Psalm 123:3

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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 merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

For we are

You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.

Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?"

He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn't respect him.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"

General references

When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.

I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and tell the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the shame of the nations: