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PSA 123:1
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PSA 123:2
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.
Behold, as the eyes of servants — For direction, defence, maintenance, mercy in time of correction, help when the service is too hard, …; so do our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, viz. for direction and benediction.
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PSA 123:3
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy — This is preces fundere, coelum tundere, misericordiam extorquere, as Tertullian hath it; to wring mercy out of God’s holy hands, by our utmost importunity.
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt — We are made the very scum and scorn of our proud imperious enemies. This the nature of man is very impatient of, and can hardly brook; for there is none so mean but holdeth himself worthy of some regard; and a reproachful scorn showeth an utter disrespect, which issueth from the very superfluity of malice.
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« 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 — Praying by them rather than by words, mine afflictions having swollen my heart too big for my mouth. See Trapp on " Psalms 121:1 "
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