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Verse Psalms 123:3. _HAVE MERCY UPON US, O LORD_] Chastise us no more;
we will no more revolt against thee.
_WE ARE EXCEEDINGLY FILLED WITH CONTEMPT._] We not only suffer
grievously from our captivit...
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HAVE MERCY UPON US, O LORD, HAVE MERCY UPON US - The language of
earnest pleading, repeating with emphasis the object of the prayer.
The supplicants are represented as standing and urging this petitio...
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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...
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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...
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CONTEMPT. the mockery. Compare Psalms 119:22, referring to Rab-shakeh....
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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...
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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...
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The Psalmist looks up steadfastly to God, and expresses his confidence
in Him....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 123
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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EXCEEDINGLY FILLED. — Or, _sated more than enough.
_...
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חָנֵּ֣נוּ יְהוָ֣ה חָנֵּ֑נוּ כִּֽי
־רַ֝֗ב שָׂבַ֥עְנוּ...
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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...
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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...
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Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are (b)
exceedingly filled with contempt.
(b) He declares that when the faithful are so full that they cannot
endure the oppression and scorning...
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_Perhaps. This word is here affirmative. Hebrew, "Then." Septuagint,
"Surely." (Calmet) --- He modestly leaves it to others to judge what
would have been the event if God had not sent help. The weak w...
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Reader! it is lovely not only to have our eyes directed unto Jesus,
but waiting upon Jesus; not only to give in our petition to the
heavenly court; but to hang about the door until the king send out a...
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3._Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah! etc_. The Psalmist prosecutes and
confirms the preceding doctrine. He had said that the godly, finding
themselves utterly broken in spirit and cast down, intently dir...
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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...
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HAVE MERCY UPON US, O LORD, HAVE MERCY UPON US,.... Merit is not
pleaded; for, though servants, they knew they were unprofitable ones:
but mercy is asked; whether by the awakened sinner, under first
c...
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Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly
filled with contempt.
Ver. 3. _Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy_] This is _preces
fundere, coelum tundere, misericordiam e...
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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....
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Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, this call being, as
one commentator has it, the constant Kyrie of all believers; FOR WE
ARE EXCEEDINGLY FILLED WITH CONTEMPT, heaped with scorn by the p...
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With opprobrious words and injuries....
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Psalms 123:3 mercy H2603 (H8798) LORD H3068 mercy H2603 (H8798)
exceedingly H7227 filled H7646 (H8804) contempt...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 123:3 The wait for mercy (v. Psalms 123:2)
becomes a prayer, HAVE MERCY UPON US. The mercy desired is relief from
those who show...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Isaiah 53:3; Luke 16:14; Luke 18:11; Luke 23:35; Nehemiah 4:2;...