Psalms 120:1
A Canticle in steps. I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains; from thence help will come to me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
In Context
2My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:27I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted to me my petition, which I asked of him.
Psalms 30:7You have hated those who practice emptiness to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord.
Psalms 107:13Grant us help from tribulation, for vain is the help of man.
Psalms 118:5I wish that my ways may be directed so as to keep your justifications.
Psalms 122:1A Canticle in steps. I have lifted up my eyes to you, who dwells in the heavens.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 120:1
This psalm is the first of those fifteen which are here put together under the title of "songs of degrees." It is well that it is not material what the meaning of that title should be, for nothing is offered towards the explication of it, no, not by the Jewish writers themselves, but what is conjectural. These psalms do not seem to be composed all by the same hand, much less all at the same time. Four of them are expressly ascribed to David, and one is said to be designed for Solomon, and perhaps penned by him;… Read the whole commentary →