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Psalms 131:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 131:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 131:211 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
לֹ֤אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שִׁוִּ֨יתִיšiwiytiy
I have made stillverbH7737
behave · bring forth · compare · countervail ···
וְ/דוֹמַ֗מְתִּיwədwōmamətiy
and I have made quietconjH1826
be cut down · forbear · hold peace · quiet self ···
נַ֫פְשִׁ֥/יnapəšiy
self mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
כְּ֭/גָמֻלkəgāmul
like a weaned childpronH1580
deal bountifully · do · recompense · requite ···
עֲלֵ֣יʿălēy
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אִמּ֑/וֹʾimwō
mother hisnounH517
mother · parting
כַּ/גָּמֻ֖לkagāmul
is like the weaned childpronH1580
deal bountifully · do · recompense · requite ···
עָלַ֣/יʿālay
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
נַפְשִֽׁ/יnapəšiy
soul mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 131:2

1. In this Psalm, the humility of one that is a servant of God and faithful is commended unto us, by whose voice it is sung; which is the whole body of Christ. For we have often warned you, beloved, that it ought not to be received as the voice of one man singing, but of all who are in Christ's Body. And since all are in His Body, as it were one man speaks: and he is one who also is many....Now he prays in the temple of God, who prays in the peace of the Church, in the unity…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 131
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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