Psalms 123:3

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Show us mercy, O LORD, show us mercy, for we have had more than enough of scorn.

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  • Luke 18:11-13 : 11 'The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.' 12 'I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' 13 'But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven but beat his chest and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
  • Luke 23:35 : 35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even mocked Him, saying, 'He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.'
  • Neh 4:2-4 : 2 They all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem and cause confusion. 3 So we prayed to our God and set a guard against them day and night because of their threats. 4 Then Judah said, 'The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubble that we are unable to rebuild the wall.'
  • Ps 4:1 : 1 For the director of music, with stringed instruments. A psalm of David.
  • Ps 44:13-16 : 13 You sold Your people for nothing and made no profit from their sale. 14 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us. 15 You have made us a byword among the nations, a shaking of heads among the peoples. 16 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face.
  • Ps 56:1-2 : 1 For the director, according to 'The Silent Dove of Distant Places.' A Miktam of David, when the Philistines captured him in Gath. 2 Be gracious to me, O God, for mankind pursues me; all day long an attacker oppresses me!
  • Ps 57:1 : 1 To the chief musician: Do not destroy. A miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave.
  • Ps 69:13-16 : 13 Those who sit at the gate talk about me, and drunkards make up songs about me. 14 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Lord, at an acceptable time. God, in your abundant love, answer me with your salvation, which is sure. 15 Rescue me from the mud, and do not let me sink. Deliver me from those who hate me, and from the deep waters. 16 Do not let the floodwaters overwhelm me; do not let the deep swallow me up, or let the pit close its mouth over me.
  • Ps 89:50-51 : 50 Where is your steadfast love of old, LORD, which you swore to David in your faithfulness? 51 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the insults of many peoples.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised, and we did not esteem him.
  • Luke 16:14 : 14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and sneered at him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 123:4
    85%

    4 Our souls have had more than enough of the mocking of the complacent, and the contempt of the arrogant.

  • Ps 123:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 A song of ascents: To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens.

    2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until He shows us mercy.

  • Lam 5:1
    76%

    1 Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look and see our disgrace.

  • Lam 3:45
    76%

    45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

  • Ps 33:22
    76%

    22 May Your faithful love, Lord, rest upon us, just as we hope in You.

  • Jer 14:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness and the guilt of our ancestors; indeed, we have sinned against You.

    21 For the sake of Your name, do not despise us; do not dishonor Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.

  • Ps 79:8
    75%

    8 Do not hold against us the sins of our ancestors; may Your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.

  • Isa 33:2
    75%

    2 LORD, be gracious to us! We have waited for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in times of distress.

  • Ps 31:9
    75%

    9 You have not handed me over to the enemy, but you have set my feet in a spacious place.

  • Job 18:3
    74%

    3 Why are we regarded as animals and considered unclean in your eyes?

  • Ps 79:4
    74%

    4 We have become an object of scorn to our neighbors, mocked and ridiculed by those around us.

  • Ps 25:16
    74%

    16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

  • Dan 9:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7 Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but shame covers our faces today—to the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where You have driven them because of their unfaithfulness to You.

    8 O LORD, shame covers us—our kings, our rulers, and our ancestors—because we have sinned against You.

    9 The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him.

  • Lam 3:22
    74%

    22 Because of the LORD’s steadfast love we are not consumed, for His mercies never end.

  • Dan 9:13-16
    4 verses
    74%

    13 As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and gaining insight into Your truth.

    14 Therefore, the LORD has kept the disaster in store and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything He does, yet we have not obeyed His voice.

    15 Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and made a name for Yourself that endures to this day, we have sinned and acted wickedly.

    16 O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, let Your anger and wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. For because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and Your people have become an object of scorn to all those around us.

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    7 Will you not revive us again, so that your people may rejoice in you?

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    73%

    13 For he who avenges blood remembers them; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.

  • Ps 44:25
    73%

    25 Why do You hide Your face and forget our misery and oppression?

  • Ps 119:22
    73%

    22 Remove from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.

  • Lam 3:42-43
    2 verses
    73%

    42 We have transgressed and rebelled, and You have not forgiven.

    43 You have covered Yourself with anger and pursued us; You have slain without pity.

  • Neh 9:32
    72%

    32 Now therefore, our God, the great, mighty, and awesome God who keeps His covenant and steadfast love, do not let the hardship that has come upon us—on our kings, leaders, priests, prophets, ancestors, and on all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today—seem insignificant to You.

  • Ps 90:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.

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    5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

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    72%

    5 Then the raging waters would have passed over our soul.

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    72%

    1 For the choir director: A psalm of David.

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    23 He remembered us in our low estate, for His steadfast love endures forever.

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    72%

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  • Ezra 9:13
    72%

    13 After everything that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and great guilt—though you, our God, have punished us less than our sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this—

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    72%

    9 Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.

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    72%

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  • Lam 1:11
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    11 All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to stay alive. "Look, LORD, and consider, for I am despised."

  • Ps 6:2
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    2 LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor discipline me in Your wrath.

  • Dan 9:18
    72%

    18 Incline Your ear, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our pleas before You on account of our righteousness, but because of Your great mercy.

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    72%

    12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Indeed, our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities.

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    72%

    3 then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.

  • Neh 4:4
    72%

    4 Then Judah said, 'The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubble that we are unable to rebuild the wall.'

  • Lam 5:22
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    22 Unless you have utterly rejected us and are exceedingly angry with us.

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    72%

    26 Help me, Lord my God; save me according to Your steadfast love.

  • Neh 9:36-37
    2 verses
    72%

    36 Here we are today, slaves in the land You gave to our ancestors so they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness—here we are, slaves in it!

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    71%

    7 I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.