Liturgical
Psalm 130 (131): Lord, my heart is not exalted
Psalm
A very short gradual psalm of humility and childlike trust, the soul quieted as a weaned child upon its mother. The text is the Douay-Rheims (Challoner) version, which follows the Vulgate psalm numbering.
Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me. If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul. Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.
When it is prayed
- humility
- trust