Psalm 121
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Psalm 121 is the 121st psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help”. In the slightly different num
Looking to the mountains is the opening thought of Psalm 121
The headstone of the English botanist, Lady Joan Margaret Legge in the Valley of Flowers in the Himalaya, quoting the first verse of Psalm 121
Psalm 120
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Psalm 120 is the 120th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English of the King James Version: "In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me". In the slightly different numbering sys
Psalm 121
…mountains! Around 530, St. Benedict of Nursia chose this Psalm for the third office during the week, specifically from Tuesday until Saturday between Psalm 120 (119) and Psalm 122 (121). Allocating Psalm 119 (118), which is longer, to the services on Sunday and Monday, he structured offices of the week with…
Virgin with child with initial A of Psalm 120 (Ad dominum), painted by nun Birgitta Sigfusdatter in the Birgitta Monastery