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Psalm 131:2

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

1A Song of Ascents. By David. LORD, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.
2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3Israel, hope in the LORD, from this time forward and forever more.
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The weaned child is still with his mother, and that closeness shapes David’s picture of a soul he has stilled and quieted.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Matthew 18:3and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.David compares his quieted soul to a child; Jesus says his hearers must become as little children to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Isaiah 28:9Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?Both passages mention weaned children, though Isaiah asks about receiving instruction and David describes the quiet of his soul.
Mark 10:15Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”Both passages use a child as a comparison: David for his quieted soul, Jesus for receiving God’s Kingdom.
1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.Both use childhood as a comparison, though Paul distinguishes innocence in malice from mature thought, while David describes inward quiet.
Psalm 42:11Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.Both describe the soul within: Psalm 131 speaks of quiet attained, while Psalm 42 addresses a soul still disturbed.
Psalm 43:5Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.Both attend to the soul’s inward state, with quiet in Psalm 131 and despair voiced in Psalm 43.
Lamentations 3:26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.Quiet marks both passages: David describes his stilled soul, and Lamentations commends quiet waiting for the LORD’s salvation.
John 14:1–2“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.David describes a quieted soul, while Jesus addresses a troubled heart and directs his hearers to believe in God and in him.
Isaiah 30:15For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You …Quietness appears in both passages, attained by David but offered with rest and confidence to people who refused in Isaiah.
Psalm 62:1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.Both describe a soul at rest; Psalm 131 uses a mother and child, while Psalm 62 names God as its resting place.
1 Peter 3:4but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.Both describe inward quiet: David speaks of his soul, and Peter names a quiet spirit as precious in God’s sight.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. waiting. fear for the future.

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Something small to carry out of this verse

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Encouragement

The child remains with his mother even after weaning. In this psalm, a quiet soul belongs with humility before God and hope in YHWH.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).