Psalms 123:4
Greatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt,
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:42and the Philistine looketh attentively, and seeth David, and despiseth him, for he was a youth, and ruddy, with a fair appearance.
Job 12:5A torch — despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.
Psalms 73:5In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.
Isaiah 32:9Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear [to] my saying,
Jeremiah 48:11Secure is Moab from his youth, And at rest [is] he for his preserved things, And he hath not been emptied out from vessel unto vessel, And into captivity he hath not gone, Therefore hath his taste remained in him, And his fragrance hath not been changed.
Jeremiah 48:29We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Exceeding proud! His haughtiness, and his arrogance, And his pride, and the height 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 →