Psalms 123:4

"Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt."

Key Reflection

This verse reflects a plea for divine compassion in the face of severe human disdain. The repeated call for mercy underscores the depth of the community's suffering and their desperate need for God's intervention and protection.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Our soul is exceedingly filled -Thoroughly sated. This verse states the nature and the source of the contempt which they were called to bear. With the scorning of those that are at ease -According to one view of these “Psalms of Degrees” (see the Introduction toPsalms 120:1-7) this would be an instance of an “ascent” in the sense, or of the going up of the thought, where inPsalms 123:3there was mention made in general of “contempt,” and in this verse the thought is carried onward and upward, or there is an additional idea which gives intensity to it. It is the scorn proceeding from those who are at ease; that is, the frivolous, the affluent, the proud.

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