Psalm 120:1 {119:1}
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In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

Title - A Song of Degrees.

Psalm 121:1 I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.

Psalm 122:1 A gradual canticle. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.

Psalm 123:1 To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.

Psalm 124:1 A gradual canticle. If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:

Psalm 125:1 A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth

Psalm 126:1 A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted.

Psalm 127:1 A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.

Psalm 128:1 A gradual canticle. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways.

Psalm 129:1 A gradual canticle. Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

Psalm 130:1 A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:

Psalm 131:1 A gradual canticle of David. Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me.

Psalm 132:1 A gradual canticle. O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness.

Psalm 133:1 A gradual canticle of David. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity:

Psalm 134:1 A gradual canticle. Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord: Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

my distress

Psalm 18:6 In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.

Psalm 30:7,8 O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to my beauty. Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I became troubled. . . .

Psalm 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Psalm 107:13 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

Psalm 116:3,4 The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow: . . .

Psalm 118:5 In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me.

Isaiah 37:3,4,14 And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. . . .

Isaiah 38:2-5 And Ezechias turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord, . . .

Jonah 2:2 And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, out of the belly of the fish.

Luke 22:44 And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground.

Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, was heard for his reverence.

Context
In My Distress I Cried to the LORD
1In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.2O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.…
Cross References
Exodus 34:24
For when I shall have taken away the nations from thy face, and shall have enlarged thy borders, no man shall lie in wait against thy land when thou shalt go up, and appear in the sight of the Lord thy God thrice in a year.

2 Samuel 22:7
In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to his ears.

1 Kings 12:27
If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem: and the heart of this people will turn to their lord Roboam, the king of Juda, and they will kill me, and return to him.

2 Chronicles 33:12
And after that he was in distress he prayed to the Lord his God: and did penance exceedingly before the God of his fathers.

Psalm 18:6
In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.

Psalm 22:21
Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.

Psalm 66:14
Which my lips have uttered, And my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

Psalm 102:2
Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.

Psalm 118:5
In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me.

Jonah 2:2
And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, out of the belly of the fish.

Lexicon
A Song
שִׁ֗יר (šîr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7892: A song, singing

of Ascents.
הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת (ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4609: Elevation, the act, the condition, a climactic progression

In my distress
בַּצָּרָ֣תָה (baṣ·ṣā·rā·ṯāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6869: Tightness, a female rival

I cried
קָ֝רָ֗אתִי (qā·rā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the LORD,
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and He answered me.
וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי׃ (way·ya·‘ă·nê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond


Additional Translations
A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.

A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he hearkened to me.

{A Song of degrees.} In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.

A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he answered me.

A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.
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