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         <div class="label">123</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Psalm 123</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">sn Psalm 123. The psalmist, speaking for God&#8217;s people, acknowledges his dependence on God in the midst of a crisis.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">A song of ascents.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.123.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> I look up</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;I lift my eyes.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> toward you,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.123.1"><span class="content">the one enthroned</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;sitting.&#8221; The Hebrew verb &#1497;&#1464;&#1513;&#1473;&#1463;&#1489; (yashav) is here used metonymically of &#8220;sitting enthroned&#8221; (see Pss 9:7; 29:10; 55:19; 102:12).</span></span></span><span class="content"> in heaven.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content"> Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="content">as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">sn Servants look to their master for food, shelter, and other basic needs.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="content">so my eyes will look to the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, our God, until he shows us favor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.123.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> Show us favor, O </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, show us favor!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.123.3"><span class="content">For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;for greatly we are filled [with] humiliation.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.123.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content"> We have had our fill</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;greatly our soul is full to it.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.123.4"><span class="content">of the taunts of the self-assured,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.123.4"><span class="content">of the contempt of the proud.</span></span></div>
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I look up toward you,
the one enthroned in heaven.
Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress,
so my eyes will look to the LORD, our God, until he shows us favor.
Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor!
For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.
We have had our fill
of the taunts of the self-assured,
of the contempt of the proud.

सुनें - Psalms 123