“ Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. ”
Unto thee - To God. Lift I up mine eyes - In supplication and prayer. Nature prompts us to look up when we address God, as if he dwelt above us. It is the natural prompting of the heart that...
CXXIII. Waiting for God. Psalms 123:4 . The contempt of the proud may have been caused by their own wealth, and by the poverty of the godly (see on Psalms 4). Poor and godly are almost synonymous...
Title.. Song, &c. Same as Psalms 120:1 . dwellest in the heavens. The reference is to 2 Kings 19:16 and Isaiah 37:16 .
1. I lift my eyes to thee, who dwellest in the heavens. It is uncertain at what time, or even by what Prophet, this Psalm was composed. I do not think it probable that David was its author;...
A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes - We have no hope but in thee; our eyes look upward; we have expectation from thy...
The godly profess their confidence in God, and pray to be delivered from contempt. A Song of Degrees. Title. המעלות שׁיר Shiir hammangaloth. ] Bishop Patrick thinks this psalm was composed i...
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. The Psalmist's looking up to God is like that of servants patiently looking for mercy from their master ( Psalms 123:1-2 );...
The Psalmist looks up steadfastly to God, and expresses his confidence in Him.
O thou that dwellest. — O thou throned one.
Psalms 123:1-4 A SIGH and an upward gaze and a sigh! No period is more appropriate, as that of this psalm, than the early days after the return from exile, when the little community, which had com...
Following the idea of the ascent of the worshiper to the longed-for house of Jehovah we have in this song an expression of the soul's strong confidence in Jehovah. The soul first affirms confidence a...
CONTENTS This Psalm seems to send forth the cries of the soul under exercises. But amidst them all, we may perceive very strong expressions of firm confidence in God. A Song of Degrees. Psalms 12...
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes ,.... Not only the eyes of his body, this being a prayer gesture; see Matthew 14:19 ; but the eyes of his mind and understanding, opened by the Spirit of God; particul...
Psalms 123:1 «A Song of degrees. » Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Ver. 1. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes ] Praying by them rather than by words, mine afflicti...
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes Though all human help fail us in this sore distress, yet I do not despair of relief from thee; O thou that dwellest in the heavens Whose majesty and power incomparab...
Grateful Acknowledgments. A song of degrees. 1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. ...
PSALM 123 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm contains a description of the great agony and distress of God's people, and of their carriage under it. The godly profess their patient trusting and confidence in...
INTRODUCTION Since the time when it was produced by its now unknown author, when was not this hymn of hope a favourite with God’s people? The pensive individual might use this form of meditation and...
A Song of degrees Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example ( Psalms 112:1 ); ( Psalms 112:2 ).
We shall read, this evening, three short Psalms, the 123 rd, 124 th, and 125 th. May the Holy Spirit, who inspired the writers of them, strengthen our faith while we read these songs of joyous confid...
REFLECTIONS . This psalm teaches us that when the church is in trouble and contempt from proud, wicked, and unbelieving men, the ministers and people of God must associate for counsel and prayer; an...
Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes. The prayer of the eyes The prayer of the eyes. Have you never seen it in the eyes of patient poverty, of distress, of oppression, of the sick child? This prayer r...
EXPOSITION Psalms 123:1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes (comp. Psalms 121:1 , where the psalmist "lifted up his eyes" to God's dwelling-place). Now the expression is bolder. The eyes are l...
Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes, in humble, but confident expectation of help, O Thou that dwellest in the heavens, enthroned as the almighty Sovereign, for whom it is a small matter to come to the a...
Isaiah 57:15 ; Isaiah 66:1 ; Luke 18:13 ; Matthew 6:9 ; Psalms 11:4 ; Psalms 113:5 ; Psalms 113:6 ; Psalms 115:3 ; Psalms 121:1 ; Psalms 141:8 ; Psalms 2:4 ; Psalms 25:15 ; Psalms 120:1...