My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
Parallel translations
- KJV My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
- BSB My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- NKJV My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
- NASB My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
- NLT My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!
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Quick answer
His help comes from Yahweh, the Maker of heaven and earth. The Creator of all things is the believer's sure source of help.
Overview
The psalmist answers his own question decisively: help comes from the LORD, identified as 'who made heaven and earth.' The One with power to create has ample power to help and protect. This grounds the believer's confidence, for the same Creator God redeems His people in Christ and supplies every need.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Isa 41:13For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’
- Ps 124:8Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.
- Heb 13:6So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
- Isa 40:28–29Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
- Ps 146:5–6Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
- Ps 46:1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Ps 115:15Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
- Jer 20:11But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail. They shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
- Hos 13:9You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.
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