Surely I have behaved and quieted myself — Margin, as in Hebrew, my soul. The Hebrew is, “If I have not soothed and quieted my soul…

Surely. —This seems the best way of rendering the phrase, which literally is if not, and is plainly elliptical, being com…

That is a very blessed thing to be able to do, to quiet yourself when, like a weaned child, you are crying under the afflicting hand of God, when y…

If I have not set, etc. He here employs a figure which appropriately explains what he meant, and likens himself to a weaned child. By this…

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself
Or "my soul" {o}; behaved quietly and peaceably towards all men, even his i…

The psalmist aimed at nothing high or great, but to be content in every condition God allotted. Humble saints cannot think so well of themselves as…