Psalm 123
Berean Standard Bible
Chapter overview
Psalm 123 turns upward with the focused attention of servants watching a master's hand. A weary community saturated with ridicule and proud contempt waits humbly, attentively, and persistently for needed mercy.
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1I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
2As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
4We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
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