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Psalms 121:2 — King James Version← Study notes

My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.


Psalms 121:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 121:26 words
HebrewMeaning
עֶ֭זְרִ/יʿezəriy
help mynounH5828
מֵ/עִ֣םmēʿim
is from withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
עֹ֝שֵׂ֗הʿōśēh
maker ofverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
שָׁמַ֥יִםšāmayim
heavennounH8064
astrologer · heaven
וָ/אָֽרֶץwāʾāreṣ
and earthconjH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 121:2

1. ...Let them “lift up their eyes to the hills whence comes their help” Psalm 120:1. What means, The hills have been lightened? The Sun of righteousness has already risen, the Gospel has been already preached by the Apostles, the Scriptures have been preached, all the mysteries have been laid open, the veil has been rent, the secret place of the temple has been revealed: let them now at length lift their eyes up to the hills, whence their help comes...“Of His fullness have…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 121
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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