Psalms 123:4
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
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In Context
3Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:42When the Philistine looked around and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good looking face.
Job 12:5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
Psalms 73:5They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
Isaiah 32:9Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
Jeremiah 48:11“Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his dregs, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity; therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
Jeremiah 48:29“We have heard of the pride of Moab. He is very proud in his loftiness, his pride, his arrogance, and the arrogance 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 →