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Psalms 121:2

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?
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

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My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

My help comes from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

What does Psalms 121:2 mean?

Psalms 121:2 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עֵזֶר (ʻêzer), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh).

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My
helpעֵזֶרʻêzer/ay'-zer/H5828aid
cometh
from
the
LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
which
madeעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
and
earth.אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 121:2.

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him

Genesis 6:6

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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What does Psalms 121:2 say?

Psalms 121:2 (King James Version) reads: "My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth."

Is Psalms 121:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 121:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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