A Song of Ascents. Of David. A hymn.
v.1 The psalmist rejects the sins of pride, presumption, and selfish ambition.
v.2 Like a child weaned from his mother (and therefore no longer fretting for milk, content to be at his mother’s side) the psalmist has calmed and quieted his soul.
v.3 The psalmist therefore calls on Israel to hope in the Lord forever.
The psalm anticipates the object lesson, concerning child-like faith, of Mt 18:1-4. It counsels Israel to engage in quite contemplation before action.