Psalms 120:1
A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
In Context
2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:27For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
Psalms 30:7LORD, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Psalms 50:23Whoever offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his deportment aright will I show the salvation of God.
Psalms 107:13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Psalms 118:5I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
Psalms 122:1A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said to me, Let us 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 →