Psalms 121:1
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
- KJV
- I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
- WEB
- I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
- ASV
- I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?
- DARBY
- {A Song of degrees.} I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?
- BLB
- A Song for the Ascents. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> I lift up my eyes to the hills, from where my help does come.
- ÅB
- En sang ved festreisene. Jeg løfter mine øyne opp til fjellene; hvor skal min hjelp komme fra?
- OTB
- Jeg løfter mine øyne opp til fjellene;
Hvor skal min hjelp komme fra? - B1930
- En sang ved festreisene. Jeg løfter mine øine op til fjellene; hvor skal min hjelp komme fra?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Short explanation
The psalmist lifts his eyes to the hills and asks where help comes from. The answer comes in the next verse: from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Context: A pilgrim psalm, sung by those on their way up to Jerusalem.
See also: Psalms 121:2, Psalms 121:7
The explanation was written by an AI and has not yet been reviewed by a person. All explanations
Cross references
Psalms 120:1
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Read in contextPsalms 123:1
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:23
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:3
And 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.
Read in contextPsalms 2:6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Read in contextPsalms 87:1
His foundation is in the holy mountains.
Read in contextPsalms 68:15–16
The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
Read in contextPsalms 78:68
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Read in context