Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 123:2
Look — For supply of their wants, and for help and defence against their oppressors. Until — Until he help and save us.
Look — For supply of their wants, and for help and defence against their oppressors. Until — Until he help and save us.
Verse Psalms 123:2. _AS THE EYES OF SERVANTS_] We now wait for thy commands, feeling the utmost readiness to obey them when made known to us. The words may be understood as the language of dependence...
BEHOLD, AS THE EYES OF SERVANTS LOOK UNTO THE HAND OF THEIR MASTERS ... - Or, are to the hands of their masters; or, regard the hands of their masters. That is, we look to God with the same spirit of...
PSALM 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrat...
CXXIII. WAITING FOR GOD. Psalms 123:4. The contempt of the proud may have been caused by their own wealth, and by the poverty of the godly (see on Psalms 4). Poor and godly are almost synonymous. The...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. AS. Figure of speech _Simile._ App-6. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. HAVE MERCY. Be gracious. Figure of speech _Ana...
AS THE EYES OF SERVANTS LOOK UNTO THE HAND— Masters had a power not only of commanding, but of severely punishing their servants; accordingly, this _looking to the hand,_ &c. properly denotes the serv...
PSALMS 123 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The King's Response to the Injunction to Lift up his Eyes as High as Heaven. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 123:1, An Individualistic Couplet by way of Response to the Exho...
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. The Psalmist's looking up to God is like that of servants patiently looking for mercy from their master (Psalms 123:1); prayer fo...
The Psalmist looks up steadfastly to God, and expresses his confidence in Him....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 123 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
EYES. — As the eyes of the slave are fixed on the _hand_ of the master or mistress, waiting for a sign or direction, so Israel waits, expectant of the hint of Divine interference to deliver from the t...
הִנֵּ֨ה כְ עֵינֵ֪י עֲבָדִ֡ים אֶל ־יַ֤ד אֲֽדֹו
Psalms 123:1 A SIGH and an upward gaze and a sigh! No period is more appropriate, as that of this psalm, than the early days after the return from exile, when the little community, which had come back...
Following the idea of the ascent of the worshiper to the longed-for house of Jehovah we have in this song an expression of the soul's strong confidence in Jehovah. The soul first affirms confidence as...
Behold, as the eyes of (a) 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 mer...
How do servants look unto their masters or mistresses, for everything that concerns them? For employment, direction, help, food, countenance, shelter, in short, for everything which poor needy servant...
_GOD’S FAITHFUL SERVANTS_ ‘Even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God.’ Psalms 123:2 (Prayer Book Version) I. WHENEVER WE SEE A MASTER WITH A FAMILY OF SERVANTS, WE SEE A LIVING PARABLE OF ALMIGHT...
2._Behold as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters. _This similitude is very suitable to the present case. It implies that without the protection of God true believers have no comfort...
The series then returns (Psalms 123) to their sorrows and resource. Blessing is not fully come; but Jehovah is looked to in the heavens, but as the God of Israel; the remnant say "our God" now. But th...
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,.... To direct them in their work and business, to point out unto the...
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 u...
_Unto thee lift I up mine eyes_ Though all human help fail us in this sore distress, yet I do not despair of relief from thee; _O thou that dwellest in the heavens_ Whose majesty and power incomparabl...
TRUST IN THE LORD IN THE MIDST OF ANGUISH. A song of degrees, setting forth the psalmist's earnest prayer for mercy on account of the distress which has beset him....
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden, of a servant-girl, UNTO THE HAND OF HER MISTRESS, watching and interpreting the slightest gesture and...
LOOK UNTO THE HAND OF THEIR MASTERS; either, 1. For supply of their wants, which comes from their masters hand; or, 2. For pity, the hand being the instrument whereby masters commonly correct their...
Psalms 123:2 eyes H5869 servants H5650 hand H3027 masters H113 eyes H5869 maid H8198 hand H3027 mistress H1404 eyes
Psalms 123:2 I. Wherever we see a master with a family of servants, we see a living parable of Almighty God and His Church; and out of their duties and behaviour to one another we may obtain much good...
Psalms 123:1. _Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens._ Our eyes are far too apt to look below, or to look within, or to look around, but it is wisdom on our part to look...
We shall read, this evening, three short Psalms, the 123 rd, 124 th, and 125 th. May the Holy Spirit, who inspired the writers of them, strengthen our faith while we read these songs of joyous confide...
CONTENTS: Expectation of mercy from God in the day of contempt. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: When man's eyes are toward God, he will always see God's mercy coming toward him. He who dwells...
REFLECTIONS. This psalm teaches us that when the church is in trouble and contempt from proud, wicked, and unbelieving men, the ministers and people of God must associate for counsel and prayer; and a...
_Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes._ THE PRAYER OF THE EYES The prayer of the eyes. Have you never seen it in the eyes of patient poverty, of distress, of oppression, of the sick child? This prayer recog...
_Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters._ WATCHFUL EYES The man of God, who wrote this psalm, had been taught to look to God in a very remarkable manner, and I call your...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 123:1. This is a community lament, as the references to “we” and “us” show. In this Song of Solomon 1:1 of Ascents (see note
INTRODUCTION Since the time when it was produced by its now unknown author, when was not this hymn of hope a favourite with God’s people? The pensive individual might use this form of meditation and p...
EXPOSITION PSALMS 123:1 UNTO THEE LIFT I UP MINE EYES (comp. Psalms 121:1, where the psalmist "lifted up his eyes" to God's dwelling-place). Now the expression is bolder. The eyes are lifted up to Go...
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of a servant look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so...
Genesis 32:26; Genesis 49:18; Joshua 10:6; Joshua 9:23; Joshua 9:27;...