Psalms 121:1

A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. Unto the hills - Jerusalem was built upon a mountain; and Judea was a mountainous country; and the Jews, in their several dispersions, turned towards Jerusalem when they offered up their prayers to God.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 121:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will lift up mine eyes - Margin, “Shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills? Whence should my help come?” The expression would properly denote a c...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXXI. Yahweh's Care for His People. Psalms 121:8 . going out i.e. to the feast at Zion, and coming in to thy home far away, perhaps in heathe...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title.. Song. Hebrew. shir . See App-65. of degrees . for, or relating to the degrees. Only here thus. Hebrew. lamma'aloth. See note on Title...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

l I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. The inspired writer, whoever he was, seems, in the opening of the Psalm, to speak in the person o...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 714 SECURITY OF THOSE WHO TRUST IN GOD Psalms 121:1-8 . I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The great safety of the godly, who put their trust in God's protection. A Song of Degrees. Title. המעלות שׁיו Shiir hammangaloth. ] This psa...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. The pilgrims' even-song as they caught the first sight of the hills ( Psa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hills] RV 'mountains.' The mountains suggest strength, and the Psalmist asks a question, 'Whence shall my help come?' The answer is given in Psa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The song of the traveller, whose guide is Jehovah.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whence. — Our version is certainly incorrect in following the LXX. and Vulg. in making whence a relative. The Hebrew word is always interrogative...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 121:1-8 How many timid, anxious hearts has this sweet outpouring of quiet trust braced and lifted to its own serene height of conscious saf...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Where to Find Help Psalms 120:1-7 ; Psalms 121:1-8 This is the first of the “Songs of Degrees.” It has been suggested that they were pilgrim-s...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This song, so full of beauty, marks another stage in the approach of the worshiper in that it sets forth his assurance of the present help of Jehovah...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This is a very beautiful Psalm, if read first with reference to Jesus, and then as suited to his people in him. Its general contents are, t...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HELP FROM THE HILLS ‘I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.’ Psalms 121:1 In these first words of one of the gre...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills ,.... Not to the hills and mountains in Judea, looking about to see if the inhabitants of them, or any bodie...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 121:1 «A Song of degrees. » I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. A Song of degrees ] On, of ascensions, i...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills To Zion and Moriah, called the holy mountains, Psalms 87:1 , the hills on which the tabernacle or temple s...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God. A song of degrees. 1 I will lift up mine eyes u...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 121 THE ARGUMENT The matter of this Psalm sufficiently showeth that the psalmist was conflicting with great difficulties and oppositions, and...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This “Song of the Ascents”—a title slightly varying from that of each of the other Gradual Psalms—is as suitable as any for the Israeli...
Scofield Reference Notes

A Song of degrees Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example ( Psalms...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 121:1 In these first words of one of the greatest Psalms of David, the nobleness which we immediately feel seems to lie in this, that David...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 121:1-2 To the mind of the Jewish poet the everlasting hills of his native land were as shadows of the Infinite. The security which these m...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 121 There is an affinity between souls and hills, especially for those who have become acquainted with their own solemn depths and sublime...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 121:1 . I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. It is wise to look to the strong for strength. Dwellers in va...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 121:1 . I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. No help comes from anywhere else but from the eternal hills....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 121:1 . I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. Zion and mount Moriah, on which the temple stood. See on Psalms 125:2 . REFLECTIONS....
The Biblical Illustrator

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. Guaranteed security I. The godly man’s need. “Help.” Can never outgrow this: dependence the characteri...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE preceding psalm is one of complaint; the present, one of comfort and consolation. The pilgrim lifts up his eyes to the hills, a...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I will lift up mine eyes, in anxious, yet trustful desire and longing, unto the hills, regarded as the throne of Jehovah, from whence cometh my he...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Guardian Care of the Lord. A song of degrees, full of believing fervor due to the consciousness of the fellowship of God with His children on...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 2:3 ; Jeremiah 3:23 ; Psalms 123:1 ; Psalms 2:6 ; Psalms 68:15 ; Psalms 68:16 ; Psalms 78:68 ; Psalms 87:1 ; Psalms 120:1
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hills — To Sion and Moriah, which are called the holy mountains.

¹ I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 121:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 121:1