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Psalms 131

1 A Song of Ascents; of David. Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • A Song H7892 (שִׁיר) — a song; abstractly, singing
  • of degrees H4609 (מַעֲלָה) — elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mar…
  • of David H1732 (דָּוִד) — David, the youngest son of Jesse
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • my heart H3820 (לֵב) — the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
  • is not haughty H1361 (גָּבַהּ) — to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
  • nor mine eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
  • lofty H7311 (רוּם) — to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
  • neither do I exercise H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
  • myself in great matters H1419 (גָּדוֹל) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
  • or in things too high H6381 (פָּלָא) — properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful

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

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Surely I have behaved H7737 (שָׁוָה) — properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
  • and quieted H1826 (דָּמַם) — to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
  • myself H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, 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 weaned H1580 (גָּמַל) — to 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 H517 (אֵם) — a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
  • my soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
  • even as a weaned child H1580 (גָּמַל) — to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean

3 O Israel, hope in Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Let Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • hope H3176 (יָחַל) — to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
  • in Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • from henceforth and for H5704 (עַד) — as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
  • ever H5769 (עוֹלָם) — properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially…