>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/ps/123?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#0777b::c0777b) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/psalms/123.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Psalms/123.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/psa/123/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>A psalm of ascent, likely spoken by an Israelite or group of Israelites, expressing a plea for divine mercy while enduring scorn and contempt from others, directed towards God who dwells in heaven. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>This chapter is like a prayer where someone is asking God for help and looking up to Him like a child looks up to their parents for love and support. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>The psalmist lifts their eyes to God in heaven, expressing a deep reliance on Him, similar to how servants look to their masters. They plead for God's mercy, feeling overwhelmed by the contempt and scorn from others, seeking relief from the proud and those who mock them. > >#Gospel/Mercy #Gospel/Faith #Gospel/Prayer ###### 1 1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. ###### 2 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 3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. ###### 4 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.