To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
PSALM 123 In this Psalm, the faithful oppressed with the cruel tyranny of their enemies, beseech God to deliver them, there being no other source of hope left for them except in his protection. A Song of Degrees. Psalm 123:1-4 1. I lift up my eyes to thee, who dwellest in the heavens. 2. Behold! as the eyes of servants look “Look” is a supplement taken from the French version.
Commenting on Psalm 123:1-4
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes. It is good to have some one to look up to. The Psalmist looked so high that he could look no higher. Not to the hills, but to the God of the hills he looked. He believed in a personal God, and knew nothing of that modern pantheism which is nothing more than atheism wearing a fig leaf.
We have here, I. The solemn profession which God's people make of faith and hope in God, Psa 123:1, Psa 123:2. 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...
Commenting on Psalm 123:1-4