KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 121:1–2
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Psalms 121:1
1I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
1¶ I will lift vp mine eyes vnto the hilles: from whence commeth my helpe.
Psalms 121:2
2My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
2*My helpe commeth from the LORD: which made heauen and earth.
- Psal. 144.7.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 121:1
To raise, bear up, exalt, or take away; also an act of raising.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, judgment, or presence, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
How; by what way or means. From what source.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Aid, assistance, or relief; as a verb, to aid, assist, or support.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Psalms 121:2
Aid, assistance, or relief; as a verb, to aid, assist, or support.
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LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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The expanse above the earth, including the sky or firmament; also the dwelling or throne of God, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study1IN my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.
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Open the full verse study1UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
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Open the full verse study23Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
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Open the full verse study3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us 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 walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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Open the full verse study6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
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Open the full verse study1HIS foundation is in the holy mountains.
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Open the full verse study15The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.
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Open the full verse study68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
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Open the full verse study13For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
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Open the full verse study8Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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Open the full verse study6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
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Open the full verse study28¶ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
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Open the full verse study5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
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Open the full verse study1GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
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Open the full verse study15Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
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Open the full verse study11But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
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Open the full verse study9¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
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