Psalms 120:1
“A song of the degrees.” Unto the Lord, when I was in distress, did I call, and he hath answered me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
In Context
2O Lord, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, and from a tongue of deceit.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:27For this lad did I pray; and the Lord hath granted me my petition which I asked of him;
Psalms 30:7(30:8) Lord, by thy favor hadst thou caused my mountain to stand in strength: thou didst hide thy face, [and] I was terrified.
Psalms 50:23Whoso offereth thanksgiving glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his course aright, will I show the salvation of God.
Psalms 107:13But when they cry unto the Lord when they are in distress, he saveth them out of their afflictions;
Psalms 118:5From the midst of distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me with enlargement.
Psalms 122:1“A song of the degrees by David.” I was rejoiced when they said unto me, Unto the house of the Lord let us go.
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 →