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Psalm 121

Sal. 121:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Song
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
of degrees
ma`alah (Hebrew #4609)
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
KJV usage: things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
Pronounce: mah-al-aw'
Origin: feminine of 4608
.>> I κwill lift up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
mine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
unto the hills
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
, from whence
'aiyn (Hebrew #370)
--where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
KJV usage: whence, where.
Pronounce: ah-yin'
Origin: probably identical with 369 in the sense of query (compare 336)
cometh
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
my help
`ezer (Hebrew #5828)
aid
KJV usage: help.
Pronounce: ay'-zer
Origin: from 5826
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or, Shall lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help come?
Jer. 3:23• 23Ciertamente vanidad son los collados, la multitud de los montes: ciertamente en Jehová nuestro Dios está la salud de Israel. (Jer. 3:23)
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1-8:  The great safety of the godly, who put their trust in God's protection.
(Title.)
A Song.
Sal. 120:1• 1Cántico gradual. A Jehová llamé estando en angustia, Y él me respondió. (Sal. 120:1)
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Sal. 120•  (Sal. 120)
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I will, etc.
or, Shall I lift up my eyes to the hills?whence should my help come?
Jer. 3:23• 23Ciertamente vanidad son los collados, la multitud de los montes: ciertamente en Jehová nuestro Dios está la salud de Israel. (Jer. 3:23)
lift up.
Sal. 2:6• 6Yo empero he puesto mi rey Sobre Sión, monte de mi santidad. (Sal. 2:6)
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Sal. 68:15‑16• 15Monte de Dios es el monte de Basán; Monte alto el de Basán.
 16¿Por qué os levantáis, oh montes altos? Este monte amó Dios para su asiento; Ciertamente Jehová habitará en él para siempre. (Sal. 68:15‑16)
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Sal. 78:68• 68Sino que escogió la tribu de Judá, El monte de Sión, al cual amó. (Sal. 78:68)
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Sal. 87:1• 1A los hijos de Coré: Salmo: Canción. Su cimiento es en montes de santidad. (Sal. 87:1)
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Sal. 123:1• 1Cántico gradual. A ti que habitas en los cielos, Alcé mis ojos. (Sal. 123:1)
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Is. 2:3• 3Y vendrán muchos pueblos, y dirán: Venid, y subamos al monte de Jehová, á la casa del Dios de Jacob; y nos enseñará en sus caminos, y caminaremos por sus sendas. Porque de Sión saldrá la ley, y de Jerusalem la palabra de Jehová. (Is. 2:3)
• Where should the soul look? To the hills? (Comp. Jer. 3:23.) Help was to be found in the Lord. I suppose it is: shall I look to the hills? (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 120-131” by J.N. Darby)
• The godly assured of the presence and support of the Lord, in view of their journey from the land of captivity to the house of the Lord. (“Psalms 121” by H. Smith)
• Scattered into various places in the earth the ten tribes of Israel lift up their eyes toward their homeland and desire help from above to be brought there (vs. 1). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A Song of degrees. I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?