The Meaning of Psalms 121:2 Explained

Psalms 121:2

KJV: My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

YLT: My help is from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

Darby: My help cometh from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.

ASV: My help cometh from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

My help  [cometh] from the LORD,  which made  heaven  and earth. 

What does Psalms 121:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 121:1-8 - Where To Find Help
This is the first of the "Songs of Degrees." It has been suggested that they were pilgrim-songs to beguile the journeys from all parts of the country to the great annual feasts. They have been associated with the reign of the good Hezekiah. Mesech and Kedar are typical enemies, who forced their way into the kingdom of Judah and vexed the people of God. They are compared to sharp swords and arrows in Psalms 57:4; Psalms 64:3, but now in turn they shall be pierced and scorched. How many who start on a pilgrimage to the Celestial City must run a similar gauntlet! Their enemies arise from their own household. In such distress of soul, prayer is our only hope, Psalms 120:1.
Psalms 121:1-8
The keynote of this psalm is the word keep, which occurs in one form or another six times. In Psalms 121:1 and Psalms 121:2 the soloist suggests that in hours of trial we should look beyond mountains and hills to the Lord who made them all. In Psalms 121:3-8 the chorus endorses and commends the choice. All the saints of every dispensation add their cumulative testimony to the wisdom of entrusting the keeping of soul and body to our faithful Creator. Notice the exquisite sequence of phrases: neither slumber nor sleep; by day, by night; thy going out, and thy coming in; thee and. thy soul; this time forth and for evermore. The meshes are woven very closely. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 121

1  The great safety of the godly, who put their trust in God's protection

What do the individual words in Psalms 121:2 mean?

My help [comes] from Yahweh who made heaven and earth
עֶ֭זְרִי מֵעִ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ

עֶ֭זְרִי  My  help  [comes] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עֵזֶר  
Sense: help, succour.
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה  who  made 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
שָׁמַ֥יִם  heaven 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
וָאָֽרֶץ  and  earth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.