Psalms 121:1
In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
In Context
2O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.
Psalms 78:68But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.
Psalms 120:1Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Isaiah 2:3And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 121:1
Some call this the soldier's psalm, and think it was penned in the camp, when David was hazarding his life in the high places of the field, and thus trusted God to cover his head in the day of battle. Others call it the traveller's psalm (for there is nothing in it of military dangers) and think David penned it when he was going abroad, and designed it pro vehiculo—for the carriage, for a good man's convoy and companion in a journey or voyage. But we need not thus appropriate it; wherever we are, at home or… Read the whole commentary →