Psalms 121:1
שִׁיר לַֽמַּעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל ־ הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִֽי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
In Context
2עֶזְרִי מֵעִם יְהוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָֽרֶץ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 2:6וַאֲנִי נָסַכְתִּי מַלְכִּי עַל ־ צִיּוֹן הַר ־ קָדְשִֽׁי ׃
Psalms 78:68וַיִּבְחַר אֶת ־ שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה אֶֽת ־ הַר צִיּוֹן אֲשֶׁר אָהֵֽב ׃
Psalms 120:1שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת אֶל ־ יְהוָה בַּצָּרָתָה לִּי קָרָאתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי ׃
Isaiah 2:3וְֽהָלְכוּ עַמִּים רַבִּים וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ ׀ וְנַעֲלֶה אֶל ־ הַר ־ יְהוָה אֶל ־ בֵּית אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב וְיֹרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו וְנֵלְכָה בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו כִּי מִצִּיּוֹן תֵּצֵא תוֹרָה וּדְבַר ־ יְהוָה מִירוּשָׁלִָֽם ׃
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 →