God the Help of Those Who Seek Him

A Song of Ascents.

121 I (A)will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?

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Psalm 121

A song of ascents.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
    where does my help come from?

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Plea for Relief from Bitter Foes

A Song of Ascents.

120 In (A)my distress I cried to the Lord,
And He heard me.

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Psalm 120

A song of ascents.

I call on the Lord(A) in my distress,(B)
    and he answers me.

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Prayer for Relief from Contempt

A Song of Ascents.

123 Unto You (A)I lift up my eyes,
O You (B)who dwell in the heavens.

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Psalm 123

A song of ascents.

I lift up my eyes to you,
    to you who sit enthroned(A) in heaven.

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23 (A)Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills,
And from the multitude of mountains;
(B)Truly, in the Lord our God
Is the salvation of Israel.

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23 Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills(A)
    and mountains is a deception;
surely in the Lord our God
    is the salvation(B) of Israel.

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Many people shall come and say,
(A)“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
(B)For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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Many peoples(A) will come and say,

“Come, let us go(B) up to the mountain(C) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(D) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(E)

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“Yet I have [a]set My King
[b]On My holy hill of Zion.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:6 Lit. installed
  2. Psalm 2:6 Lit. Upon Zion, the hill of My holiness

“I have installed my king(A)
    on Zion,(B) my holy mountain.(C)

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68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion (A)which He loved.

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68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(A)
    Mount Zion,(B) which he loved.

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The Glories of the City of God

A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song.

87 His foundation is in the holy mountains.

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Psalm 87

Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.

He has founded his city on the holy mountain.(A)

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15 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
16 Why do you [a]fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks?
(A)This is the mountain which God desires to dwell in;
Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:16 Lit. stare

15 Mount Bashan,(A) majestic mountain,(B)
    Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
16 why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
    at the mountain where God chooses(C) to reign,
    where the Lord himself will dwell forever?(D)

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