Martin Luther on Psalms 121:2

Verse. 2. My helpe commeth of the Lord which hath made heauen and earth.

He speaketh here of such hills as the eyes of the flesh could not see. For who was so quicke of sight to see, or so wise to perceiue and vnderstande, that the hill Moria was a holy hill. A heape of earth the bodily eyes might see: but the holynes, the power and the Maiestie of God there present, they could not see, nor that the word of the Lord was there, that the Lord had promised there to dwell and abide, that he had put a memoriall of his name in that place, and that there he would be sought, there he would be found, For he that sought not God in this place, coulde not finde him in heauen: Like as since God hath reueiled him self in yt man Christ, we truly say and also beleue that whosoeuer doe not imbrace and by faith lay hold on this man which was borne of the virgin, they can neuer beleue in God: but although they say they beleue in the maker of heauen and earth, yet doe they in deede beleue in the Idoll of their owne heart, for without Christ there is no true God. Therefore Dauid beholdeth these hills in Ierusalem, not with bodily eyes, as the oxe doth his stall, but with the eyes of the spirite he seeth that God dwelleth there by his word. Therfore these hils are nowe no more earth and molde, but they are the hilles of the Lorde and the fulnes of his godhead: so that with out these hills, concerning God there can nothing be found. Therefore it is truly sayd of the Prophet, that from these hilles commeth help and succour, that is to say, from God dwelling and abiding there by his word. Like as we beleue that Christ is the throne of grace in the which is the treasure of all good thinges and heauenly blessinges to be found, and without the which there is nothing.

Now, in that he doth not onely say: My helpe commeth from the Lord, but addeth moreouer: which made heauen & earth: he reproueth & condēneth all other helps which men seeke & procure vnto them selues besides God, with false trust & affiāce in ye same, as Idols of their owne imagination. So is Mammon a god also: that is to say, is worshipped of men as a god & helpeth them also sometimes. But in penury of food & vittells what succour can he bring? no man can satisfie his hungrie belly with gold and siluer. Likewise in drowth and barennes of the earth what can he help? What good can he do in diseases & infirmities of ye body? If then in these corporall maladies he can not help, what can he doe when the conscience is troubled with sinne & the horrour of death? It is therefore but a false pleasure and delite that Mammon bringeth: which is but only to satisfie & please the eyes, as a picture or painted table. Against these helps therfore & such like, which ye world seeketh after, the prophet setteth the Lord him self, who made not only gold & siluer, not only foode & sustenance, heauen and earth, that is to say, angels, men, and the whole world but besides these, giueth remissiō of sinnes, faith, righteousnes, ioy & peace of hart, with euerlasting life. He is (sayth the Prophet) my almighty and sure help, of whom I can not doubt, that he will euer fayle me the twinckling of an eye. To this Lord I flye for aide & succour, who not onely in this life can and doth giue health & welfare for a fewe yeres, wt securitie of cōscience & cōtempt of death & all ye furies of ye world: but also after this life, eternal felicity & life euerlasting.

Thus the Prophet inflameth him selfe & stirreth vp his faith for our example, that we likewise should magnifie the blessings & good gifts of God in vs, & also our hope & trust in him. For if the riche men of the world doe glory in their money, if they vaunt of their wealth and riches, why should not we also glory in the trust & confidence we haue in God, which hath made heauen and earth: which hath also in his hand all thinges necessary both for this life & for the life to come. But because these things are inuisible & can not be seene but with spirituall eyes, therefore we commonly neglect thē. And albeit the Lord do somtimes hide these helps from vs, & let vs feele the lacke therof for a time (as he doth in deede, to make vs the more desirous of thē, the more to esteeme them when we haue them, and to be the more thankfull to God for the same) yet must we learne surely to trust and vndoubtedly beleue that they will come.