Songs (Psalms) 131:1–3 — Explaining inner peace

OET-RV by cross-referenced section PSA 131:1

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Psa 131:1–3

131:1 Explaining inner peace

131 A song by David while walking uphill to Yerushalem.

1 Yahweh, I’m not boastful or full of pride,

≈ nor do I pretend to understand amazing things that are beyond me.

2 Instead, I’ve worked to maintain inner peace and quietness,

like a child who’s been weaned, yet still trusts fully in its mother.

3 Yisrael (Israel), put your hope in Yahweh

from now on and forever.

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131 The _song _of the _ascents of_Dāvid[fn] Oh_YHWH not heart _of_my it _has _been _haughty and_not eyes _of_my they _have _been _uplifted and_not I _have _walked in_things _too_great and_in_things _too_difficult for_me.

2 If not I _have _made _still and_I _have _made _quiet self _of_my like_a _weaned_child on his/its_mother is_like _(the)_child on_me soul _of_my.

3 Wait Oh _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to YHWH from_now and_unto perpetuity.

131:1 Note: KJB: Ps.131.1