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.
• 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.
• 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

1My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content. 3Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and forevermore.

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 downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
• Psalms 43:5Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
• Psalms 62:1Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.
• 1 Samuel 24:10This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the Lord’s anointed.’
• 1 Samuel 25:34Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.”
• 1 Samuel 30:6David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.
• 2 Samuel 15:25Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s eyes, he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling place again.
• 2 Samuel 16:11David then said to Abishai and all his officials, “My son, my own flesh and blood, is trying to kill me. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.
• Isaiah 30:15This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.
• Lamentations 3:26it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
• Luke 21:19Stand firm, and you will win life.
• John 14:1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God ; believe also in me.
• Matthew 18:3And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Mark 10:15Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
• 1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.

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