Psalms 123:4
Rich people have made fun of us for a long time, and proud people who have ◄oppressed/acted cruelly toward► us have acted toward us as though we were worthless.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
3Yahweh, be very merciful [DOU] to us because our enemies have acted very contemptuously toward us.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:42he looked at David closely. He saw that David had a handsome face and healthy body, but that he was only a young man. So he sneered at David.
Job 12:5Those like you who have no troubles make fun of me; they cause those like me who are already suffering to have more troubles.
Psalms 73:5They do not have the troubles/difficulties that other people have; they do not have problems like others do.
Isaiah 32:9You women of Jerusalem who think that you are very secure/safe and think that everything is going well, listen to [IDM] what I say!
Jeremiah 48:11The people of Moab have always felt secure; they have never been ◄exiled/forced by their enemies to go to other countries►. They are like [MET] wine that has been left undisturbed in a container for many days to give it good flavor, so now it smells good, and it tastes good.
Jeremiah 48:29We have all heard that the people of Moab are very proud; they are extremely proud and conceited/arrogant. [IDM, DOU]
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 →