Psalms 123:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 123

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

Psalms 123:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 121:1
A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Psalms 141:8
But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
Psalms 25:15
Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Psalms 2:4
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Matthew 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 1-4)

We have here, I. The solemn profession which God’s people make of faith and hope in God, Ps. 123:1, 2. Observe, 1. The title here given to God: O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Our Lord Jesus has taught us, in prayer, to have an eye to God as our Father in heaven; not that he is confined there, but there especially he manifests his glory, as the King in his court. Heaven is a place of prospect…

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).