Psalms:123
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A song of degrees .
I lift vp mine eyes to thee ,
that dwellest in the heauens .
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Behold ,
as the eyes of (
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He compares the condition of the godly ,
to servants who are destitute of all help ,
assuring that when all other help fails ,
God is always at hand and like himself .(:
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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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Have mercy upon us ,
O LORD ,
have mercy upon us :
for we are (
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He declares that when the faithful are so full that they cannot endure the oppression and scorning of the wicked any more ,
there is always help above ,
if with hungry desires they call for it .(:
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exceedingly filled with contempt .
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Our soule is filled too full of ye mocking of the wealthy , &
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of the despitefulnes of the proude .