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Psalms 123:3

Mercy and compassionPrayerShame

1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants 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 that he have mercy upon us.

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

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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Compare

BSB
Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
KJV
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
WEB
Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
ASV
Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
DARBY
Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
BLB
Have mercy on us, O YHWH, Have mercy on us! For we are filled exceedingly with contempt.
ÅB
Vær oss nådig, Herre, vær oss nådig! For vi er rikelig mettet med forakt;
OTB
Vis oss din godhet, Herre, vis oss din godhet,
for vi har utholdt mer enn nok forakt.
B1930
Vær oss nådig, Herre, vær oss nådig! For vi er rikelig mettet med forakt;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 57:1

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

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 89:50–51

    Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

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  • Nehemiah 4:2–4

    And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

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  • Psalms 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.

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  • Luke 23:35

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

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  • Isaiah 53:3

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

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  • Psalms 69:13–16

    But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

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