Psalm 123:1 {122:1}
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To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.

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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.

Psalm 120:1 In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

Psalm 121:1 I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.

Psalm 122:1 A gradual canticle. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.

Psalm 123:1 To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.

Psalm 124:1 A gradual canticle. If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:

Psalm 125:1 A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth

Psalm 126:1 A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted.

Psalm 127:1 A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.

Psalm 128:1 A gradual canticle. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways.

Psalm 129:1 A gradual canticle. Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

Psalm 130:1 A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:

Psalm 131:1 A gradual canticle of David. Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me.

Psalm 132:1 A gradual canticle. O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness.

Psalm 133:1 A gradual canticle of David. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity:

Psalm 134:1 A gradual canticle. Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord: Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

lift I

Psalm 25:15 My eyes are ever towards the Lord: for he shall pluck my feet out of the snare.

Psalm 121:1 I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.

Psalm 141:8 But to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.

Luke 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner.

O thou

Psalm 2:4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.

Psalm 11:4 For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?

Psalm 113:5,6 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: . . .

Psalm 115:3 But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.

Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:1 Thus saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool: what is this house that you will build to me? and what is this place of my rest?

Matthew 6:9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Context
I Lift Up My Eyes to You
1To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.2Behold as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.…
Cross References
Psalm 2:4
He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.

Psalm 11:4
For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?

Psalm 16:8
I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.

Psalm 121:1
I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.

Psalm 141:8
But to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.

Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven, and behold from thy holy habitation and the place of thy glory: where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the multitude of thy bowels, and of thy mercies? they have held back themselves from me.

Lexicon
A Song
שִׁ֗יר (šîr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7892: A song, singing

of Ascents.
הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת (ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4609: Elevation, the act, the condition, a climactic progression

I lift up
נָשָׂ֣אתִי (nā·śā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

my eyes
עֵינַ֑י (‘ê·nay)
Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

to You,
אֵ֭לֶיךָ (’ê·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the One enthroned
הַ֝יֹּשְׁבִ֗י (hay·yō·šə·ḇî)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in heaven.
בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (baš·šā·mā·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky


Additional Translations
A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.To you lift I up my eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens.

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

A Song of Degrees. Unto thee who dwellest in heaven have I lifted up mine eyes.

{A Song of degrees.} Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.

A Song of degrees. To thee I raise my eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Thee I have lifted up mine eyes, O dweller in the heavens.
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