PSA 121:1 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) A song for walking uphill to Yerushalem.
⇔ I look up towards the hills.
⇔ Where will my help come from?

Key: khaki: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).

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.)

BrTr A Song of Degrees.
¶ I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

ULT I lift up my eyes to the mountains,
⇔ From where does my help come?

UST A psalm for people going up to the temple to worship.
⇔ I look toward the hills
⇔ and I ask myself, “Where will anyone to help me come from?”

BSB A song of ascents.
⇔ I lift up my eyes to the hills.
⇔ From where does my help come?

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB A song of ascents.
⇔ I lift up my eyes to the mountains.
⇔ From where will help for me come?

WEBBE I will lift up my eyes to the hills.
⇔ Where does my help come from?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET 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 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 • A song for the ascents.[fn]
• I lift up my eyes to the mountains;
• whence will my help come?

121:? The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm

BBE My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?

Moff 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 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?

Drby I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?

RV I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?
(I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence/where shall my help come?)

SLT Song of ascensions. I will lift up mine eyes to the mountains from whence shall come my help.

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

KJB-1769 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.[fn]
(I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence/where cometh/comes my help.)

121.1 I will…: or, Shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help come?

KJB-1611 ¶ I will lift vp mine eyes vnto the hilles: from whence commeth my helpe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps 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 hills: from whence/where my help shall come.)

Gnva 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/where mine help shall come.)

Cvdl I lift vp myne eyes vnto the hilles, fro whence commeth my helpe?
(I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence/where cometh/comes my help?)

Wycl 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 twentieth psalm. The song of the steps/stairs of David. I am glad in these things, that been said to me; We should go in to the house of the Lord.)

Luth Ein Lied im höhern Chor. Ich hebe meine Augen auf zu den Bergen, von welchen mir Hilfe kommt.
(A song in_the higher choir. I lift(v) my eyes on/in/to to/for the mountain(s)/hill(s), from which_(ones) to_me help(n) comes.)

ClVg Canticum graduum. [Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.[fn]
(A_song steps(n). [Lætatus I_am in/into/on his which said/dictated are to_me: In house/home Master 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 A_song steps(n). CASS. Tertius degree/grade. Great joy; in/into/on Assembly/Church pure mind versari, and_yet worthily to_God in/into/on this_way peregrinatione militare: from_where/who suspiramus to heavenly Yerusalem, to how two wings of_love raise/liftmur. Lætatus I_am in/into/on his, etc. At_first rejoices himself monitum ire to Yerusalem, where holy securely and when/with Master they_will_judge. Secondly, ascensurus wishes abundance of_peace: Rogate which to peace, etc.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אֶשָּׂ֣א עֵ֭ינַ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: song of,ascents lift_up eyes_of,my to/towards the,mountains from,where? come help_of,my )

The psalmist is using lift up my eyes as a common expression of the culture to mean “to look up at” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I look up]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מֵ֝⁠אַ֗יִן יָבֹ֥א עֶזְרִֽ⁠י

from,where? come help_of,my

The psalmist is using the question form to set up a confident answer that he provides in verse 2. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [I know where my help comes from!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

עֶזְרִֽ⁠י

help_of,my

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of help, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [someone to help me]

Parallel PSA 121:1