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Psalm 123

Psa. 123:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Song
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
of degrees
ma`alah (Hebrew #4609)
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
KJV usage: things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
Pronounce: mah-al-aw'
Origin: feminine of 4608
.>> Unto theeg lift I up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
mine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
, O thou that dwellest
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
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Psa. 121:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:{HR}Whence shall my help come? (Psa. 121:1)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  The godly profess their confidence in God;
3-4:  and pray to be delivered from contempt.
A.M. cir. 3463.
B.C. cir. 541.
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A Song of degrees.This Psalm is probably a complaint of the captives in Babylon, relative to the contempt and cruel usage they received.
Psa. 120:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}In my trouble I called unto Jehovah,{HR}And he answered me. (Psa. 120:1)
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Psa. 121:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:{HR}Whence shall my help come? (Psa. 121:1)
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Psa. 122:1• 1A song of the ascents: of David.{HR}I was glad in [those] saying unto me,{HR}To Jehovah's house we will go. (Psa. 122:1)
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Psa. 123:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes,{HR}O thou that dwellest in the heavens. (Psa. 123:1)
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Psa. 124:1• 1A song of the ascents: of David.{HR}If [it were] not Jehovah who was for us,{HR}Let now Israel say; (Psa. 124:1)
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Psa. 125:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Those confiding in Jehovah [are] as Mount Zion;{HR}It cannot be moved, it abideth forever. (Psa. 125:1)
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Psa. 126:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}When Jehovah turneth the turning of Zion,{HR}We shall be like dreamers. (Psa. 126:1)
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Psa. 127:1• 1A song of the ascents: of Solomon.{HR}If Jehovah build not a house,{HR}In vain toil its builders in it;{HR}If Jehovah keep not a city,{HR}In vain watcheth a keeper. (Psa. 127:1)
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Psa. 128:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Happy [is] every fearer of Jehovah,{HR}That walketh in his ways. (Psa. 128:1)
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Psa. 128•  (Psa. 128)
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Psa. 129:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Much have they afflicted me from my youth,{HR}Let now Israel say; (Psa. 129:1)
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Psa. 130:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Out of the depths{HR}Do I call on thee, Jehovah. (Psa. 130:1)
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Psa. 131:1• 1A song of the ascents: of David.{HR}Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty;{HR}Neither do I meddle (walk) with [things] great{HR}And with [things] too wonderful for me. (Psa. 131:1)
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Psa. 132:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Jehovah, remember for David all his humiliation; (Psa. 132:1)
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Psa. 133:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Behold, how good and how pleasant [is]{HR}The dwelling of brethren also together! (Psa. 133:1)
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Psa. 134:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Behold, bless Jehovah, all ye servants of Jehovah,{HR}That stand in Jehovah's house in the nights. (Psa. 134:1)
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Psa. 134•  (Psa. 134)
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lift I.
Psa. 25:15• 15Mine eyes [are] continually unto Jehovah,{HR}For he bringeth forth my feet from a net. (Psa. 25:15)
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Psa. 121:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:{HR}Whence shall my help come? (Psa. 121:1)
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Psa. 141:8• 8For unto thee, Jehovah Lord, [are] mine eyes;{HR}In thee I trust: pour not out my soul. (Psa. 141:8)
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Luke 18:13• 13And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but was striking upon his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me the sinner. (Luke 18:13)
O thou.
Psa. 2:4• 4He who sitteth in the heavens laugheth:{HR}The Lord derideth them. (Psa. 2:4)
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Psa. 11:4• 4Jehovah [is] in the temple of his holiness;{HR}Jehovah, his throne is in the heavens;{HR}His eyes behold, his eyelids prove, the sons of men. (Psa. 11:4)
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Psa. 113:5‑6• 5Who [is] like Jehovah our God,{HR}That dwelleth on high,
 6That seeth deep in the heavens and in the earth? (Psa. 113:5‑6)
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Psa. 115:3• 3And our God [is] in the heavens:{HR}All that he pleased he did. (Psa. 115:3)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)
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Isa. 66:1• 1Thus saith Jehovah, the heavens [are] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: what [is] the house that ye will build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest? (Isa. 66:1)
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Matt. 6:9• 9Thus therefore pray ye : Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified, (Matt. 6:9)
• The heart waits on God for deliverance. So we. There is pressure on the heart by the presence of the power of evil. We wait continually upon God for the coming of the blessed Lord to remove it all. The contempt of the proud will cease. All will be wholly changed to the soul's rest. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 120-131” by J.N. Darby)
• With the blessedness of the house of the Lord and the city of Jerusalem filling the soul (Psa. 122), the godly decide to face the pilgrim journey that leads to the city of God. Such a decision, however, on the part of a feeble remnant calls forth the contempt and scorn of the ease-loving and proud men of the world. (“Psalm 123” by H. Smith)
• His own weakness, together with the contempt of the world, only serves to call into exercise the faith of the godly man. Sustaining grace is found in turning his eyes to the One that dwells in the heavens. (“Psalm 123” by H. Smith)
• The returning tribes experience reproach from those whom they have dwelled with in their dispersion. They look to the Lord for His help and mercy to be preserved from the scoffers who ridicule their exercise of faith to return to their homeland. (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A Song of degrees. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

W. Kelly Translation

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A song of the ascents.{HR}Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes,{HR}O thou that dwellest in the heavens.