Psalm 121:2 KJV
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.King James Version
The same verse in modern English
My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.Psalm 121:2, World English Bible (WEB)
KJV and WEB compared
The KJV says the LORD is the one “which made heaven and earth,” using which for God, as older English allowed; the WEB says “who made.” The bigger difference is the verse before. The KJV prints it as a statement, “from whence cometh my help.” The WEB prints a question, “Where does my help come from?” so this verse becomes the answer. The Hebrew asks a question, and many readers hear the KJV that way too.
Sitting with this verse
The psalm opens with a question as the pilgrim looks toward the hills, and this is the answer. Help does not come from the hills themselves but from the one who made them, along with heaven and earth. Some readers hear in those hills the shrines of other gods; others, the hard road up to Jerusalem. Either way, the Maker is greater than the view. Lift your eyes past whatever looms ahead.
Older words in this verse
- -eth (cometh)
- the old way of writing -s: maketh means makes, leadeth means leads
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