Psalm 123:1-Psalm 124:1 - Looking For God's Favor

¹ Unto you I lift up my eyes,
O You who are enthroned in the heavens!
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Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.

³
Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious and favorable toward us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.
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Our soul is greatly filled
With the scoffing of those who are at ease,
And with the contempt of the proud [who disregard God’s law].

¹ “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,”
Let Israel now say,