Psalms 123:4
Our soule is filled too full of ye mocking of the wealthy, and of the despitefulnes of the proude.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
3Haue mercie vpon vs, O Lord, haue mercie vpon vs: for we haue suffered too much contempt.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:42Now when the Philistim looked about and saw Dauid, he disdeined him: for he was but yong, ruddie, and of a comely face.
Job 12:5Hee that is readie to fall, is as a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche.
Psalms 73:5They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.
Isaiah 32:9Rise vp, ye women that are at ease: heare my voyce, ye carelesse daughters: hearken to my wordes.
Jeremiah 48:11Moab hath bene at rest from his youth, and he hath setled on his lees, and hath not bene powred from vessell to vessell, neither hath he gone into captiuitie: therefore his taste remained in him and his sent is not changed.
Jeremiah 48:29We haue heard the pride of Moab (hee is exceeding proude) his stoutnesse, and his arrogancie, and his pride, and the hautinesse 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 →