Chapter Text
123:1 A song of degrees. I lift vp mine eyes to thee, that dwellest in the heauens.
123:2 Behold, as the eyes of seruants looke vnto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a mayden vnto the hand of her mistres: so our eyes waite vpon the Lord our God vntil he haue mercie vpon vs.
123:3 Haue mercie vpon vs, O Lord, haue mercie vpon vs: for we haue suffered too much contempt.
123:4 Our soule is filled too full of ye mocking of the wealthy, and of the despitefulnes of the proude.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "song", "degrees", "lift", "mine", "eyes", "thee", "dwellest", and "heauens". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "song" and "degrees", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "song" and "degrees" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "song" and "degrees" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.