Psalms 123:1
Yahweh, I look up toward you, up to heaven, from where you rule.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 2:4But Yahweh, the one who sits on his throne in heaven, laughs at them; he ridicules those rulers.
Psalms 25:15I always ask [MTY] Yahweh to help me, and he rescues me from danger [MET].
Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven, and he does whatever he wants to!
Psalms 121:1When we travel toward Jerusalem, I look up toward the hills and I ask myself, “Who will help me?”
Psalms 124:1You Israeli people, answer this question: What would have happened to us if Yahweh had not been ◄helping/fighting for► us?
Psalms 126:1When Yahweh brought us Israeli people back to Jerusalem (OR, enabled us Israelis to prosper again), it was wonderful; it seemed as though [SIM] we were dreaming.
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 →