Psalms

Chapter 123

Eyes Fixed Upon the LORD for Mercy

The psalmist lifts his eyes to heaven toward the LORD, comparing his people's waiting to servants watching their master's hand for direction. The psalmist and his people wait upon the LORD until he shows mercy, for they are greatly filled with contempt and scorn from those at ease and from the proud.

Dependence on GodWaiting for mercyEnduring contemptServant's attentiveness

¹Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

²Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

³Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

⁴Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

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