OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 131:2

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

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Verse 2. Jacob. Probably after he had removed the ark to Sion. Bert.—What is omitted in one place, is thus explained elsewhere. Calmet.—David had a most earnest desire to build the temple; and though the honour was reserved for his son, he prepared the materials. Worthington.—He acknowledges that without God, he cannot perform his vow. Bert.—We have engaged to be the temples of God. Saint Augustine

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