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2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
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Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. …
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. …
Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. …
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
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 pros…
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