Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Parallel translations
- WEB Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.
- BSB Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- NKJV Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
- NASB Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
- NLT Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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Quick answer
Their help is in the name of Yahweh, Maker of heaven and earth. The Creator's name is the sure and final source of help.
Overview
The psalm closes by locating all help in 'Yahweh's name,' the Creator of 'heaven and earth.' The One who made all things is mighty to save and worthy of total trust. This confession is the believer's confidence too, for the Creator is our Redeemer, helping His people fully in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 121:2My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
- Acts 4:24And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
- Ps 146:5–6Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
- Jer 32:17Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
- Ps 115:15Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
- Gen 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Ps 134:3The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
- Isa 37:16–20O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
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