Chapter 123

The pilgrims lift their eyes to the LORD, as servants look to their master's hand, and ask for mercy, since they have had enough of contempt and scorn.

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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

This psalm was penned at a time then the church of God was brought low and trampled upon; some think it was when the Jews were captives in Babylon, though that was not the only time that they were insulted over by the proud. The psalmist begins as if he spoke for himself only (Ps. 123:1), but presently speaks in the name of the church. Here is, I. Their expectation of mercy from God, Ps. 123:1, 2.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Psa 123:1-4. An earnest and expecting prayer for divine aid in distress. 1. (Compare Psa 121:1). thou that dwellest--literally, “sittest as enthroned” (compare Psa 2:4; 113:4, 5).