Psalms 121:1
A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
In Context
2My help [is] from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,
Cross References
Psalms 2:6'And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'
Psalms 78:68And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,
Psalms 120:1A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.
Isaiah 2:3And gone have many peoples and said, 'Come, and we go up unto the mount of Jehovah, Unto the house of the God of Jacob, And He doth teach us of His ways, And we walk in His paths, For from Zion goeth forth a law, And a word of Jehovah 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 →