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OET (OET-RV) The song for of ascent there to Yerusalem.
⇔ ◙
⇔ …
OET-LV A_song of_the_ascents[fn] I_lift_up eyes_my to the_mountains from_where will_it_come help_my.
Help_my from_with Yahweh [who]_made (of)_heaven and_earth.
121:1 Note: KJB: Ps.121.1
UHB שִׁ֗יר לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת אֶשָּׂ֣א עֵ֭ינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִ֑ים מֵ֝אַ֗יִן יָבֹ֥א עֶזְרִֽי׃ ‡
(shiyr lammaˊₐlōt ʼessāʼ ˊēynay ʼel-hehāriym mēʼayin yāⱱoʼ ˊezriy.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT A song of ascents.
⇔ I lift up my eyes to the mountains,
⇔ From where does my help come?
UST I look up toward the tops of the hills and I think, “Who will help me?”
BSB A song of ascents.
⇔ I lift up my eyes to the hills.
⇔ From where does my help come?
OEB A song of ascents.
⇔ I will lift up my eyes to the mountains.
⇔ O whence shall help for me come?
WEB A Song of Ascents.
⇔ I will lift up my eyes to the hills.
⇔ Where does my help come from?
NET A song of ascents.
⇔ I look up toward the hills.
⇔ From where does my help come?
LSV A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I lift up my eyes to the hills,
From where does my help come?
FBV A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem.
⇔ I look to the hills[fn]—but is that where my help comes from?
121:1 It seems most likely that this reference is to pagan worship which occurred on the “high places” of the hills, and that this is contrasted with the true source of help in verse 2—the Lord.
T4T When we travel toward Jerusalem,
⇔ I look up toward the hills and I ask myself, “Who will help me?”
LEB • whence will my help come?
BBE A Song of the going up.
⇔ My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?
MOF A pilgrim song.
⇔ I life mine eyes to the mountains; ah, where is help to come from?
JPS A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?
ASV A Song of Ascents.
⇔ I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:
⇔ From whence shall my help come?
DRA I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.
YLT A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?
DBY A Song of degrees.
⇔ I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?
RV A Song of Ascents.
⇔ I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?
WBS A Song of degrees. I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help.
KJB A Song of degrees.
⇔ I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.[fn]
(A Song of degrees.
⇔ I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh/comes my help.)
121.1 I will…: or, Shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help come?
BB A song of high degrees. I will lift vp myne eyes vnto the hilles: from whence my helpe shall come.
(A song of high degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hilles: from whence my help shall come.)
GNV A song of degrees. I will lift mine eyes vnto the mountaines, from whence mine helpe shall come.
(A song of degrees. I will lift mine eyes unto the mountains, from whence mine help shall come. )
CB I lift vp myne eyes vnto the hilles, fro whence commeth my helpe?
(I lift up mine eyes unto the hilles, from whence cometh/comes my helpe?)
WYC The `title of the hundrid and oon and twentithe salm. The song of the grecis of Dauid. I am glad in these thingis, that ben seid to me; We schulen go in to the hous of the Lord.
(The `title of the hundred and one and twentithe salm. The song of the grecis of Dauid. I am glad in these things, that been said to me; We should go in to the house of the Lord.)
LUT Ein Lied im höhern Chor. Ich hebe meine Augen auf zu den Bergen, von welchen mir Hilfe kommt.
(Ein Lied in_the höhern Chor. I hebe my Augen on to the Bergen, from welchen to_me Hilfe kommt.)
CLV Canticum graduum. [Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.[fn]
(Canticum graduum. [Lætatus I_am in his which dicta are mihi: In home Domini ibimus.)
121.1 Canticum graduum. CASS. Tertius gradus. Magnum gaudium; in Ecclesia pura mente versari, atque digne Deo in hac peregrinatione militare: unde suspiramus ad cœlestem Jerusalem, ad quam duabus alis dilectionis levamur. Lætatus sum in his, etc. Primo gaudet se monitum ire ad Jerusalem, ubi sancti securi et cum Domino judicabunt. Secundo, ascensurus optat abundantiam pacis: Rogate quæ ad pacem, etc.
121.1 Canticum graduum. CASS. Tertius gradus. Magnum gaudium; in Ecclesia pura mente versari, atque digne Deo in hac peregrinatione militare: whence suspiramus to cœlestem Yerusalem, to how duabus alis dilectionis levamur. Lætatus I_am in his, etc. Primo gaudet se monitum ire to Yerusalem, where sancti securi and when/with Domino yudicabunt. Secundo, ascensurus optat abundantiam pacis: Rogate which to pacem, etc.
BRN
A Song of Degrees.
¶ I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
BrLXX
Ὠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν.
¶ Εὐφράνθην ἐπὶ τοῖς εἰρηκόσι μοι, εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου πορευσόμεθα.
(
Ōdaʸ tōn anabathmōn.
¶ Eufranthaʸn epi tois eiraʸkosi moi, eis oikon Kuriou poreusometha. )
121:1 The mountains were known for their idolatrous worship (Deut 12:2), and Israel was enticed to the hilltop shrines (Hos 4:13). This verse can be understood as a rhetorical question expecting a negative answer: The gods of the hilltop shrines cannot rescue anyone. Others understand the mountains to be a symbol of the Lord’s strength (Ps 95:4). In that case, the question would be interpreted literally (Where does my help come from?), with the answer given in the next verse
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אֶשָּׂ֣א עֵ֭ינַי
lift_up eyes,my
Here, to lift up your eyes is an idiom that means to look upwards. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I gaze up”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אֶל־הֶהָרִ֑ים
to/towards the,mountains
During the time that the author lived, many people considered mountains to be the place where gods dwelt. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express that explicitly. Alternate translation: “to the mountains, where people say that gods dwell”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
מֵ֝אַ֗יִן יָבֹ֥א עֶזְרִֽי
from,where come help,my
The author speaks of help as if it were a person that could come from somewhere. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Who will help me?”