Psalms 121:1
A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
In Context
2My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Psalms 78:68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
Psalms 120:1A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
Isaiah 2:3And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from 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 →