Psalm 120:1
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
7892 [e]שִׁ֗יר
šîr,
A SongN-msc
4609 [e]הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת
ham-ma-‘ă-lō-wṯ
of AscentsArt | N-fp
413 [e]אֶל־
’el-
ToPrep
3068 [e]יְ֭הוָה
Yah-weh
YahwehN-proper-ms
6869 [e]בַּצָּרָ֣תָה
baṣ-ṣā-rā-ṯāh
in distressPrep-b, Art | N-fs | 3fs
  לִּ֑י
lî;
myPrep | 1cs
7121 [e]קָ֝רָ֗אתִי
qā-rā-ṯî,
I criedV-Qal-Perf-1cs
6030 [e]וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי׃
way-ya-‘ă-nê-nî.
and He heard meConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms | 1cs





















Hebrew Texts
תהילים 120:1 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲלֹ֥ות אֶל־יְ֭הוָה בַּצָּרָ֣תָה לִּ֑י קָ֝רָ֗אתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי׃

תהילים 120:1 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
שיר המעלות אל־יהוה בצרתה לי קראתי ויענני׃

תהילים 120:1 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
שיר המעלות אל־יהוה בצרתה לי קראתי ויענני׃

תהילים 120:1 Hebrew Bible
שיר המעלות אל יהוה בצרתה לי קראתי ויענני׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A Song of Ascents. In my trouble I cried to the LORD, And He answered me.

King James Bible
<> In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A song of ascents. In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me."
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Title - A Song of Degrees. Bp. Patrick and others suppose this Psalm to have been composed by David, when the calumnies of Doeg and others forced him to flee his country.

Psalm 121:1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from where comes my help.

Psalm 122:1 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

Psalm 123:1 To you lift I up my eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens.

Psalm 124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

Psalm 125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot …

Psalm 126:1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Psalm 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: …

Psalm 128:1 Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways.

Psalm 129:1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

Psalm 130:1 Out of the depths have I cried to you, O LORD.

Psalm 131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty: neither do I exercise …

Psalm 132:1 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:

Psalm 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!

Psalm 134:1 Behold, bless you the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, which by …

my distress

Psalm 18:6 In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard …

Psalm 30:7,8 LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain to stand strong: you …

Psalm 50:15 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you …

Psalm 107:13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out …

Psalm 116:3,4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold …

Psalm 118:5 I called on the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me …

Isaiah 37:3,4,14 And they said to him, Thus said Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, …

Isaiah 38:2-5 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD…

Jonah 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he …

Luke 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was …

Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh…

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