Chapter 123

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Psalm 123