Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Surely, etc.—The form is that of an oath or strongest assertion. Submission is denoted by the figure of a weaned child. As the child weaned by his mother from the breast, so I still the motions of pride in me (Matthew 18:3-4; Isaiah 11:8; Isaiah 28:9). Hebrew children were often not weaned till three years old.
soul—may be taken for desire, which gives a more definite sense, though one included in the idea conveyed by the usual meaning, myself.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 131:2:
Psalms 131:1
Isaiah 38:13
Hosea 1:8
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