Psalms 120:1

Verse 1. Canticle. David wrote this during his flight from Absalom; (Grot.) and de Muis judges from the martial air, that it was composed in the midst of danger. It relates to the captives, (Orig. Calmet.) and to all in the pilgrimage of this world. Bert.—Mountains. Jerusalem, and heaven, whence all our help must come. God most readily hears the prayers which are poured forth in places appointed by him. Worthington.—Jerusalem was situated among mountains, and the Jews turned towards it in prayer. Daniel 6:10. They did not depend on human aid. Jeremiah 3:22.