1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
1 [[A Song H7892 of degrees.]] H4609 I will lift up H5375 mine eyes H5869 unto the hills, H2022 from whence H370 cometh H935 my help. H5828
1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?
1 A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?
1 {A Song of degrees.} I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?
1 > I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
1 <A Song of the going up.> My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
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.
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Commentary on Psalms 121 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
PSALM 121
Ps 121:1-8. God's guardian care of His people celebrated.
1. I will lift up mine eyes—expresses desire (compare Ps 25:1), mingled with expectation. The last clause, read as a question, is answered,
2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge (Ps 115:15), to which,
3, 4. His sleepless vigilance is added.
to be moved—(Compare Ps 38:16; 66:9).
5. upon thy right hand—a protector's place (Ps 109:31; 110:5).
6-8. God keeps His people at all times and in all perils.
nor the moon by night—poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides (Ge 1:16).
8. thy going out, &c.—all thy ways (De 28:19; Ps 104:23).
evermore—includes a future state.