Psalms 120:1
שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת אֶל ־ יְהוָה בַּצָּרָתָה לִּי קָרָאתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
In Context
2יְֽהוָה הַצִּילָה נַפְשִׁי מִשְּׂפַת ־ שֶׁקֶר מִלָּשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽה ׃
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:27אֶל ־ הַנַּעַר הַזֶּה הִתְפַּלָּלְתִּי וַיִּתֵּן יְהוָה לִי אֶת ־ שְׁאֵלָתִי אֲשֶׁר שָׁאַלְתִּי מֵעִמּֽוֹ ׃
Psalms 30:7וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי בְשַׁלְוִי בַּל ־ אֶמּוֹט לְעוֹלָֽם ׃
Psalms 50:23זֹבֵחַ תּוֹדָה יְֽכַבְּדָנְנִי וְשָׂם דֶּרֶךְ אַרְאֶנּוּ בְּיֵשַׁע אֱלֹהִֽים ׃
Psalms 107:13וַיִּזְעֲקוּ אֶל ־ יְהוָה בַּצַּר לָהֶם מִמְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶם יוֹשִׁיעֵֽם ׃
Psalms 118:5מִֽן ־ הַמֵּצַר קָרָאתִי יָּהּ עָנָנִי בַמֶּרְחָב יָֽהּ ׃
Psalms 122:1שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד שָׂמַחְתִּי בְּאֹמְרִים לִי בֵּית יְהוָה נֵלֵֽךְ ׃
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 →