Psalms 121:1
“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up.” I lift up mine eyes to the hills: Whence cometh my help?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
In Context
2My help cometh from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6“I myself have anointed my king, Upon Zion, my holy hill!”
Psalms 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, The Mount Zion which he loved;
Psalms 120:1“A psalm of steps.” In my distress I called upon the LORD, And he answered me.
Isaiah 2:3And many kingdoms shall go, and shall say, “Come, let us go to the mountain of Jehovah, To the house of the God of Jacob, That he may teach us his ways, And that we may walk in his paths!” For from Zion shall go forth a law, And the word of Jehovah 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 →