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Psalms 131:2

131:1 A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. exercise: Heb. walk high: Heb. wonderful
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. myself: Heb. my soul

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Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

131:3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. henceforth: Heb. now

What does Psalms 131:2 mean?

Psalms 131:2 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁוָה (shâvâh), דָּמַם (dâmam), נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh).

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Surely
I
have
behavedשָׁוָהshâvâh/shaw-vaw'/H7737properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
and
quietedדָּמַםdâmam/daw-man'/H1826to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
myself,נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
as
a
child
that
is
weanedגָּמַלgâmal/gaw-mal'/H1580to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
of
his
mother:אֵםʼêm/ame/H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
my
soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
is
even
as
a
weaned
child.גָּמַלgâmal/gaw-mal'/H1580to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
myself:
Heb.
my
soul

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What does Psalms 131:2 say?

Psalms 131:2 (King James Version) reads: "Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. myself: Heb. my soul"

Is Psalms 131:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 131:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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