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Psalms 123

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Introduction

1  The godly profess their confidence in God;
3  and pray to be delivered from contempt.
Verse 1

Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
A. M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.) A Song of degrees. This Psalm is probably a complaint of the captives in Babylon, relative to the contempt and cruel usage they received
120:1, 121:1, 122:1, 123:1, 124:1, 125:1, 126:1, 127:1, 128:1; *titles; 129:1, 130:1, 131:1, 132:1, 133:1, 134:1; *titles
lift I
25:15, 121:1, 141:8, Luke 18:13
O thou
2:4, 11:4, 113:5,6, 115:3, Isaiah 57:15, 66:1, Matthew 6:9
Verse 2

Behold, 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.
as the eyes
Joshua 9:23,27, 10:6
so our eyes
40:1-3, 119:82,123-125, 130:5,6, Genesis 32:26, 49:18, Lamentations 3:25,26, Luke 18:1
Verse 3

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Have mercy
56:1,2, 57:1, 69:13-16, Luke 18:11-13
for we are
44:13-16, 89:50,51, Nehemiah 4:2-4, Isaiah 53:3, Luke 16:14, 23:35
Verse 4

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
with the scorning
73:5-9, 119:51, Job 12:5, 16:4, Jeremiah 48:11,27,29, Acts 17:21,32, Acts 26:24, 1 Corinthians 4:13

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