Psalms 120:1
A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
In Context
2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:27I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
Psalms 30:7O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
Psalms 50:23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
Psalms 107:13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
Psalms 118:5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
Psalms 122:1A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
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 →