1 The godly profess their confidence in God
3 And pray to be delivered from contempt

A.M. cir 3463. B.C. cir. 541 A Song Of Degrees. This Psalm is probably a complaint of the captives in Babylon, relative to the contempt and cruel usage they received. Ps 120:1 121:1 122:1 123:1 124:1 125:1 126:1 127:1 128:1 129:1 130:1 131:1 132:1 133:1 134:1

lift I Ps 25:15 121:1 141:8 Lu 18:13

O thou Ps 2:4 11:4 113:5,6 115:3 Isa 57:15 66:1 Mt 6:9

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.

as the eyes Jos 9:23,27 10:6

so our eyes Ps 40:1-3 119:82,123-125 130:5,6 Ge 32:26 49:18 La 3:25,26 Lu 18:1

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

have mercy Ps 56:1,2 57:1 69:13-16 Lu 18:11-13

for we are Ps 44:13-16 89:50,51 Ne 4:2-4 Isa 53:3 Lu 16:14 23:35

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

with the scorning Ps 73:5-9 119:51 Job 12:5 16:4 Jer 48:11,27,29 Ac 17:21,32 26:24 1Co 4:13