Chapter commentary
Psalms Chapter 123
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Ps 123:1-4.
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Ps 123:1-4.
An earnest and expecting prayer for divine aid in distress.
1. (Compare
Ps 121:1).
thou that dwellest--literally, "sittest as enthroned" (compare
Ps 2:4; 113:4, 5).
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2. 这比喻表达了恭敬、顺服与信赖。在东方，仆人侍候主人时几乎完全受手势的指引，因此需要时刻留意主人的手。神的仆人也当仰望：一、祂引导的手，指派当作的工；二、祂供给的手（Ps 104:28），按时赐予他们当得的分；三、祂保护的手，在他们受屈时为他们申冤；四、祂管教的手（Isa 9:13；1Pe 5:6；参
Ge 16:6）；五、祂赏赐的手。
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2. Deference, submission, and trust, are all expressed by the figure. In the East, servants in attending on their masters are almost wholly directed by signs, which require the closest observance of the hands of the latter. The servants of God should look (1) to His directing hand, to appoint them their work; (2) to His supplying hand
(Ps 104:28),
to give them their portion in due season; (3) to His protecting hand, to right them when wronged; (4) to His correcting hand
(Isa 9:13; 1Pe 5:6;
compare
Ge 16:6);
(5) to His rewarding hand.
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3. 蔑视——是外邦人的，也许是撒马利亚人的
（Ne 1:3; 2:19）。
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3. contempt--was that of the heathen, and, perhaps, Samaritans
(Ne 1:3; 2:19).
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4. 那些安逸的人——自满，不顾神的律法，藐视他的百姓。
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4. of those that are at ease--self-complacently, disregarding God's law, and despising His people.
Ps 123:1-4.
这是一首恳切而满怀期待的、在苦难中呼求神帮助的祷告。
1. （参 Ps 121:1）。
坐在天上的主（thou that dwellest）——字面作“如坐宝座般坐着”（参
Ps 2:4; 113:4, 5）。