Psalms 121:1
I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
In Context
2Our feet stood in your courts, O Jerusalem. 1
Cross References
Psalms 2:6But I have been made king by him on Sion his holy mountain, 1
Psalms 120:1I lifted up my eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come. 1
Isaiah 2:3And many nations 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 tell us his way, and we will walk in it: for out of Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord out of 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 →