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Psalms 123:1-4
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The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:1Psalms 123:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryUnto thee lift I up mine eyes (comp. Psalms 121:1, where the psalmist "lifted up his eyes" to God's dwelling-place). Now the expression is bolder. The eyes are lifted up to God himself. Oh thou that dwellest in the heav…The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:1-4Psalms 123:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryUnto thee lift I up mine eyes. These psalms are called "Songs of Degrees." For some thought that they were sung on the steps that led from one court to another in the temple of the Lord, and so they were called the song…The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:1Psalms 123:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryOur uplook to God. This is the characteristic possibility for humanity. The cattle have no uplooking eyes, and no yearning hearts to find expression by uplooking eyes. Man can look up, pierce the veil of sense, and see…The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:1-4Psalms 123:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe ultimate Refuge. "Unto thee lift I up mine eyes," etc. "This psalm," says J. J. S. Perowne, "is either the sigh of the exile towards the close of the Captivity, looking in faith and patience for the deliverance whic…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:1Unto thee lift I up mine eyes (comp. Psalms 121:1, where the psalmist "lifted up his eyes" to God's dwelling-place). Now the expression is bolder. The eyes are lifted up to God himself. Oh thou that dwellest in the heav…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:1-4Unto thee lift I up mine eyes. These psalms are called "Songs of Degrees." For some thought that they were sung on the steps that led from one court to another in the temple of the Lord, and so they were called the song…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:1Our uplook to God. This is the characteristic possibility for humanity. The cattle have no uplooking eyes, and no yearning hearts to find expression by uplooking eyes. Man can look up, pierce the veil of sense, and see…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:1-4The ultimate Refuge. "Unto thee lift I up mine eyes," etc. "This psalm," says J. J. S. Perowne, "is either the sigh of the exile towards the close of the Captivity, looking in faith and patience for the deliverance whic…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:2Watching for Divine favor and direction. In the East orders are rarely given to an attendant in words, but commonly by signs. These are often so slight as to escape notice unless the eyes of the servants are kept fixed…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters. Watch, i.e; for the slightest sign that he may give of his will. Such signs were usually given by some movement of the "hand." And as the eyes of a ma…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O Lord; have mercy upon us. The cry is repeated for greater emphasis. For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. This expression can scarcely be said to fix the date of the psalm, since hatred and…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease; i.e. the careless and irreligious the nation that has to pass through this period; e.g. Israel in Egypt, and again the Jews in Babylon; or, in…Joseph S. Exell and contributors