Psalms 123 Cross References - LEB

¹ A song of ascents.*
I lift up my eyes to you, the one enthroned* in the heavens. ² Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,* as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to Yahweh our God, until he is gracious to us. ³ Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us, for long enough we have had our fill of contempt. ⁴ For long enough our soul has had its fill of the derision of the self-confident, the contempt of the arrogant.

⁴ He who sits enthroned in the heavens laughs. The Lord derides them.

⁴ Yahweh is in his holy temple; Yahweh is in the heavens on his throne. His eyelids see; they test the children of humankind.

¹⁵ My eyes are continually toward Yahweh, because he will take my feet from the net.

⁵ Who is like Yahweh our God, who is enthroned on high,* ⁶ who _⌊condescends to look at_⌋* what is in the heavens and in the earth?

³ But our God is in the heavens; all that he desires, he does.

¹ A song of ascents.*
In my distress I called to Yahweh, and he answered me.

¹ A song for the ascents.*
I lift up my eyes to the mountains; whence will my help come?

¹ A song of ascents. Of David.*
I rejoiced in those who said to me, "Let us go to the house* of Yahweh."

¹ A song of ascents. Of David.*
"If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side," do let Israel say,

¹ A song of ascents.*
Those who trust in Yahweh are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.

¹ A song of ascents.*
When Yahweh restored the fortunes* of Zion,* we were like dreamers.

¹ A song of ascents. Of Solomon.*
Unless Yahweh builds a house, its builders labor at it in vain. Unless Yahweh guards a city, a guard watches in vain.

¹ A song of ascents.*
Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

¹ A song of ascents.*
"Too often* they have attacked me from my youth." Let Israel say,

¹ A song of ascents.*
Out of the depths I call to you, O Yahweh.

¹ A song of ascents. Of David.*
My heart is not haughty nor my eyes _⌊arrogant_⌋.* And I do not _⌊concern myself_⌋* with things too great and difficult for me.

¹ A song of ascents.*
O Yahweh, remember with regard to David all his affliction.*

¹ A song of ascents. Of David.*
Look, how good and how pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity.

¹ A song of ascents.*
Look, bless Yahweh, all you the servants of Yahweh, who _⌊serve_⌋* in the house* of Yahweh by night.

⁸ But* my eyes are toward you, O Yahweh, my Lord; I have taken refuge in you. Do not lay bare my soul.*

¹⁵ For thus says the high and lofty one who resides forever, and whose name is holy:
"I reside in a high and holy place, and with the _⌊contrite_⌋* and humble of spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the _⌊contrite_⌋.*

¹ Thus says Yahweh:
"Heaven is my throne, and the earth is the footstool for my feet. Where is this house that you would build for me? And where is this resting place for me?

⁹ Therefore you pray in this way:
"Our Father who is in heaven, may your name be treated as holy.

¹³ But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

²⁶ Then he* said, "Let me go, for dawn is breaking." But he answered, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."

¹⁸ I wait for your salvation, O Yahweh.

²³ Therefore you are cursed; some of you will always be slaves as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."

²⁷ And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place that he should choose.

⁶ And the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, "_⌊Do not abandon_⌋* your servant. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, for all the kings of the Amorites* who dwell in the hill country have gathered against us."

¹ For the music director. Of David. A psalm.*
I waited patiently for Yahweh, And he inclined to me and heard my cry for help. ² And so he brought me up from the roaring pit,* from the miry clay. And he put my feet upon a rock; he made my steps steady. ³ Then he put a new song in my mouth, a praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and will trust Yahweh.

⁸² My eyes long for* your word,* saying, "When will you comfort me?"

¹²³ My eyes long for* your salvation, and your righteous word.* ¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your loyal love, and teach me your statutes. ¹²⁵ I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your statutes.

⁵ I await Yahweh; my soul awaits, and I wait* for his word. ⁶ My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning. Yes, more than watchmen for the morning.

²⁵ Yahweh is good to those who wait on him, to the person that seeks him. ²⁶ It is good to wait in silence for the salvation of Yahweh.

¹ And he told them a parable to show that they must always pray and not be discouraged,

² Then he said before his brothers and the army of Samaria, "What are the feeble Jews doing? Will they restore these things for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the piles of rubble—even those burned up?" ³ Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him and said, "Their wall of stone that they are building would break down if a fox went on it!" ⁴ Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn on their head and give them over to plunder in the land of captivity.

¹ For the music director; with stringed instruments. A psalm of David.*
When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness.* In trouble _⌊deliver me_⌋.* Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

¹³ You have made us a taunt to our neighbors, a derision and a scorn to those around us. ¹⁴ You have made us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. ¹⁵ _⌊All day long_⌋* my disgrace is before me, and the shame of my face covers me, ¹⁶ because of the voice of the taunter and the reviler, because of the enemy and the avenger.

¹ For the music director, according to The Silent Dove of Distant Lands. Of David. A miktam. When the Philistines seized him in Gath.*
Be gracious to me, O God, because humankind has trampled me; fighting all the day he oppresses me. ² My enemies* trample all day, because many are attacking me proudly.

¹ For the music director, according to Do Not Destroy. Of David. A miktam. When he fled from Saul into the cave.*
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, because in you my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of your wings I will take refuge until destruction passes by.

¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Yahweh, for a favorable time, O God, according to the abundance of your loyal love. Answer me with the faithfulness of your salvation. ¹⁴ Deliver me from the mud and do not let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me and from the watery depths. ¹⁵ Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me, or the deep swallow me, or the pit close its mouth over me. ¹⁶ Answer me, O Yahweh, because your loyal love is good; according to your abundant mercies, turn to me,

⁵⁰ Remember, O Lord the taunting of your servants, how I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many peoples, ⁵¹ by which your enemies taunt, O Yahweh, by which they taunt the steps of your anointed one.

³ He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering, and acquainted with* sickness, and like _⌊one from whom others hide their faces_⌋,* he was despised, and we did not hold him in high regard.

¹⁴ Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.

¹¹ The Pharisee stood and* prayed these things with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people—swindlers, unrighteous people, adulterers, or even like this tax collector! ¹² I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all that I get.' ¹³ But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

³⁵ And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed him,* saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this man is the Christ* of God, the Chosen One!"

¹⁹ But Sanballat the Horonite, the Ammonite servant Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard it, and they mocked and despised us, saying, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"

⁵ _⌊Those at ease have contempt_⌋* for the thought of _⌊disaster_⌋,* but it is ready for those unstable of foot.

⁴ I myself* also could talk as you, if _⌊you were in my place_⌋;* I could join against you with words, and I could shake at you with my head.

⁵ They do not have _⌊ordinary trouble_⌋,* and they are not plagued as other people.* ⁶ Therefore pride is their necklace; an outfit of violence covers them. ⁷ Their eye bulges from fat.* Imaginings overflow their heart. ⁸ They mock and speak maliciously of oppression; they speak as though from on high. ⁹ They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue roams the earth.

⁵¹ The arrogant utterly deride me; I have not turned aside from your law.

⁹ Women who are at ease, rise up; hear my voice! Carefree daughters, listen to my word!

¹¹ Tremble, you who are at ease; tremble, carefree ones; strip, and strip yourself, and gird yourself on your loins,*

¹¹ Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has been quiet on his dregs, and he has not been poured out from vessel to vessel, and he has not gone into exile. _⌊Therefore_⌋* his taste has remained unchanged, and his fragrance has not changed.

²⁷ Now was not Israel the laughingstock to you? Or was he found among thieves? For _⌊as often as_⌋* you spoke over him you shook your head.

²⁹ We have heard of the pride of Moab —he is very proud— his height, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.

¹ Alas for those being at ease in Zion, and those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, the notables of the best of the nations! The house of Israel resorts to them.

²¹ (Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who stayed there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling something or listening to something new.)

³² Now when they* heard about the resurrection of the dead, some scoffed, but others said, "We will hear you about this again also."

²⁴ And as* he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "You are out of your mind, Paul! Your* great learning _⌊is driving_⌋* you _⌊insane_⌋!"*

¹³ when we are* slandered, we encourage. We have become like the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.