Psalm 30: The words of Agur

I do not have the understanding of man. Neither have I learned wisdom. Every word of God is tested; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. There is a kind - oh how lofty are his eyes!
And his eyelids are raised in arrogance. There are three things which are too wonderful for me, and four which I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea ; the way of a man with a maid. Under three things the earth quakes, and under four, it cannot bear up. Under a slave when he becomes king and a fool when he is satisfied with food. Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she supplants her mistress. Four things are small on earth, but they are exceedingly wise. The ants are not a strong people, but they prepare their food in the summer. The shephanim are not mighty people, yet they make their houses in rocks. The locusts have no king, yet all of them go out in ranks. The lizard you may grasp with the hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.

Agur is a compiler of proverbs who lived between Judah and Babylonia. His works falls in the tradition of wisdom found in Isaiah 40. In his message, he is comparing the understanding of man verses the rest of God's created creatures. He observes that the creatures live their lives with remarkable understanding. Even without a king, they all go out in ranks. Yet God's representative on earth who is man admits that he does not understand. He concludes that because God's word has been tested and is true, we should take refuge in him and allow for him to be our shield and comforter.

Daily Prayer: Father, truly your word is wonderful and true. Natural man seeks to be the king of his own kingdom resulting in haughty eyes and pride. For this Lucifer was removed from your heavenly kingdom. Instead, let me not lean unto my own understanding, but instead take refuge in you. Amen.