English Standard Version
Psalms 131:2
2But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk. Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Context of Psalms 131:2
1O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.
Read all of Psalms 131Psalms 131:2 word by word
אִם־לֹ֤א שִׁוִּ֨יתִי׀ וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּי נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּ֭גָמֻל עֲלֵ֣י אִמּ֑וֹ כַּגָּמֻ֖ל עָלַ֣י נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 131:2
- Psalms 42:5Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
- Psalms 43:5Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
- Psalms 62:1For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
- 1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, 'I will not put out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord's anointed.'
- 1 Samuel 25:34For as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male."
- 1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
- 2 Samuel 15:25Then the king said to Zadok, "Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back and let me see both it and his dwelling place.
- 2 Samuel 16:11And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.
- Isaiah 30:15For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength." But you were unwilling,
- Lamentations 3:26It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
- Luke 21:19By your endurance you will gain your lives.
- John 14:1"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
- Matthew 18:3and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Mark 10:15Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."
- 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
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
In the dictionaries
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
English Standard Version — © 2001 Crossway Bibles
Commentaries