Psalms 131:2
Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me [is] my soul.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3Israel doth wait on Jehovah, From henceforth, and unto the age!
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And David saith to Abigail, 'Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day to meet me,
2 Samuel 15:25And the king saith to Zadok, 'Take back the ark of God to the city; if I find grace in the eyes of Jehovah, then He hath brought me back, and shewn me it and His habitation;
Psalms 42:5What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance — My God!
Psalms 43:5What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!
Isaiah 30:15For thus said the Lord Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel: 'In returning and rest ye are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might, And ye have not been willing.
Matthew 18:3and said, 'Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;
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 →