Psalms 121:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A song of ascents. I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 120:1 : 1 A song of ascents. In my distress I cried out to the LORD and he answered me.
  • Ps 123:1 : 1 A song of ascents. I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven.
  • Jer 3:23 : 23 We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. We know that the LORD our God is the only one who can deliver Israel.
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 “I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
  • Ps 87:1 : 1 Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song. The LORD’s city is in the holy hills.
  • Ps 78:68 : 68 He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.
  • Isa 2:3 : 3 many peoples will come and say,“Come, let us go up to the LORD’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards.” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the LORD’s message will issue from Jerusalem.
  • Ps 68:15-16 : 15 The mountain of Bashan is a towering mountain; the mountain of Bashan is a mountain with many peaks. 16 Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the LORD will live there permanently!

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