Psalms 123:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

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  • Luke 18:11-13 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
  • Luke 23:35 : 35 And the people stood looking on. But the rulers, with them, sneered, saying, He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is Christ, the chosen of God.
  • Neh 4:2-4 : 2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish that are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Even what they build, if a fox goes up, he will break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them as prey in a land of captivity:
  • Ps 4:1 : 1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: you have enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
  • Ps 44:13-16 : 13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are around us. 14 You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. 15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me, 16 For the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, by reason of the enemy and avenger.
  • Ps 56:1-2 : 1 Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he fights against me daily oppressing me. 2 My enemies would daily swallow me up, for there are many who fight against me, O Most High.
  • Ps 57:1 : 1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul trusts in you; yes, in the shadow of your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by.
  • Ps 69:13-16 : 13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the floodwaters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth on me. 16 Hear me, O LORD, for your lovingkindness is good; turn to me according to the multitude of your tender mercies.
  • Ps 89:50-51 : 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; 51 With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD, with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He is despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid, as it were, our faces from him; he was despised, and we did not esteem him.
  • Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they ridiculed him.

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  • Ps 123:4
    85%

    4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

  • Ps 123:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1To you I lift up my eyes, O you who dwell in the heavens.

    2Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until he has mercy upon us.

  • Lam 5:1
    76%

    1Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us; consider and behold our disgrace.

  • Lam 3:45
    76%

    45You have made us like refuse and scorn among the people.

  • Ps 33:22
    76%

    22Let your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according to our hope in you.

  • Jer 14:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.

    21Do not abhor us, for Your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of Your glory; remember, do not break Your covenant with us.

  • Ps 79:8
    75%

    8O do not remember against us former iniquities; let Your tender mercies swiftly come to us, for we are brought very low.

  • Isa 33:2
    75%

    2O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you. Be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

  • Ps 31:9
    75%

    9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my body.

  • Job 18:3
    74%

    3Why are we counted as beasts, and considered vile in your sight?

  • Ps 79:4
    74%

    4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

  • Ps 25:16
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    16Turn to me and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.

  • Dan 9:7-9
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    74%

    7O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us belongs confusion of face, as it is this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those near and those far off, through all the countries where You have driven them, because of their trespass which they have trespassed against You.

    8O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You.

    9To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him;

  • Lam 3:22
    74%

    22It is because of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail.

  • Dan 9:13-16
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    13As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us: yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth.

    14Therefore the LORD has watched over the calamity, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all His works which He does: for we have not obeyed His voice.

    15And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

    16O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I plead with You, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain: because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all around us.

  • Ps 85:7
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    7Show us Your mercy, O LORD, and grant us Your salvation.

  • Ps 9:13
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    13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from those who hate me, you who lift me up from the gates of death:

  • Ps 44:25
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    25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly clings to the earth.

  • Ps 119:22
    73%

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

  • Lam 3:42-43
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    42We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.

    43You have covered Yourself with anger and pursued us; You have slain and not pitied.

  • Neh 9:32
    72%

    32Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and mercy, do not let all the hardship seem little before You that has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our forefathers, and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

  • Ps 90:13-14
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    13Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent you concerning your servants.

    14O satisfy us early with your mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

  • Ps 116:5
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    5Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.

  • Ps 124:5
    72%

    5Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

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    1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

  • Ps 136:23
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    23Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endures forever:

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    72%

    7Since the days of our fathers we have been in a great trespass to this day; and because of our iniquities, we, our kings, and our priests, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

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    13And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that You our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such deliverance as this;

  • Isa 64:9
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    9Do not be very angry, O LORD, neither remember iniquity forever: behold, see, we beseech you, we are all your people.

  • Ps 17:11
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    11They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, bending down to the earth.

  • Lam 1:11
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    11All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider, for I have become vile.

  • Ps 6:2
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    2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are troubled.

  • Dan 9:18
    72%

    18O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies.

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    72%

    12For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

  • Ps 124:3
    72%

    3Then they would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

  • Neh 4:4
    72%

    4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them as prey in a land of captivity:

  • Lam 5:22
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    22But You have utterly rejected us; You are exceedingly angry with us.

  • Ps 109:26
    72%

    26Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to your mercy,

  • Neh 9:36-37
    2 verses
    72%

    36Here we are, servants today! And the land that You gave to our forefathers to eat its fruit and its bounty, here we are, servants in it.

    37And it yields much increase to the kings You have set over us because of our sins; also, they have dominion over our bodies and our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

  • Ps 31:7
    71%

    7I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities;