Psalms 121 · Verse 2

Psalms 121:2

My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
Psalms 121:2, King James Version

Psalms 121:2 in other translations

BSBMy help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
WEBMy help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
ASVMy help cometh from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
YLTMy help is from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,
DARBYMy help cometh from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.
BBEYour help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
WebsterMy help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

What does Psalms 121:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge (Psa 115:15), to which,

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 My help cometh from the Lord - There is no help for me but in my God; and I expect it from no other quarter.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 121:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עֶ֭זְרִי'Ez.rihelp myH5828
מֵעִ֣םme.'Im[is] from withH5973
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה'o.Sehmaker ofH6213
שָׁמַ֥יִםsha.Ma.yimheavenH8064
וָאָֽרֶץ\׃va.'A.retzand earthH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 121:2

  • Isaiah 41:13

    For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

  • Psalms 124:8

    Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

  • Hebrews 13:6

    So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

  • Isaiah 40:28-29

    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. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

  • Psalms 146:5-6

    Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

  • Psalms 46:1

    To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

  • Psalms 115:15

    Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.

  • Jeremiah 20:11

    But 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.

  • Hosea 13:9

    O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My help.
46:1; 124:8; 146:5,6; Isa 40:28,29; 41:13; Jer 20:11; Ho 13:9
Heb 13:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 121:1

    A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

  • Psalms 121:2

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

  • Psalms 121:3

    He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Read all of Psalms 121

Psalms 121:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mi socorro viene de Jehová, que hizo los cielos y la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mon secours vient d’auprès de l’ Éternel, qui a fait les cieux et la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Meine Hülfe kommt von Jehova, der Himmel und Erde gemacht hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.