Psalms 131:2
Surely I have pacified and stilled my soul, like the suckling on its mother's breast: like a suckling is in me my soul.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3Let Israel wait for the Lord from this time forth and for ever more.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And David said to Abigayil, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me;
2 Samuel 15:25And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city; if I shall find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back again, and show me both it, and his dwelling;
Psalms 42:5(42:6) Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and disquieted in me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet thank him, because of the salvation of his countenance.
Psalms 43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet thank him, the salvation of my countenance, and my God.
Isaiah 30:15For thus hath said the Lord Eternal, the Holy One of Israel, In repose and rest shall ye be helped; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength; and ye would not.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 131:2-3
Humble Confidence. 1 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. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. 3 Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for ever. Here are two things which will be comforts to us:— I. Consciousness of our integrity. This was David's rejoicing, that his heart could witness for him that he had walked humbly with his… Read the whole commentary →