Psalms 131:2-3

131:2 Indeed ¹  I am composed and quiet, ² 

like a young child carried by its mother; ³ 

I am content like the young child I carry. ⁴ 

131:3 O Israel, hope in the Lord

now and forevermore!

[131:2]  ¹ tn Or “but.”

[131:2]  ² tn Heb “I make level and make quiet my soul.”

[131:2]  ³ tn Heb “like a weaned [one] upon his mother.”

[131:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “like the weaned [one] upon me, my soul.”