Old Testament · Poetry
Psalms 121:1
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I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
About Psalms 121:1
Psalms 121:1 is one of the Bible's foundational texts on Eyes Closed: Spiritual Blindness and the Call to See, Eyes Open to Spiritual Reality, and The Songs of Ascent in the Bible. Found in the poetry of Psalms, this Old Testament passage has guided believers through every season of life.
Related Verses
- Acts 28:27
“For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”
- Matthew 13:15
“For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”
- Proverbs 3:7
“Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.”
- Psalms 123:2
“Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.”
- Psalms 139:16
“Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.”
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How to Apply Psalms 121:1
Meditate on Psalms 121:1 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of Eyes Closed: Spiritual Blindness and the Call to See applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.