Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 120:1-7
A cry for help to Jehovah in the midst of sore distress, evidently by an exile under foreign oppression.
A cry for help to Jehovah in the midst of sore distress, evidently by an exile under foreign oppression.
PSALM CXX _The psalmist, in great distress, calls on the Lord for_ _deliverance from calumny and defamation_, 1, 2; _shows the punishment that awaits his persecutor_, 3, 4; _deplores the necessity...
IN MY DISTRESS - In my suffering, as arising from slander, Psalms 120:2. There are few forms of suffering more keen than those caused by slander: “Whose edge is sharper than the sword; whose tongue...
PSALM 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrat...
CXX. PRAYER AGAINST CALUMNIATORS. Here begin the Psalms of Ascents, _i.e._ Pss. intended to be sung by the pilgrims at the three great feasts on their way up to Jerusalem, which stood on a height. Psa...
TITLE.. SONG. Hebrew. _shir_. See App-65: viz. one of the Songs promised by Hezekiah in Isaiah 38:20. DEGREES. the degrees, or steps. Hebrew. _hamma'aloth_ (with Art.): i.e. the "degrees" mentioned si...
_David prayeth against Doeg, and reproveth his tongue. He complaineth of his necessary conversation with the wicked._ A Song of Degrees. _Title._ המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth. A song of degrees_]...
PSALMS 120 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Peace _versus_ War. ANALYSIS (See Inserted Headlines.) (Lm.) Song of the Steps. (A GRATEFUL KING'S MEMORIAL.) 1 Unto Jehovah in the distress that befell me I calle...
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Psalms 120:1.-The first of the fifteen "Songs of degrees." The Septuagint, not probably, translate, 'Songs of the steps' [toon anabathmoon] - n...
120:1 degrees. (d-4) Perhaps in the sense of 'going up.' see Psalms 122:4 ; 1 Kings 12:27 . Others take it morally....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We will go up to Jerusalem" (Luke 18:31
שִׁ֗יר הַֽ מַּ֫עֲלֹ֥ות אֶל ־יְ֭הוָה בַּ †...
Psalms 120:1 THE collection of pilgrim songs is appropriately introduced by one expressive of the unrest arising from compulsory association with uncongenial and hostile neighbours. The psalmist lamen...
WHERE TO FIND HELP Psalms 120:1; Psalms 121:1 This is the first of the “Songs of Degrees.” It has been suggested that they were pilgrim-songs to beguile the journeys from all parts of the country to...
The next fifteen psalms appear to have formed a book of themselves bearing the title, "The Songs of Ascents." That collection is incorporated by the editor at this point not without purpose. The title...
"A Song of (a) degrees." In my (b) distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. (a) That is, of lifting up the tune and rising in singing. (b) Even though the children of God should rejoice when...
Canticle. David wrote this during his flight from Absalom; (Grotius) and de Muis judges from the martial air, that it was composed in the midst of danger. It relates to the captives, (Origen; Calmet)...
CONTENTS Here are the breathings of a devout soul under distress; and the soul finding confidence at the mercy-seat, reproves some ungodly person that assaulted him. A Song of degrees. Psalms 120:1...
_A CASE OF DISTRESS_ ‘My distress.’ Psalms 120:1 The first of the Songs of Ascents, sung by the devout Hebrews, as they gathered from the farthest parts of the land to the great annual feasts. Ah, y...
1._I cried to Jehovah in my distress. _The name of the author of the Psalm is not expressed, but the style of it throughout presents David to our view. Although, therefore, I cannot positively affirm,...
We now come, Psalms 120-134, to the songs of degrees, which depict, I doubt not, the outward circumstances of the same period, when Israel is in the land, but the power of Gog not yet destroyed. The f...
IN MY DISTRESS I CRIED UNTO THE LORD,.... Being at a distance from his own country, or, however, from the house of God; persecuted by men, under the lash of their tongues; reproached, abused, and beli...
Psalms 120:1 «A Song of degrees. » In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. _A Song of degrees_] A most excellent song, Tremellius rendereth it; and so indeed this and the fourteen foll...
PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM SLANDER AND DECEIT. A song of degrees, literally, "of ascents," the first of fifteen psalms designated by that name, the reference being either to the fact that these hymns...
In my distress, when he was in tribulation at some former time, I CRIED UNTO THE LORD, turning to Him alone for deliverance, AND HE HEARD ME, graciously affording help, for it pleases Him to have His...
1-4 The psalmist was brought into great distress by a deceitful tongue. May every good man be delivered from lying lips. They forged false charges against him. In this distress, he sought God by ferv...
PSALM 120 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm seems to have been composed, either, 1. By David in the time of his persecution by Saul, when he was exposed both to the swords and to the calumnies of his enemies;...
Psalms 120:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 distress H6869 cried H7121 (H8804) LORD H3068 heard H6030 (H8799)...
A SONG OF DEGREES Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example (Psalms 112:1); (Psalms 112:2)....
Psalms 120:1. _In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me._ Slander occasions distress of the most grievous kind. Those who have felt the edge of a cruel tongue know assuredly that it is s...
CONTENTS: Prayer for deliverance from the mischief designed by false and malicious tongues. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: It is often the lot of the innocent that there are those who carry...
This and the fourteen psalms which follow, are entitled, “Songs of Mahaloth, or degrees.” Kimchi, and some of the rabbins say, they were so called because they were sung on the steps of the second tem...
_In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and He heard me._ THE SONGS OF DEGREES How came this and fourteen following psalms to be put together, and to receive their distinctive title? It has been sugge...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 120:1. Psalms 120:1 is the first of the “Songs of Ascents” ...
THE SONGS OF DEGREES PSALMS 120-134 GENERAL INTRODUCTION The principal hypotheses on which to account for the “Songs of Degrees,” “Songs of Ascents,” “Pilgrim Psalms,” and to each of which great na...
EXPOSITION THE_ _SONGS_ _OF_ _ASCENTS_._ THE next fifteen psalms have a common heading, which is translated "Songs of Degrees," "Songs of Ascents," or "Songs of Steps." They constitute together "a Li...
This time let's turn in our Bibles to Psalms 120:1-7 to begin our Bible study this evening. Now you'll notice these psalms have a heading. The psalm, "A song of degrees." The word literally is ascents...
Hebrews 5:7; Isaiah 37:14; Isaiah 37:3; Isaiah 37:4; Isaiah 38:2;...