Psalms 121:1
A Song of degrees. I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
In Context
2My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Psalms 120:1A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.
Isaiah 2:3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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 →