Psalm 123:3

Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious and favorable toward us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.

Nehemiah 4:2-4

He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the heaps of dust and rubbish, even the ones that have been burned?”

Psalm 4:1

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;
Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.

Psalm 44:13-16

You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

Psalm 56:1-2

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me;
All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.

Psalm 57:1

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,
For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secure
Until destruction passes by.

Psalm 69:13-16

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable and opportune time;
O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation].

Psalm 89:50-51

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced];
How I bear in my heart the reproach of all the many peoples,

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and pain and acquainted with grief;
And like One from whom men hide their faces
He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or esteem Him.

Luke 16:14

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were sneering and ridiculing Him.

Luke 18:11-13

The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

Luke 23:35

Now the people stood by, watching; but even the rulers ridiculed and sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others [from death]; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) of God, His Chosen One.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Psalm 123:3

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Have mercy

For we are

General references

Proverbs 18:3

Lamentations 3:14

Ezekiel 36:6

Bible References

Have mercy

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me;
All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.

For we are

You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced];
How I bear in my heart the reproach of all the many peoples,

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were sneering and ridiculing Him.

General references

When the wicked man comes [to the depth of evil], contempt [of all that is pure and good] also comes,
And with inner baseness (dishonor) comes outer shame (scorn).

I have become the [object of] ridicule to all my people,
And [the subject of] their mocking song all the day.

Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy (love for that which is Mine) and in My wrath because you have endured the [shameful] insults of the nations.’