Psalm 131

Three verses that may be the best picture of rest in the whole Psalter. David isn't reaching for things too big for him. He has quieted his soul like a weaned child with its mother. A weaned child isn't with its mother to get something. It just rests there. Humility here is a soul that has stopped grasping.

"Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me." (Psalm 131:2)

Versions/Hebrew: "quieted" in 131:2 is domamti [1826], the same "be silent" root as 4:4 and 37:7. "Weaned child" is gamul [1580], from the same root as gamal in 116:7 ("the LORD has been good [gamal] to you"). The quiet soul is one God has dealt with fully.