Psalms 123:1

A song of ascents. ²  I look up ³  toward you, the one enthroned ⁴  in heaven.

biblegateway Psa 123:1

A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven.

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<> To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

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<> I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven.

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I look to you, heaven-dwelling God, look up to you for help.

SABDAweb Psa 123:1

To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.

bibleoremus Psa 123:1

To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!

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

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A song of ascents. ²  I look up ³  toward you, the one enthroned ⁴  in heaven.

¹ sn Psalm 123. The psalmist, speaking for God’s people, acknowledges his dependence on God in the midst of a crisis.

² sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.

³ tn Heb “I lift my eyes.”

⁴ tn Heb “sitting.” The Hebrew verb יָשַׁב (yashav) is here used metonymically of “sitting enthroned” (see Pss 9:7; 29:10; 55:19; 102:12).