Commentary for Psalms 131:2

אִם־לֹ֤א שִׁוִּ֨יתִי ׀ וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּי נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּ֭גָמֻל עֲלֵ֣י אִמּ֑וֹ כַּגָּמֻ֖ל עָלַ֣י נַפְשִֽׁי׃

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

I calmed and quieted my soul upon You, like a suckling who is placed upon his mother. גָמוּל is one who sucks the breasts.

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like a suckling was my soul with me My soul within me was before You as an infant sucking its mother’s breasts.

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