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Psalm 121:1

A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?

1A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
2My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
3He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
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Eyes lifted toward the hills accompany an open question about help, a moment of need before the song names YHWH.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 120:1A Song of Ascents. In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.Both are Songs of Ascents: one asks where help comes from; the other records a cry to the LORD and his answer.
Psalm 123:1A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.Both describe lifting the eyes; Psalm 123 names the one addressed as the God who sits in the heavens.
Jeremiah 3:23Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.Both mention hills and help; Jeremiah rejects help from the hills, while Psalm 121's next line names the LORD as helper.
Isaiah 2:3Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will …High ground appears in both passages, though Isaiah names the LORD's mountain and Psalm 121 leaves its hills unnamed.
Psalm 2:6“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”Psalm 2 names Zion as God's holy hill; Psalm 121 mentions hills without identifying them as Zion.
Psalm 127:1A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it …Both are Songs of Ascents that direct dependence toward the LORD, whether for help or for building and guarding.
Genesis 19:17It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, “Escape for your life! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the …Both mention mountainous terrain in a setting of need, though Genesis commands escape and Psalm 121 asks about help.
Daniel 4:34At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and …Lifting the eyes appears in both texts; Nebuchadnezzar looks to heaven and praises God, while the psalm opens with a question.
Ezekiel 18:6and has not eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, hasn’t come near a woman …Both mention high ground and lifted eyes; Ezekiel rejects looking to idols, while Psalm 121 asks where help comes from.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. anxiety or panic. wanting a steady prayer habit.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read Psalm 121:1–2 aloud before leaving home one morning

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Encouragement

The question about help has a place in this song of faith. The next line names its source: YHWH, who made heaven and earth.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).