Psalms 123:3
What meaning of the psalms 123:3 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 123:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt."
What does Psalms 123:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt."
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...
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...
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 celebra...
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...
CONTEMPT. the mockery. Compare Psalms 119:22, referring to Rab-shakeh....
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 Exh...
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 WILL GO UP TO JERUSALEM" (LUKE 18:31). THE STORY OF PSALMS 120:134 These 15 psalms are called...
EXCEEDINGLY FILLED. — Or, _sated more than enough. _...
חָנֵּ֣נוּ יְהוָ֣ה חָנֵּ֑נוּ כִּֽי ־רַ֝֗ב שָׂבַ֥עְנוּ בֽוּז׃...
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 bac...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Have mercy upon us, O Lord_ O be gracious unto us, and in much mercy help and save us; _for we are exceedingly filled with contempt _ Loaded with opprobrious words and injuries. _Our soul is exceedin...
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....
With opprobrious words and injuries....
Psalms 123:3 mercy H2603 (H8798) LORD H3068 mercy H2603 (H8798) exceedingly H7227 filled H7646 (H8804) contempt H937 Have mercy - Psalms 56:1-2, Psalms 57:1, Psalms 69:13-16; Luke 18:11-13 for we are
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 reco...
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 on Psalm 120), the faithful pilgrims feel themse...
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...
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 G...
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...
Isaiah 53:3; Luke 16:14; Luke 18:11; Luke 23:35; Nehemiah 4:2; Psalms 44:13; Psalms 56:1; Psalms 56:2; Psalms 57:1; Psalms 69:13;...