Psalm 131:2 {130:2}
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If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul.

quieted

Psalm 42:5,11 Why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou trouble me? Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance, . . .

Psalm 43:5 To thee, O God my God, I will give praise upon the harp: why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet me?

Psalm 62:1 Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David. [2] Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my salvation.

1 Samuel 24:10 Behold this day thy eyes have seen, that the Lord hath delivered thee into my hand, in the cave, and I had a thought to kill thee, but my eye hath spared thee. For I said: I will not put out my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed.

1 Samuel 25:34,33 Otherwise, as the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, who hath withholden me from doing thee any evil, if thou hadst not quickly come to meet me, there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light, any that pisseth against the wall. . . .

1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly afflicted: for the people had a mind to stone him, for the soul of every man was bitterly grieved for his sons and daughters: but David took courage in the Lord his God.

2 Samuel 15:25,26 And the king said to Sadoc: Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find grace in the sight of the Lord, he will bring me again, and he will shew me it, and his tabernacle. . . .

2 Samuel 16:11,12 And the king said to Abisai, and to all his servants: Behold my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now a son of Jemini? let him alone that he may curse as the Lord hath bidden him. . . .

Isaiah 30:15 For thus saith the Lord God the Holy One of Israel: If you return and be quiet, you shall be saved: in silence and in hope shall your strength be. And you would not:

Lamentations 3:26 Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.

myself Heb.

Luke 21:19 In your patience you shall possess your souls.

John 14:1,2 Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God: believe also in me. . . .

as a child

Matthew 18:3,4 And said: amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. . . .

Mark 10:15 Amen I say to you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall not enter into it.

1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, do not become children in sense. But in malice be children: and in sense be perfect.

Context
I Have Stilled My Soul
1A gradual canticle of David. Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me. 2If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul.3Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.…
Cross References
Matthew 18:3
And said: amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, do not become children in sense. But in malice be children: and in sense be perfect.

Psalm 62:1
Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David. [2] Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my salvation.

Isaiah 28:9
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts.

Lexicon
Surely
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I have stilled
שִׁוִּ֨יתִי ׀ (šiw·wî·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7737: To level, equalize, to resemble, to adjust

and quieted
וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּי (wə·ḏō·w·mam·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1826: To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish

my soul;
נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

like a weaned child
כְּ֭גָמֻל (kə·ḡā·mul)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1580: To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen

with his mother,
אִמּ֑וֹ (’im·mōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, )

like a weaned child
כַּגָּמֻ֖ל (kag·gā·mul)
Preposition-k, Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1580: To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen

is my soul
נַפְשִֽׁי׃ (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

within me.
עָלַ֣י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
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 stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me.

I shall have sinned if I have not been humble, but have exulted my soul: according to the relation of a weaned child to his mother, so wilt thou recompense my soul.

Surely I have restrained and composed my soul, like a weaned child with its mother: my soul within me is as a weaned child.

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

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

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

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.
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