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Psalm 121:1

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.”

Psalm 121:1, King James Version (KJV)

“A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?”

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Psalm 121 (KJV)

A Song of degrees.

  1. 1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
  2. 2My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
  3. 3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
  4. 4Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
  5. 5The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
  6. 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
  7. 7The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
  8. 8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Related verses

Passages that readers often connect with Psalm 121:1, in the King James Version.

  • Psalm 120:1

    In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

  • Psalm 123:1

    Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

  • Jeremiah 3:23

    Truly 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.

  • Isaiah 2:3

    And 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.

  • Psalm 2:6

    Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

  • Psalm 87:1

    His foundation is in the holy mountains.

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1769 standardized text (eBible.org eng-kjv). Public domain outside the United Kingdom. Text courtesy of the Crosswire Bible Society and eBible.org. World English Bible Protestant Edition (eBible engwebp, 2026-09-15 snapshot). Public domain. World English Bible is a trademark of eBible.org. Text unmodified; footnotes and formatting omitted. Related verses: OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0), from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.