Psalms 123:4
Our soul is overburdened with the scorn of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud oppressors.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3Be gracious unto us, O Lord! be gracious unto us; for we are overburdened with contempt.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:42And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a lad, and ruddy, with a fair appearance.
Job 12:5To the unfortunate there is given contempt— according to the thoughts of him that is at ease— prepared [also] for those whose foot slippeth.
Psalms 73:5They share not in the trouble of mortals, and with men are they not afflicted.
Isaiah 32:9Ye careless women rise up, hear my voice; ye daughters that are secure, give ear unto my speech.
Jeremiah 48:11Moab was ever at ease from his youth, and he was resting on his lees, and was not emptied from vessel to vessel, and had not gone into exile: therefore had his taste remained in him, and his scent was not changed.
Jeremiah 48:29We have heard the pride of Moab, who is so exceedingly proud, his haughtiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the overbearingness 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 →