Psalms 123:1
I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
In Context
2Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 2:4He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.
Psalms 25:15My eyes are ever towards the Lord: for he shall pluck my feet out of the snare.
Psalms 115:3The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:
Psalms 121:1In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.
Psalms 124:1To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.
Psalms 126:1They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth
Matthew Henry on Psalms 123:1
This psalm was penned at a time when the church of God was brought low and trampled upon; some think it was when the Jews were captives in Babylon, though that was not the only time that they were insulted over by the proud. The psalmist begins as if he spoke for himself only ( ver. 1 ), but presently speaks in the name of the church. Here is, I. Their expectation of mercy from God, ver. 1, 2 . II. Their plea for mercy with God,, ver. 3, 4 . In singing it we must have our eye up to God's favour with a holy… Read the whole commentary →