King James Version

Psalms 121:2

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

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עֶ֭זְרִיezrihelpעֵזֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “help”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5828aidhelp.מֵעִ֣םmeimfrom withעִםpreposition, preposition — “from with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).עֹ֝שֵׂ֗הosehdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, participle, construct — “do”, a verb used as a describing wordH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…שָׁמַ֥יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).וָאָֽרֶץvaaretsand earthאֶרֶץconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

My help [is] from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

World English Bible

My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

Darby Translation

My help [cometh] from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.

Douay-Rheims

Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My help shall come from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡ βοήθειά μου παρὰ Κυρίου τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.