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Psalm 121:1

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121:1I look up1 toward the hills.

From where2 does my help come?

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  1. 1 Heb “I lift my eyes.”
  2. 2 The Hebrew term מֵאַיִן (me’ayin) is interrogative, not relative, in function. Rather than directly stating that his source of help descends from the hills, the psalmist is asking, “From where does my help come?” Nevertheless, the first line does indicate that he is looking toward the hills for help, probably indicating that he is looking up toward the sky in anticipation of supernatural intervention. The psalmist assumes the dramatic role of one needing help. He answers his own question in v. 2.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I lift up my eyes to the hills.

From where does my help come?

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I lift up my eyes to the mountains—

where does my help come from?

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I lift my eyes toward the mountains.

Where will my help come from?

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

I look up to the mountains—

does my help come from there?

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I lift up my eyes to the mountains;

whence will my help come?

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,

From whence cometh my help.

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