Old Testament
Psalms 123
Overview
A short communal lament that lifts the eyes upward to the LORD enthroned in the heavens. Like a servant watching the master's hand, the people wait for God to show mercy, for they have endured more than enough scorn and contempt from the proud. The whole psalm is one sustained gaze of dependence, pleading "have mercy on us" until grace comes.
1A Song of degrees. Unto 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.