Message Notes

SSS 4 26 July 2026
Text: Psalm 123

A Song of Ascents.

1 Unto You I lift up my eyes,
O You who dwell in the heavens.

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He has mercy on us.

3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

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

Psalm 123

LIFTING EYES TO GOD

1 Unto You I lift up my eyes,
O You who dwell in the heavens.

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He has mercy on us.

Psalm 123:1-2

1. Eyes lifted up to God

a) The Lord inhabits heaven

b) He is the Redeemer and God

2. How should one look up to the Lord?

a) Humbly

i) As men servants

ii) As maid servants

b) Devotedly

i) Devotion to a great Master

ii) Love and obedience to Him

3. What is looked for?

a) The mercy of the Lord

b) This is never to be taken for granted at any time

A DIFFICULT CONTEXT

3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

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

Psalm 123:3-4

1. Pleading for mercy from the Lord

2. Reasons:

a) Held in contempt by wicked ones

b) Despised and scorned exceedingly

3. The enemies

a) The wealthy who are at ease

b) Those who possessed power and were proud

THE WORLD AT LARGE TODAY

1. It is full of evil

a) The wealthy

b) The powerful

c) The abuse of the law and justice

2. Pleading for mercy

a) From the Lord

b) Not from man