Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,
for we’ve had more than enough contempt.

International Standard Version

Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy, for we have had more than enough of contempt.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Amplified


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

Darby Translation

Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Julia Smith Translation

Compassionate us, O Jehovah, compassionate us: for we were much filled with contempt

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us, for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.

Modern King James verseion

Have mercy on us, O Jehovah, have mercy on us; for we are exceedingly filled with scorn.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are utterly despised.

NET Bible

Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

New Heart English Bible

Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

The Emphasized Bible

Show us favour, O Yahweh, show us favour, for, exceedingly, are we sated with contempt:

Webster

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

World English Bible

Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

Youngs Literal Translation

Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt,

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 123:3

Images Psalm 123:3

Context Readings

Looking For God's Favor

2 Behold, as the eyes of slaves 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 he shall have mercy upon us. 3 Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly weary of the scorning of those that are at ease and of the contempt of the proud.

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:2-4

And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Is this to be permitted them? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish on time? Will they resurrect the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which were burned?

Psalm 4:1

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Psalm 44:13-16

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.

Psalm 56:1-2

Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he oppresses me fighting me daily.

Psalm 57:1

Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusts in thee; and in the shadow of thy wings I will make my refuge until these calamities are overpast.

Psalm 69:13-16

But I corrected my prayer unto thee, O LORD, in the time of thy good pleasure; O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy saving health.

Psalm 89:50-51

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy slaves; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of many peoples,

Isaiah 53:3

He is despised and rejected among men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with weakness; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Luke 16:14

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him.

Luke 18:11-13

The 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.

Luke 23:35

And the people stood beholding. And the princes also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ, the chosen of God.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible