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My help comes from Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.
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The Only Source of Help
Commentators agree this verse is a powerful declaration of exclusive trust. After considering worldly sources of strength (the 'hills' of verse 1), the psalmist firmly concludes that real help comes only from the Lord. This is a conscious decision to turn away from reliance on human power or circumstances and to place one's confidence solely in God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My help comes from the Lord – from Yahweh. This is the answer to the anxious inquiry in (Psalms 121:1). It indicates:
19th Century
Anglican
My help cometh ... —Not as the superstition of the Canaanite said, from the sacred summits themselves, but from their Cre…
Baptist
My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
He would sooner unmake them than desert his people. He who made heaven and …
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16th Century
Protestant
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. The inspired writer, whoever he was, seems, in the opening of the Psalm, to speak in the person o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My help [comes] from the Lord, who made heaven and earth .Who helps his people out of the hands of all their enemies…
We must not rely upon people and means, instruments and second causes. Shall I depend upon the strength of the hills? Upon princes and great people…
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