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Psalms 121:1


Psalms 120:7 Psalms 121:1 (KJV) Psalms 121:2
I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.
A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help [cometh] from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A SongH7892 of degreesH4609. I will lift upH5375 mine eyesH5869 unto the hillsH2022, from whenceH370 comethH935 my helpH5828.


Original Hebrew

שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלֹות אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
שִׁ֗יר
Shir H7892 HNcbsa a song
לַֽ/מַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת
la./Ma.'a.Lot H4609 HRd/Ncfpa of the/ ascents
אֶשָּׂ֣א
'e.Sa' H5375 HVqi1cs I lift up
עֵ֭ינַ/י
'Ei.na/i H5869 HNcbdc/Sp1cs eyes/ my
אֶל
'el- H413 HR to
הֶ/הָרִ֑ים
he./ha.Rim H2022 HTd/Ncmpa the/ mountains
מֵ֝/אַ֗יִן
me./'A.yin H370 HR/Ti from/ where?
יָבֹ֥א
ya.Vo' H935 HVqi3ms will it come
עֶזְרִֽ/י
'ez.R/i H5828 HNcmsc/Sp1cs help/ my
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H370 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah-yin'): probably identical with אַיִן in the sense of query (compare אִיlemma אי missing vowel, corrected to אִי); where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence); whence, where.
  • H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
  • H2022 — הַר (har, har): a shortened form of הָרָר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.
  • H4609 — מַעֲלָה (maʻălâh, mah-al-aw'): feminine of מַעֲלֶה; elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms); things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
  • H5375 — נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, naw-saw'): or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
  • H5828 — עֵזֶר (ʻêzer, ay'-zer): from עָזַר; aid; help.
  • H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
  • H7892 — שִׁיר (shîyr, sheer): or feminine שִׁירָה; from שִׁיר; a song; abstractly, singing; musical(-ick), [idiom] sing(-er, -ing), song.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
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Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Reciprocal references (10): Genesis 19:17, 1 Kings 20:23, 2 Chronicles 20:12, Psalms 13:4, Psalms 25:15, Ezekiel 18:6, Daniel 4:34, Hosea 13:9, Luke 9:16, John 17:1

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