LORD Have Mercy on Us - Psalms 123:3

In Psalms one hundred twenty-three the Psalmist said, “Behold, 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”, and in chapter one hundred and twenty three and verse three of Psalms the Psalmist said, “have mercy upon us, O LORD” where we read,

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

The verse begins, “Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us:” The Psalmist began with the words, “Have mercy upon us” or “extend grace, favor and pity on us, the Psalmist and his fellow believers”, “O LORD” which means “O Jehovah who is the existing One and the proper name for the One true God”, “have mercy upon us” or “extend grace, favor and pity on us, the Psalmist and his fellow believers”. The Psalmist appealed to Jehovah God to extend His grace, favor and pity to him and his fellow believers, and he repeated the idea for intensity and emphasis.

The verse continues, “for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.” The Psalmist added the words, “for we are exceedingly filled” or “because, since and on account that we, the Psalmist and his fellow believers, exist as greatly, abundantly and extremely sated, surfeited and enriched” “with contempt” which means “by the use of evil, disrespect and shame”. The Psalmist said he desired Jehovah God's grace, favor and pity because he and his fellow believers were extremely surfeited with evil and disrespect.

When we consider the words in this verse, we discover how the Psalmist greatly desired the grace and favor of Jehovah God because he and his people were continuously confronted with evil and disrespect. This behavior was not unfamiliar to Jesus who endured the same type of opposition when He came to the earth to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind. When we surrender our lives to Jesus Christ as our “Savior and Lord”, we receive forgiveness of sins, everlasting life and His “mercy” when we are confronted and “filled with contempt”.

Next time the Psalmist says, “our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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