Psalms 123
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Confidence in God under contempt | ||
| «A Song of the going up.» To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens. | A Song of Ascents. To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens. | |
Verse 1 WEB A Song of Ascents. To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens. KJV A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. TSK A. M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. A Song of degrees: ps 120:1, ps 121:1, ps 122:1, ps 123:1, ps 124:1, ps 125:1, ps 126:1, ps 127:1, ps 128:1, ps 129:1, ps 130:1, ps 131:1, ps 132:1, ps 133:1, ps 134:1; lift I: ps 25:15, ps 121:1, ps 141:8, lu 18:13; O thou: ps 2:4, ps 11:4, ps 113:5,6, ps 115:3, isa 57:15, isa 66:1, mt 6:9 |
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| See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us. | Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us. | |
Verse 2 WEB Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us. KJV 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. TSK as the eyes: jos 9:23,27, jos 10:6; so our eyes: ps 40:1-3, ps 119:82,123-125, ps 130:5,6, ge 32:26, ge 49:18, la 3:25,26, lu 18:1 |
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| Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us. | Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt. | |
Verse 3 WEB Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt. KJV Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. TSK Have mercy: ps 56:1,2, ps 57:1, ps 69:13-16, lu 18:11-13; for we are: ps 44:13-16, ps 89:50,51, ne 4:2-4, isa 53:3, lu 16:14, lu 23:35 |
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| For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul. | Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. | |
Verse 4 WEB Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. KJV Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. TSK with the scorning: ps 73:5-9, ps 119:51, job 12:5, job 16:4, jer 48:11,27,29, ac 17:21,32, ac 26:24, 1co 4:13 |
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