Psalms 123:2

Webster's Bible (1833)

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 has mercy on us.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 40:1-3 : 1 > I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, And gave me a firm place to stand. 3 He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
  • Ps 130:5-6 : 5 I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. 6 My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; More than watchmen for the morning.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
  • Lam 3:25-26 : 25 Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. 26 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
  • Ps 119:82 : 82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"
  • Ps 119:123-125 : 123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, For your righteous word. 124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes. 125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, That I may know your testimonies.
  • Gen 32:26 : 26 The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." Jacob said, "I won't let you go, unless you bless me."
  • Gen 49:18 : 18 I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
  • Josh 9:23 : 23 Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.
  • Josh 9:27 : 27 That day Joshua made those wood cutters and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place which he should choose.
  • Josh 10:6 : 6 The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Don't slack your hand from your servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.
  • Ps 25:15 : 15 My eyes are ever on Yahweh, For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1> To you I do lift up my eyes, You who sit in the heavens.

  • 3Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, For we have endured much contempt.

  • 50Until Yahweh look down, and see from heaven.

  • Ps 33:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, On those who hope in his loving kindness;

    19To deliver their soul from death, To keep them alive in famine.

    20Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

  • 17Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

  • 2Yahweh, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

  • Ps 25:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15My eyes are ever on Yahweh, For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

    16Turn to me, and have mercy on me, For I am desolate and afflicted.

  • Ps 130:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

    6My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; More than watchmen for the morning.

  • 36Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we are servants in it.

  • 22Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, Since we have hoped in you.

  • 123My eyes fail looking for your salvation, For your righteous word.

  • 12Our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but out eyes are on you.

  • 15The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.

  • 8For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don't leave my soul destitute.

  • 17I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

  • 18Therefore will Yahweh wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy on you: for Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

  • 8Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

  • 52that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.

  • 6Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually.

  • 82My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

  • 7In that day shall men look to their Maker, and their eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

  • 15Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

  • 15Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where are your zeal and your mighty acts? the yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.

  • 7But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

  • 13Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

  • Ps 90:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16Let your work appear to your servants; Your glory to their children.

    17Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; Establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.

  • 9Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

  • 7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

  • 16Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.

  • 1> I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?

  • 132Turn to me, and have mercy on me, As you always do to those who love your name.

  • 16Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.

  • 13Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.

  • 19For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;

  • 9Behold, God our shield, Look at the face of your anointed.

  • 2As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, As a hireling who looks for his wages,

  • 8Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you; to your name, even to your memorial [name], is the desire of our soul.

  • 25Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

  • 17For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

  • 18Open my eyes, That I may see wondrous things out of your law.

  • 16Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.

  • 1Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us: Look, and see our reproach.

  • 23Who remembered us in our low estate; For his loving kindness endures forever;

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    6Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

  • 3Yahweh's eyes are everywhere, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.