Psalms 41:7

41:7 All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; ¹ 

they plan ways to harm me.

Psalms 131:2

131:2 Indeed ²  I am composed and quiet, ³ 

like a young child carried by its mother; ⁴ 

I am content like the young child I carry. ⁵ 

[41:7]  ¹ tn Heb “together against me they whisper, all those who hate me.” The Hitpael of לָחַשׁ (lakhash) refers here to whispering to one another (see 2 Sam 12:19).

[131:2]  ² tn Or “but.”

[131:2]  ³ tn Heb “I make level and make quiet my soul.”

[131:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “like a weaned [one] upon his mother.”

[131:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “like the weaned [one] upon me, my soul.”