Psalms 131:2

Psalms 131:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
• New International Version (NIV)But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, Like a weaned child with his mother; Like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Context of Psalms 131:2

1Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I do not get involved with things too great or too wondrous for me. Instead, I have calmed and quieted my soul like a weaned child with its mother; my soul is like a weaned child. 3Israel, put your hope in the Lord, both now and forever.

Psalms 131:2 word by word

אִם־לֹ֤א שִׁוִּ֨יתִי׀ וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּי נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּ֭גָמֻל עֲלֵ֣י אִמּ֑וֹ כַּגָּמֻ֖ל עָלַ֣י נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Surely I have behavedשָׁוָהshâvâh · be likeH7737
• and quietedדָּמַםdâmam · to silence: silentH1826
• myselfנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• as a child that is weanedגָּמַלgâmal · to weanH1580
• of his motherאֵם'êm · motherH517

Cross-references for Psalms 131:2

• Psalms 42:5Why, my soul, are you so dejected? Why are you in such turmoil? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him, my Savior and my God.
• Psalms 43:5Why, my soul, are you so dejected? Why are you in such turmoil? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him, my Savior and my God.
• Psalms 62:1I am at rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.
• 1 Samuel 24:10You can see with your own eyes that the Lord handed you over to me today in the cave. Someone advised me to kill you, but I took pity on you and said: I won’t lift my hand against my lord, since he is the Lord’s anointed.
• 1 Samuel 25:34Otherwise, as surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who prevented me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, Nabal wouldn’t have had any males left by morning light.”
• 1 Samuel 30:6David was in an extremely difficult position because the troops talked about stoning him, for they were all very bitter over the loss of their sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.
• 2 Samuel 15:25Then the king instructed Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor with the Lord, he will bring me back and allow me to see both it and its dwelling place.
• 2 Samuel 16:11Then David said to Abishai and all his servants, “Look, my own son, my own flesh and blood, intends to take my life — how much more now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone and let him curse me; the Lord has told him to.
• Isaiah 30:15For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “You will be delivered by returning and resting; your strength will lie in quiet confidence. But you are not willing.”
• Lamentations 3:26It is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord.
• Luke 21:19By your endurance, gain your lives.
• John 14:1“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
• Matthew 18:3“Truly I tell you,” he said, “unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Mark 10:15Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
• 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.

Commentaries on Psalms 131:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Surely I have behaved and quieted myself - Margin, as in Hebrew, my soul. The Hebrew is, “If I have not soothed and quieted my soul.” This is a strong mode of affirming that he had done it. The negative form is often thus used to denote a strong affirmation. The full form would be, “God knows if I have not done this;” or, “If I have not done this, then let me bear the consequences; let me be punished.” The idea is that he was conscious he had done this…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The psalmist has calmed and quieted himself. He has given up his ambitions and pride (Galatians 2:20). like a weaned child: The psalmist compares himself to a contented child who rests quietly with its mother.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Surely, &c.--The form is that of an oath or strongest assertion. Submission is denoted by the figure of a weaned child. As the child weaned by his mother from the breast, so I still the motions of pride in me (Mt 18:3, 4; Is 11:8; 28:9). Hebrew children were often not weaned till three years old. soul--may be taken for desire, which gives a more definite sense, though one included in the idea conveyed by the usual meaning, myself.Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 2I calmed and quieted my soul upon You, like a suckling who is placed upon his mother. גָמוּל is one who sucks the breasts.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 131:2

• Children
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Commentaries on Psalms 131

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings