Psalms 120:1
I lifted up my eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
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. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:27For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him.
Psalms 30:7I will exult and be glad in your mercy: for you have looked upon my affliction; you have saved my soul from distresses. 1
Psalms 107:13Through God we shall + 107:13 Gr. work power. do valiantly; and he will bring to nothing our enemies.
Psalms 118:5O that my ways were directed to keep your ordinances. 1
Psalms 122:1To you who dwell in heaven have I lifted up my eyes. 1
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 →