This psalm is entitled simply, “A Song of Degrees.” See the notes
on the title to Psalms 120:1. Nothing is known, or can be known, of
the author or of the occasion on which it was composed. DeWette an...
This exquisite Psalm, inspired by perfect trust in Jehovah's
guardianship of His people, was probably composed to be sung by
pilgrims going up to the Feasts at Jerusalem, possibly at the point
where t...
CXXI.
This simple but exquisite little hymn of four fourline verses, dwells
almost exclusively on the sleepless guardianship of His people by the
(God who made the world. An implied contrast with the...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 121
A SONG OF DEGREES. The inscription of the Syriac version is,
"one of the songs of ascent out of Babylon.''
Aben Ezra thinks it was composed on account of Israel, when in a...
_A.M. 2959. B.C. 1045._
The matter of this Psalm sufficiently shows that the author of it was
conflicting with great difficulties and oppositions, in the midst of
which, after looking to different qu...