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King James Bible - Psalms 123:4

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

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World English Bible

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. A Song of Ascents. By David.

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Douay-Rheims - Psalms 123:4

For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.

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Webster's Bible Translation

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

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Original Hebrew

רבת 7227 שׂבעה 7646 לה  נפשׁנו 5315 הלעג 3933 השׁאננים 7600 הבוז 937 לגאיונים׃ 1349

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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge

VERSE (4) - :73:5-9 119:51 Job 12:5; 16:4 Jer 48:11,27,29 Ac 17:21,32

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 123:4

Muy hastiada está nuestra alma del escarnio de los que están en holgura; del menosprecio de los soberbios.

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Clarke's Bible Commentary - Psalms 122:4

Verse 4. Those that are at ease ] The Babylonians, who, having subdued all the people of the neighbouring nations, lived at ease, had none to contend with them, and now became luxurious, indolent, and insolent: they were contemptuous and proud.

ANALYSIS OF THE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THIRD PSALM

The oppressed followers of God make application to him for mercy. In this application they express three things: - I. Their confidence in God.

II. Prayer for mercy.

III. An account of their oppressors.

I. Their trust in God.

1. "Unto thee lift I up mine eyes." We trust in thee alone.

2. "O thou that dwellest in the heavens." Infinitely raised above us; but affected with our miserable condition, and always ready to help us.

This he shows by a double similitude: - 1. "As the eyes of servants," i.e., men-servants, "look unto the hand of their masters." 2. "As the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress:" both might be beaten; and here both beg to be saved from farther stripes.

3. "So our eyes," &c. God's children are always looking up to him.

4. "Until that he have mercy;" abate his stripes, and take off his hand.

II. Their prayer for mercy.

1. Before they lifted their eyes to God, but now they cry for mercy.

For this crying, they give the following reasons: - 1. "We are exceedingly filled with contempt." To suffer contempt is much; to be filled with it is more; and to be exceedingly filled with it is worst of all.

2. We are scorned: they join words and actions to show how much they despise us.

III. They give the character of those by whom they suffer.

1. They are at ease-loaded with wealth, and sunk in indolence.

2. They are proud-puffed up with a sense of their own importance; and this leads them to despise others. Proud men are for the most part empty, shallow-pated men: and contempt and scorn from such wounds deeply; especially if they rise, as they often do, from the dunghill. The sick lion in the fable found it extremely galling to be kicked by the foot of an ass.

Matthew Henry Commentary

--Our Lord Jesus has taught us to look unto God in prayer as our Fathe in heaven. In every prayer a good man lifts up his soul to God especially when in trouble. We desire mercy from him; we hope he wil show us mercy, and we will continue waiting on him till it come. The eyes of a servant are to his master's directing hand, expecting that he will appoint him his work. And also to his supplying hand. Servant look to their master or their mistress for their portion of meat in du season. And to God we must look for daily bread, for grace sufficient from him we must receive it thankfully. Where can we look for help but to our Master? And, further, to his protecting hand. If the servant i wronged and injured in his work, who should right him, but his master And to his correcting hand. Whither should sinners turn but to him tha smote them? They humble themselves under God's mighty hand. And lastly to his rewarding hand. Hypocrites look to the world's hand, thence the have their reward; but true Christians look to God as their Master an their Rewarder. God's people find little mercy with men; but this in their comfort, that with the Lord there is mercy. Scorning and contemp have been, are, and are likely to be, the lot of God's people in thi world. It is hard to bear; but the servants of God should not complai if they are treated as his beloved Son was. Let us then, when ready to faint under trials, look unto Jesus, and by faith and prayer cas ourselves upon the mercy of God __________________________________________________________________

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