Psalms 121:1
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
BSB
ASV
I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?
KJV
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
If you take a straight look at the leaders of the city, the foremost chief is Christ. In terms of the fight, although the angels and the saints help—"I lift up my eyes toward the mountains; whence shall help come to me"—yet the principal contender …
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 bodies of men, appeared upon them to his help in distress; rather to the hills of Moriah and Zion, where the ark of God, the symbol of his presence, was, and to whom he looked for assistance and deliverance: or to heaven, the holy hill of the Lord, and to him that dwelleth there; see Psa 3:
We must fetch in help from God, by faith in his promises, and a due regard to all his institutions: " I will lift up my eyes to the hills " (probably he meant the hills on which the temple was built, Mount Moriah, and the holy hill of Zion, where the ark of the covenant, the oracle, and the altars were);
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Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
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In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
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Psalms 123:1I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
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But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
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Isaiah 2:3And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that…
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“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.