Psalm 121:1 (BSB)

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

From Psalms 121. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Psalm 121:1

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 121:1-8: PSALM 121 The Psalmist, to encourage true believers confidently to trust in the aid of God, and to teach them to betake themselves to his protection, first, affirms that, to whatever quarter we turn our eyes it is impossible to find salvation anywhere else; and, in the second place, extols in lofty terms the fatherly care of God in defending his faithful ones. Song of Degrees. Psalm 121:1-2 1.
• C.H. Spurgeon (Reformed Baptist), The Treasury of David on Psalm 121:1: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. It is wise to look to the strong for strength. Dwellers in valleys are subject to many disorders for which there is no cure but a sojourn in the uplands, and it is well when they shake off their lethargy and resolve upon a climb.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 121:1-8: This psalm teaches us, I. To stay ourselves upon God as a God of power and a God all-sufficient for us. David did so and found the benefit of it. 1. We must not rely upon creatures, upon men and means, instruments and second causes, nor make flesh our arm: "Shall I lift up my eyes to the hills?" - so some read it. "Does my help come thence?
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 121:1: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,.... Not to the hills and mountains in Judea, looking about to see if the inhabitants of them, or any bodies of men, appeared upon them to his help in distress; rather to the hills of Moriah and Zion, where the ark of God, the symbol of his presence, was, and to whom he looked for assistance...