New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 131:2
2Surely I have 1composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned 2child rests 3against his mother, My soul is like a weaned child 4within 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.
- 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
1O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me. Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned child within me. 3O Israel, hope in the Lord From this time forth and forever.
Read all of Psalms 131Psalms 131:2 word by word
אִם־לֹ֤א שִׁוִּ֨יתִי׀ וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּי נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּ֭גָמֻל עֲלֵ֣י אִמּ֑וֹ כַּגָּמֻ֖ל עָלַ֣י נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 131:2
- Psalms 42:5Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence.
- Psalms 43:5Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
- Psalms 62:1My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation.
- 1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’
- 1 Samuel 25:34Nevertheless, as the Lord God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from harming you, unless you had come quickly to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal until the morning light as much as one male.”
- 1 Samuel 30:6Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
- 2 Samuel 15:25The king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of the Lord, then He will bring me back again and show me both it and His habitation.
- 2 Samuel 16:11Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came out from me seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for the Lord has told him.
- Isaiah 30:15For thus the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said, “In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.” But you were not willing,
- Lamentations 3:26It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of the Lord.
- Luke 21:19By your endurance you will gain your lives.
- John 14:1“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
- Matthew 18:3and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Mark 10:15Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
- 1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, 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
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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
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