Imagine if this psalm read the opposite of its statements: "O Lord, my heart is lifted up, my eyes are raised too high; I occupy my myself with things too great and too marvelous for me" (inverse of vs. 1). This would be the picture of a spiritually proud person.
Instead, David gives us a picture of humility. In fact, he literally gives us a "word picture" of humility by invoking the image of a weaned child with its mother. The weaned child that David imagines is calm and quiet.
That is the kind of soul that we should have, David says; one that is trusting and hoping in the Lord, not jockeying for position or grasping greedily for blessings. Instead, our soul should be peaceful and restful, like a weaned child with its mother.
David concludes the psalm in verse 3, "O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time on and forevermore." A posture of spiritual humility before the Lord, as described in this psalm, makes this encouragement more likely to be followed.
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