Psalms 121:1“A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?”
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The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation
Psalms 121:1
“A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?” — read online, free, in the JPS 1917 translation.
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?” — the pilgrim's psalm.
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What is Psalm 121 about?
A song of ascents sung by pilgrims travelling to Jerusalem. The answer to the opening question comes at once: “My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.”
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This is the 1917 Jewish Publication Society translation — the classic public domain English rendering of the Hebrew Bible.
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