Psalms 120:1
{A Song of degrees.} In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
In Context
2Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:27For this boy I prayed; and Jehovah has granted me my petition which I asked of him.
Psalms 30:7Jehovah, by thy favour thou hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.
Psalms 50:23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth [his] way will I shew the salvation of God.
Psalms 107:13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses;
Psalms 118:5I called upon Jah in distress; Jah answered me [and set me] in a large place.
Psalms 122:1{A Song of degrees. Of David.} I rejoiced when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah.
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 →