What does Psalms 121:2 mean?

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
Psalms 121:2, King James Version

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Psalms 121:1-4

  1. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
  2. 2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
  3. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
  4. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

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About the book of Psalms

Author
several authors; 73 psalms bear David's name in the title
When
from the 10th century BC to after the exile
Period
Reino unido, c. 1050 a 930 a.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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