Psalms 123:4
For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.
5Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:42And when the Philistine looked, and beheld David, he despised him. For he was a young man, ruddy, and of a comely countenance.
Job 12:5The lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich, is ready for the time appointed.
Psalms 73:5They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men. B Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.
Isaiah 32:9Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.
Jeremiah 48:11Moab hath been fruitful from his youth, and hath rested upon his lees: and hath not been poured out from vessel to vessel, nor hath gone into captivity : therefore his taste hath remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
Jeremiah 48:29We have heard the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud: his haughtiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the loftiness of his heart.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 123:2-4
Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 2 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. 3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord , have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. We have… Read the whole commentary →