Psalms 123:4
Our soul is full sated with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud oppressors.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3Be gracious unto us, O LORD, be gracious unto us; for we are full sated with contempt.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:42And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair countenance.
Job 12:5A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.
Psalms 73:5In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.
Isaiah 32:9Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, give ear unto my speech.
Jeremiah 48:11Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity; therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed.
Jeremiah 48:29We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his haughtiness, and the assumption 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 →