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About this chapterA short prayer from people who lift their eyes to the Lord enthroned in heaven. Just as servants watch their master's hand and a maid watches her mistress, they keep looking to God until he shows mercy. They plead for mercy because they have had more than enough of contempt. The psalm says their souls are overfull with the scorn of the proud and the ridicule of the arrogant. It is a picture of humble dependence, waiting patiently on the one who alone can help, and a good fit for anyone worn down by being looked down on.

A short prayer from people who lift their eyes to the Lord enthroned in heaven. Just as servants watch their master's hand and a maid watches her mistress, they keep looking to God until he shows mercy. They plead for mercy because they have had more than enough of contempt. The psalm says their souls are overfull with the scorn of the proud and the ridicule of the arrogant. It is a picture of humble dependence, waiting patiently on the one who alone can help, and a good fit for anyone worn down by being looked down on.

Themes

  • Looking to God
  • Humble dependence
  • Mercy needed
  • Contempt from the proud

Key verses

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Psalms 123

Berean Standard Bible4 verses · 1 min read

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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