Skip to reading
Atomic Bible
Psalms 131:2
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul;
from I Have Stilled My Soul, Psalms 131:1-3
What it says

He has stilled and quieted his soul like a weaned child with its mother; his soul is like that weaned child within him.

What it is doing

This verse gives the psalm its central image of contented, disciplined rest.

In context

1A song of ascents. Of David. 2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; 3O Israel, put your hope in the LORD,