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PSALM 123

A Song of degrees.

  1. Unto you do I lift up mine eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens!
  2. Behold, as the eyes of servants are upon the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden are upon the hand of her mistress, so are our eyes upon jehovah our god, until he have mercy upon us.
  3. Have mercy upon us, O jehovah, have mercy upon us! for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
  4. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

The Internal Sense

To the father that he will give assistance, seeing he is totally neglected by the Jewish nation, Verses 1 to 4.

Exposition

Verse 2. Behold as the eyes of servants look upon the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden are upon the hand of her mistress. These words denote that the human understanding should always have respect to use, which is the good of heavenly love and charity.

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