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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 123 A Song of degrees. This psalm is not thought to be written by David, but by some other person in later times; and at a time, as is clear, when the people of God were much exposed to the scorn and contempt of men. Dr. Patrick thinks it was written by some pious person; perhaps by Isaiah, in Hezekiah's time, when Rabshakeh poured out his contempt on God, on the king and...
John Gill
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes,.... Not only the eyes of his body, this being a prayer gesture; see Matthew 14:19; but the eyes of his mind and understanding, opened by the Spirit of God; particularly the eye of faith, by which he looked for and expected help and salvation from the Lord. The phrase is expressive of holy confidence in God, and a comfortable hope of receiving good things from him;...
Matthew Henry
This psalm was penned at a time when the church of God was brought low and trampled upon; some think it was when the Jews were captives in Babylon, though that was not the only time that they were insulted over by the proud. The psalmist begins as if he spoke for himself only (ver. 1), but presently speaks in the name of the church. Here is, I. Their expectation of mercy from God, ver. 1, 2. II....
Charles H. Spurgeon
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, Instead of looking downward in despair, or looking to the right hand or to the left to human confidence, or looking within in pride, “Unto thee lift I up mine eyes,” — Psa_123:1. O thou that dwellest in the heavens. It is always delightful to the Christian to remember what the title of his God is: “Our Father, which art in heaven.” It is the place of prospect from...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Our eyes are far too apt to look below, or to look within, or to look around, but it is wisdom on our part to look up. There is always something blessed to see upward, especially when we look up to him who dwells in the highest heavens, — our Father, our Saviour, our Comforter. There is little down here that is worth looking at,...