Psalm 121:1

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

Cross-reference

Psalm 123:1 Parallel

Psalm 123:1 uses the identical phrase 'I lift up my eyes' but directly to God in heaven, revealing the same posture of looking upward for help.

Psalm 25:15 Parallel

Psalm 25:15 says 'my eyes are ever on the Lord,' similar to the psalmist lifting eyes to hills then to God.

Jeremiah 3:23 explicitly says hills are deceitful and help comes only from God—echoing the psalmist's shift from looking to hills to trusting God.

1 Kings 20:23 shows pagans mistakenly attributing God's power to hills, contrasting with the psalmist's true source of help.

Ezekiel 18:6 condemns looking to idols at mountain shrines, contrasting with the psalmist's godly looking to hills.

In 2 Chronicles 20:12, Jehoshaphat declares his eyes are on God, paralleling the psalmist's act of looking up for help.

Daniel 4:34 Parallel

Daniel 4:34 describes Nebuchadnezzar raising his eyes to heaven, similar to the psalmist's gesture of looking up.

Luke 9:16 Parallel

In Luke 9:16, Jesus looks up to heaven before feeding the multitude, mirroring the psalmist's upward gaze for provision.

John 17:1 Parallel

John 17:1 shows Jesus looking toward heaven to pray, similar to the psalmist lifting eyes for help.