--- title: "Psalms 123 - Study King James Bible with cokes commentary on the holy bible" description: "Read Psalms 123 with cokes commentary on the holy bible commentary. 1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the ey" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/123" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/123)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/123)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/123) Audio 1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 2 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. 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, *and* with the contempt of the proud. [Psalms 122](/study/psalms/122) [Psalms 124](/study/psalms/124) ## Commentary To verse 1 [Psalms 123:0](/kjv/psalms/123/0). *The godly profess their confidence in God, and pray to be delivered from contempt.* A Song of Degrees. *Title.*המעלות שׁיר *Shiir hammangaloth.*] Bishop Patrick thinks this psalm was composed in that time of distress, when the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh to besiege Hezekiah in Jerusalem. He observes, that Hezekiah desired Isaiah to lift up his prayer for the remnant that was left: [2 Kings 19:4](/kjv/2-kings/19/4).[Isaiah 37:4](/kjv/isaiah/37/4); [Isaiah 37:4](/kjv/isaiah/37/4). Accordingly we read, 2Ch 32:20 that both he and Hezekiah cried unto the Lord; and we may suppose, continues the Bishop, that Isaiah lift up his eyes to heaven, and repeated the words of this psalm. 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