Psalms 120:1
A Song of Degrees. I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
In Context
2My help shall come from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:27For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him.
Psalms 30:7Thou hast hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.
Psalms 107:13Give us help from tribulation: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms 118:5O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances.
Psalms 122:1A Song of Degrees. Unto thee who dwellest in heaven have I lifted up mine eyes.
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 →