Psalms 131
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
2Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
3Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- לֹאlôʼH38084× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- גָּמַלgâmalH15802× in this chapter
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- גָּבַהּgâbahhH13611× in this chapter
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14191× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- דָּמַםdâmamH18261× in this chapter
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
- הָלַךְhâlakH19801× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- יָחַלyâchalH31761× in this chapter
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34781× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- לֵבlêbH38201× in this chapter
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- אֵלʼêlH4131× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מִןminH44801× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- מַעֲלָהmaʻălâhH46091× in this chapter
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
- אֵםʼêmH5171× in this chapter
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
- אִםʼimH5181× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- עַדʻadH57041× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- עוֹלָםʻôwlâmH57691× in this chapter
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
- עַיִןʻayinH58691× in this chapter
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- עַתָּהʻattâhH62581× in this chapter
at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
- פָּלָאpâlâʼH63811× in this chapter
properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
- רוּםrûwmH73111× in this chapter
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
- שָׁוָהshâvâhH77371× in this chapter
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
- שִׁירshîyrH78921× in this chapter
a song; abstractly, singing