Study Guide

시편 123

개요

성전을 향한 순례의 첫 노래로, 거짓말하는 자들로부터의 구원을 간구한다. 시인은 평화를 원하나 전쟁을 좋아하는 자들 가운데 살고 있다고 탄식한다.

Key Verses

시편 123:1

Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

시편 123:2

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.

시편 123:3

Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

시편 123:4

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Full Text

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.