The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 123:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Have 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 contempt were the usual feelings wherewith the Jews were regarded by their neighbors.

But the time of Nehemiah would certainly be no unsuitable date (see Nehemiah 4:4).

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