Psalms · 4 verses
Psalms 123
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The worshippers wait for mercy by watching the LORD’s hand, as servants watch the hands of those who command them.
Eyes fixed on the handvv. 1–4
The song rises at once to the One enthroned in heaven, then comes down to the wonderfully practical business of waiting. Servants watch a master’s hand; a maidservant watches her mistress’s hand; the worshippers keep their eyes on the LORD their God until mercy appears. The request is repeated—“Have mercy”—because contempt has been plentiful: scorn from the arrogant, contempt from the proud. The whole prayer is an upward gaze with a weary inventory beneath it.
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Ps 123:1A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
Ps 123:2As 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.
Ps 123:3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
Ps 123:4We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
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Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 62 passages were voted onto 4 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 1Psalms 121:1A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
- 1Psalms 141:8But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
- 2Psalms 130:5–6I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
- 1Psalms 25:15My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
- 2Lamentations 3:25–26The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- 1Psalms 2:4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
- 2Psalms 40:1–3For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- 2Genesis 49:18I await Your salvation, O LORD.
- 1Luke 18:13But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
- 1Matthew 6:9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
- 1Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- 2Psalms 119:123–125My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
- 2Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
- 1Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- 1Psalms 132:1A song of ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,
- 1Psalms 120:1A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
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