Psalm 123 English Standard Version

1 To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he has mercy upon us.

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.
4 Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.

Contempt is our follow up after yesterday’s scoffer. Contempt is a two edged sword. We can and often feel contempt for the scoffer who has treated us unjustly. Our common use of the word is often associated with “contempt of court” where the judge issues a warning first and if the behavior continues, the violator is held in contempt.

This is a short psalm copied in full and it has a very distinct message. Jesus has been enthroned and when we look up to Him we must not do so with contempt. Before you say we do not allow me to share the verse of the day from my bible software.

Romans 13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

My God, how could you have allowed these contemptuous leaders to be in charge around the world?

The cost of free will is loss of control when it comes to consequences.

Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

“But Lord I don’t understand.” Is what my mind says.

His reply. “Yes. I know.”

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

When we lean on something and it is pulled out from under us, we fall.