Psalms 121:1
I lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where will help for me come?
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
In Context
2My help will come from the Lord the creator of heaven and earth.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6“This my king is installed by me, on Zion my holy mountain.”
Psalms 78:68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
Psalms 120:1In distress I cried to the Lord, and he answered me.
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 →