Psalm 123 (122)
Psalm of hope. We know that our very good Father always hears us. Let us fix our eyes on the Lord without tiring until he says, “Your faith has saved you.”
1 To you I lift up my eyes,
to you whose throne is in heaven.
2 As the eyes of servants look
to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of maids look
to the hand of their mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
till he shows us his mercy.
3 Have mercy on us, O Lord,
have mercy on us,
for we have our fill of contempt.
4 Too long have our souls been filled
with the scorn of the arrogant,
with the ridicule of the insolent.
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Comments Psalms, Chapter 123
Prayer of the afflicted.
The cry of petition and hope of the Jews who, on returning from exile, are humiliated and despised by their pagan neighbors.
How often in the Gospel do we hear the same cry of the afflicted!
Think especially of the Cana anite woman: “Lord, have pity on me!” She pursues Christ with desperate insistence for she feels it is now or never.