King James Version
Psalms 123:3
3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Psalms 123:3 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy, for we have had our fill of contempt.
Context of Psalms 123:3
1Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 2Behold, 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. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Read all of Psalms 123Psalms 123:3 word by word
חָנֵּ֣נוּ יְהוָ֣ה חָנֵּ֑נוּ כִּֽי־רַ֝֗ב שָׂבַ֥עְנוּ בֽוּז׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 123:3
- Psalms 56:1Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
- Psalms 57:1Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
- Psalms 69:13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
- Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
- Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
- Psalms 89:50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
- Nehemiah 4:2And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
- Isaiah 53:3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
- Luke 16:14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
- Luke 23:35And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
Commentaries on Psalms 123:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Have mercy upon us, O Lord - Chastise us no more; we will no more revolt against thee. We are exceedingly filled with contempt - We not only suffer grievously from our captivity, but are treated in the most contemptuous maner by our masters.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us - The language of earnest pleading, repeating with emphasis the object of the prayer. The supplicants are represented as standing and urging this petition, feeling that help could come only from God; looking only to him; and watching his countenance, as servants do their master‘s. For we are exceedingly filled - The Hebrew word used here means to be saturated; to have the appetite fully satisfied - as applied…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4This lament about the psalmist's humble position shows strong trust in the Lord (Psalm 123:1–2). The psalmist prays for God's favor on the community because evil surrounds them (Psalm 123:3–4). The poet looks beyond Jerusalem (Psalm 122) to God's throne in heaven.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. contempt--was that of the heathen, and, perhaps, Samaritans (Ne 1:3; 2:19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 123
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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