Psalms 121 cross-references
Psalms 121 has 8 verses, which point to 67 other passages and are cited by 99. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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Words characteristic of Psalms 121 in the original text, with the number of verses using each. Select one for a full word study.
- שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 5
- עֵזֶר ezer “helper” 2
- אַיִן ayin “where?” 1
- יָשֵׁן yashen “to sleep” 1
- יָרֵחַ yareach “moon” 1
- מַעֲלָה maalah “step” 1
- צֵל tsel “shadow” 1
- יוֹמָם yomam “by day” 1
- שִׁיר shir “song” 1
- שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh “sun” 1
- יָמִין yamin “right” 1
- לַיְלָה laylah “night” 1
People in Psalms 121
- Israel 1
Places in Psalms 121
Psalms 121:1
[A Song of degrees.] I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Points to (8)
- Psalms 120:1 — [A Song of degrees.] In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. 82 votes
- Psalms 123:1 — [A Song of degrees.] Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 55 votes
- Jeremiah 3:23 — Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD… 35 votes
- Isaiah 2:3 — And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the… 34 votes
- Psalms 2:6 — Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 26 votes
- Psalms 87:1 — [A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.] His foundation is in the holy mountains. 14 votes
Pointed to from (24)
- 2 Chronicles 20:12 — O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us;… 31 votes
- Psalms 123:1 — [A Song of degrees.] Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 27 votes
- Psalms 127:1 — [A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except… 22 votes
- Psalms 124:1 — [A Song of degrees of David.] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; 17 votes
Psalms 121:2
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
Points to (9)
- Isaiah 41:13 — For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 88 votes
- Psalms 124:8 — Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 70 votes
- Hebrews 13:6 — So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 66 votes
- Isaiah 40:28–29 — Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the… 50 votes
- Psalms 146:5–6 — Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: 42 votes
- Psalms 46:1 — [To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.] God is our refuge and strength, a very… 36 votes
Pointed to from (4)
- Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 65 votes
- Psalms 124:8 — Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 15 votes
- Psalms 62:1 — [To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my… 9 votes
- Psalms 115:15 — Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. 7 votes
Psalms 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Points to (10)
- Proverbs 3:26 — For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. 42 votes
- Proverbs 3:23 — Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 33 votes
- 1 Samuel 2:9 — He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man… 28 votes
- Psalms 91:12 — They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 21 votes
- Psalms 66:9 — Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 20 votes
- 1 Peter 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 19 votes
Pointed to from (16)
- Psalms 55:22 — Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. 49 votes
- Psalms 127:1 — [A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except… 44 votes
- Psalms 37:23 — The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. 33 votes
- Psalms 94:18 — When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. 21 votes
Psalms 121:4
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Points to (7)
- Psalms 127:1 — [A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except… 16 votes
- Isaiah 27:3 — I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 12 votes
- Psalms 32:7–8 — Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of… 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:16 — When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also… 4 votes
- 1 Kings 18:27 — And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is… 4 votes
- Psalms 27:1 — [A Psalm of David.] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my… 3 votes
Pointed to from (5)
- Numbers 6:24 — The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: 46 votes
- Proverbs 3:24 — When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 12 votes
- 1 Kings 18:27 — And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is… 2 votes
- 2 Samuel 8:14 — And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s… 2 votes
Psalms 121:5
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Points to (8)
- Isaiah 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm,… 25 votes
- Psalms 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 22 votes
- Psalms 16:8 — I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 18 votes
- Exodus 13:21 — And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar… 18 votes
- Isaiah 4:5–6 — And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke… 17 votes
- Psalms 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. 15 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Psalms 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 127 votes
- Psalms 16:8 — I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 47 votes
- Genesis 28:15 — And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again… 40 votes
- Psalms 91:6 — Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 14 votes
Psalms 121:6
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
Points to (4)
- Revelation 7:16 — They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 24 votes
- Isaiah 49:10 — They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them… 21 votes
- Psalms 91:5–10 — Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 19 votes
- Jonah 4:8 — And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon… 10 votes
Pointed to from (2)
- Revelation 7:16 — They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 9 votes
- Jonah 4:8 — And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon… 5 votes
Psalms 121:7
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
Points to (11)
- 2 Timothy 4:18 — And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom… 44 votes
- Psalms 91:9–12 — Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 38 votes
- Psalms 41:2 — The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not… 29 votes
- Proverbs 12:21 — There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. 26 votes
- Psalms 145:20 — The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. 19 votes
- Job 5:19–27 — He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 16 votes
Pointed to from (15)
- 2 Timothy 4:18 — And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom… 59 votes
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3 — But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 43 votes
- Psalms 91:10 — There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 40 votes
- John 17:15 — I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 30 votes
Psalms 121:8
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Points to (10)
- Deuteronomy 28:6 — Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 42 votes
- Proverbs 3:6 — In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 26 votes
- Proverbs 2:8 — He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 26 votes
- Psalms 113:2 — Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. 20 votes
- Ezra 8:31 — Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the… 19 votes
- Psalms 115:18 — But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD. 18 votes
Pointed to from (20)
- Psalms 37:23 — The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. 46 votes
- Deuteronomy 28:6 — Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 23 votes
- Psalms 125:2 — As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for… 18 votes
- Psalms 56:8 — Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? 17 votes