Psalm 131:1

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Psalm 131

Song of Quiet Trust

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

¹O Lord, my heart is not lifted up,
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvellous for me.

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Psalm 131:2

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²But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with its mother;
my soul is like the weaned child that is with me.^[a]

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Footnotes

Psalm 131:2 Or my soul within me is like a weaned child

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Psalm 131:3

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³O Israel, hope in the Lord
from this time on and for evermore.

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