Psalms 120:1
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
In Context
2Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:27For this child did I pray, and the Lord hath granted me my petition, which I asked of him.
Psalms 30:7And in my abundance I said: I shall never be moved.
Psalms 50:23The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.
Psalms 107:13Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Psalms 118:5In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me.
Psalms 122:1I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.
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 →