Psalms 122:1
I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
In Context
2My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Cross References
Psalms 26:8I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.
Psalms 55:14For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.
Psalms 84:1Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core.
Psalms 121:1In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.
Psalms 124:1To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 122:1
This psalm seems to have been penned by David for the use of the people of Israel, when they came up to Jerusalem to worship at the three solemn feasts. It was in David's time that Jerusalem was first chosen to be the city where God would record his name. It being a new thing, this, among other means, was used to bring the people to be in love with Jerusalem, as the holy city, though it was but the other day in the hands of the Jebusites. Observe, I. The joy with which they were to go up to Jerusalem, ver. 1, 2 .… Read the whole commentary →