Psalms 131:2
1 My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, both now and forevermore.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
- 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.
- WEB
- Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
- ASV
- Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me.
- DARBY
- Surely I have restrained and composed my soul, like a weaned child with its mother: my soul within me is as a weaned child.
- BLB
- If not, I have stilled and quieted my soul like a weaned child with his mother; my soul [is] like a weaned child within me.
- ÅB
- Sannelig, jeg har fått min sjel til å være stille og tie slik som et avvent barn hos sin mor; som det avvente barn er min sjel hos meg.
- OTB
- Sannelig, jeg har brakt min sjel til ro og gjort den stille,
Som et avvent barn hos sin mor,
Min sjel er som et avvent barn i meg. - B1930
- Sannelig, jeg har fått min sjel til å være stille og tie likesom et avvent barn hos sin mor; som det avvente barn er min sjel hos mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 10:15
Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
Read in contextPsalms 42:11
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Read in contextLamentations 3:26
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 43:5
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Read in contextMatthew 18:3–4
“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Read in contextJohn 14:1–2
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.
Read in contextPsalms 62:1
In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
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