Title - A Song of Degrees. Bp. Patrick and others suppose this Psalm to have been composed by David, when the calumnies of Doeg and others forced him to flee his country.
Psalm 121:1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from where comes my help.
Psalm 122:1 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
Psalm 123:1 To you lift I up my eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens.
Psalm 124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Psalm 125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot …
Psalm 126:1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
Psalm 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: …
Psalm 128:1 Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways.
Psalm 129:1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Psalm 130:1 Out of the depths have I cried to you, O LORD.
Psalm 131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty: neither do I exercise …
Psalm 132:1 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
Psalm 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!
Psalm 134:1 Behold, bless you the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, which by …
my distress
Psalm 18:6 In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard …
Psalm 30:7,8 LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain to stand strong: you …
Psalm 50:15 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you …
Psalm 107:13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out …
Psalm 116:3,4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold …
Psalm 118:5 I called on the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me …
Isaiah 37:3,4,14 And they said to him, Thus said Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, …
Isaiah 38:2-5 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD…
Jonah 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he …
Luke 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was …
Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh…
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
sharp, etc. or, it is as the sharp arrows of the mighty men, with coals of juniper.
Psalm 57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on …
Psalm 59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: …
Proverbs 11:9,12,18 An hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor: but through knowledge …
Proverbs 16:27 An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Proverbs 18:8,21 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the …
James 3:5-8 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. …
arrows
Psalm 7:13 He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains …
Psalm 52:5 God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, …
Psalm 140:9,11 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief …
Deuteronomy 32:23,24 I will heap mischiefs on them; I will spend my arrows on them…
Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly …
Proverbs 19:5,9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies …
Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, …
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
woe
Jeremiah 9:2,3,6 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; …
Jeremiah 15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and …
Micah 7:1,2 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, …
2 Peter 2:7,8 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked…
Revelation 2:13 I know your works, and where you dwell, even where Satan's seat is: …
Mesech
Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and …
Ezekiel 27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants: they traded …
the tents
Genesis 25:13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according …
1 Samuel 25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and …
Songs 1:5 I am black, but comely, O you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents …
Isaiah 60:6,7 The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian …
Jeremiah 49:28,29 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar …
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
soul
Psalm 57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on …
1 Samuel 20:30-33 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, …
Ezekiel 2:6 And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of …
Matthew 10:16,36 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you …
Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, …
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
for peace. or, a man of peace
Psalm 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Psalm 35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against …
Psalm 55:20 He has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: …
2 Samuel 20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek …
Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Romans 12:18 If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men.
Ephesians 2:14-17 For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the …
Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall …
when
1 Samuel 24:9-11 And David said to Saul, Why hear you men's words, saying, Behold, …
1 Samuel 26:2-4 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having …
