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I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills

Psalms 121:1

In 11 translations

BSB
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
KJV
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?
WEB
I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
ASV
I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?
LSV
A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I lift up my eyes to the hills, || From where does my help come?
YLT
A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?
DBY
I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?
DRC120:1
I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.
GNV
A song of degrees. I will lift mine eyes vnto the mountaines, from whence mine helpe shall come.
JPS
A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?
LXXE120:1
A Song of Degrees. I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come.

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Original-language editions

WLC
שִׁ֗יר לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת אֶשָּׂ֣א עֵ֭ינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִ֑ים מֵ֝אַ֗יִן יָבֹ֥א עֶזְרִֽי׃KJV:Ps.121.1
LXX-Br120:1
Ὠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. Ἦρα τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου εἰς τὰ ὄρη, ὅθεν ἥξει ἡ βοήθειά μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
  • Psalms 123:1I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
  • Jeremiah 3:23Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
  • 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 we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion,…
  • Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
  • Psalms 87:1He has founded His city on the holy mountains.
  • Psalms 68:15–16A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan. Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
  • Psalms 78:68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 121:2 in some Bibles
  • 120:1 in some Bibles
  • 121:1 in most Bibles

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