1.
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
1. (Compare ).
thou that dwellest—literally,
"sittest as enthroned" (compare Psalms 2:4;
Psalms 113:4; Psalms 113:5).
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.
2. Deference, submission, and
trust, are all expressed by the figure. In the East, servants in
attending on their masters are almost wholly directed by signs,
which require the closest observance of the hands of the latter. The
servants of God should look (1) to His directing hand, to appoint
them their work; (2) to His supplying hand (), to give them their portion in due season; (3) to His
protecting hand, to right them when wronged; (4) to His correcting
hand (Isaiah 9:13; 1 Peter 5:6;
compare Genesis 16:6); (5) to His
rewarding hand.
3.
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
3. contempt—was that of the
heathen, and, perhaps, Samaritans (Nehemiah 1:3;
Nehemiah 2:19).
4.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
4. of those that are at
ease—self-complacently, disregarding God's law, and despising
His people.