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Psalms 121:1

A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. I will: or, Shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help come?

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A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from where comes my help.

121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

What does Psalms 121:1 mean?

Psalms 121:1 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שִׁיר (shîyr), מַעֲלָה (maʻălâh), נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ).

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A
Songשִׁירshîyr/sheer/H7892a song; abstractly, singing
of
degrees.מַעֲלָהmaʻălâh/mah-al-aw'/H4609elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
I
will
lift
upנָשָׂאnâsâʼ/naw-saw'/H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
mine
eyesעַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
unto
the
hills,הַרhar/har/H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
from
whenceאַיִןʼayin/ah-yin'/H370where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
comethבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
my
help.עֵזֶרʻêzer/ay'-zer/H5828aid
I
will:
or,
Shall
I
lift
up
mine
eyes
to
the
hills?
whence
should
my
help
come?

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 121:1.

1 Chronicles 10:4

Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. abuse me: or, mock me

2 Kings 2:16

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. strong: Heb. sons of strength some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

Exodus 6:8

And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. swear: Heb. lift up my hand

Genesis 45:16

And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. pleased: Heb. was good in the eyes of Pharaoh

Jeremiah 3:2

Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

Joshua 13:5

And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.

Leviticus 20:17

And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

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What does Psalms 121:1 say?

Psalms 121:1 (King James Version) reads: "A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. I will: or, Shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help come?"

Is Psalms 121:1 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 121:1 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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