John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 121:2
Psa 121:2 My help [cometh] from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. Ver. 2. My help cometh from the Lord ] To whom, therefore, alone I must look for help. Sursum corda, sursum etiam capita. Naturalists tell us, that of those twenty-eight muscles whereby the head is moved, twelve lift up the head behind, and two only before let it downward; to teach us to contemplate heaven more and earth less (Bodin. Theat. Naturae, 413). Others advertise us, that it is one main end why God hath set in... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 121:1
Psalms 121:1 « A Song of degrees. » I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. A Song of degrees ] On, of ascensions, in singing whereof there should be ascensions in our hearts. See Psalms 120:1 . Ver. 1. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills ] Not to your mountains, Psalms 11:1 , human helps and carnal combinations, Jeremiah 3:23 , much less to those mountains, in quibus gentes idola collocant et colunt, wherein the heathens set and serve their idols,... read more