Psalms 120:1
A song of degrees. I called vnto the Lord in my trouble, and hee heard me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
In Context
2Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:27I prayed for this childe, and the Lord hath giuen me my desire which I asked of him.
Psalms 30:7For thou Lord of thy goodnes hadest made my mountaine to stande strong: but thou didest hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Psalms 50:23He that offereth praise, shall glorifie mee: and to him, that disposeth his way aright, will I shew the saluation of God.
Psalms 107:13Then they cried vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he deliuered them from their distresse.
Psalms 118:5I called vpon the Lord in trouble, and the Lord heard me, and set me at large.
Psalms 122:1A song of degrees, or Psalme of David. I rejoiced, when they sayd to me, We wil go into 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 →