Psalms 120:1
In distress I cried to the Lord, and he answered me.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
In Context
2“Deliver me, Lord, from the lip that is false and the tongue that is crafty.”
Cross References
Psalms 30:7For by your favor, O Lord, you had set me on mountains strong: but you hide your face, and I was confounded.
Psalms 50:23Those who bring a thank-offering honor me; but to those who follow my way, I will show the salvation of God.”
Psalms 107:13Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses.
Psalms 118:5Out of straits I called on the Lord, the Lord answered and gave me room.
Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “We will 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 →