worry about things\par that are too hard for me.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 LORD, my heart is not haughty, Nor mine eyes lofty: Neither do I exercise myself in Great matters, or in things too high for me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Lord, MY heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in matters too great or in things too wonderful for me. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me. Common English Bible LORD, my heart isn’t proud; my eyes aren’t conceited. I don’t get involved with things too great or wonderful for me. Catholic Public Domain Version A Canticle in steps. O Lord, remember David and all his meekness, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A gradual canticle. O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness. |
I might do things that are even more embarrassing! Maybe you won’t respect me, but the girls you are talking about are proud of me!”
Lord, you asked this question:\par ‘Who is this ignorant person\par that is saying these foolish things?’ {\cf2\super [106]} \par Lord, I talked about things\par that I didn’t understand.\par I talked about things that were\par too amazing for me to understand.\par
If any person secretly says bad things\par about his neighbor,\par I will stop that person.\par I will not allow people to be proud\par and think they are better than other people.\par
I was very happy when people said,\par “Let us go to the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [611]} ”\par
What would have happened to us\par if the Lord had not been on our side?\par Tell me the answer, Israel.\par
Oh how good and pleasant it is\par when brothers can sit together,\par truly united!\par
I am amazed at what you know.\par It is too much for me to understand.\par
Lord, I did not run away from you.\par I followed you.\par I became the shepherd {\cf2\super [140]} you wanted.\par I did not want the terrible day to come.\par Lord, you know the things I said.\par You see all that is happening.\par
Baruch, you are looking for great things for yourself. But don’t look for those things. Don’t look for them, because I will make terrible things happen to all the people.’ The Lord said these things. ‘You will have to go many places. But I will let you escape alive wherever you go.’”
(Moses was a very humble man. He did not boast or brag. He was more humble than any other person on earth.)
Accept my work and learn from me. I am gentle and humble in spirit. And you will find rest for your souls.
The Jews planned things against me, and this gave me much trouble. But you know that I always served the Lord, sometimes with tears. I never thought about myself first.
Yes, God’s riches are very great! God’s wisdom and knowledge have no end! No person can explain the things God decides. No person can understand God’s ways.
Live together in peace with each other. Don’t be proud. Be willing to be friends with people who are not important to other people. Don’t be conceited.
Then the king will not think that he is better than any of his own people. And he will not turn away from the law, but he will follow it exactly. Then that king and his descendants [112] will rule the kingdom of Israel a long time.
When we were with you believers, we lived in a holy and right way, without fault. You know that this is true, and God knows that this is true.
Samuel took the horn [147] with the oil in it, and poured the special oil on Jesse’s youngest son in front of his brothers. The Lord’s Spirit came on David with great power from that day on. Then Samuel went back home to Ramah.
One of the servants said, “There is a man named Jesse living in Bethlehem. I saw Jesse’s son. He knows how to play the harp. He is also a brave man and fights well. He is smart and handsome. And the Lord is with him.”
Saul sent a message to Jesse. “Let David stay and serve me. I like him very much.”
But David left Saul from time to time to take care of his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
Saul’s officers said those things to David. But David answered, “Do you think it is easy to become the king’s son-in-law? {I don’t have the money to pay for the king’s daughter!} I am just a poor, ordinary guy.”