I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills
Psalms 121:2
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"In the beginning", a plural word for God, and Spirit or wind (Genesis 1:1–2)
In 11 translations
- BSB
- My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- KJV
- My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
- WEB
- My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
- ASV
- My help cometh from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
- LSV
- My help [is] from YHWH, || Maker of the heavens and earth,
- YLT
- My help [is] from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,
- DBY
- My help [cometh] from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.
- DRC120:2
- My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
- GNV
- Mine helpe commeth from the Lord, which hath made the heauen and the earth.
- JPS
- My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
- LXXE120:2
- My help shall come from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- עֶ֭זְרִי מֵעִ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃
- LXX-Br120:2
- Ἡ βοήθειά μου παρὰ Κυρίου τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 41:13For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
- Psalms 124:8Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- Hebrews 13:6So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
- Isaiah 40:28–29Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out. He gives power to the faint and…
- Psalms 146:5–6Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- Psalms 115:15May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will…
- Hosea 13:9You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 120:2 in some Bibles
- 121:2 in most Bibles