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Psalms 123:2

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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.

Psalms 123:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 123:2

Theological / Devotional

Servants. As the servants in a household look to the master for support, so Christians are dependent upon God for physical help and spiritual sustenance. When the servant receives wrong or injury, he looks to his master for protection. So the believing child should look to the hand of the Lord to deliver him (see 1 Cor. 4:3, 4).

Look unto the hand. Compare Ps. 145:15, where the psalmist pictures all the creatures of God’s hand as looking to Him for their daily needs.

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