Prayer for Relief from Contempt
Use This Verse / Chorus Pattern (summary of this Psalm)
for Prayer, Worship, and Meditation
TO RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS PROMISED HERE
Vs
Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.
As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mis-
tress,
Our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He has mercy on us.
Ch
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.
Our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He has mercy on us.
The Psalms of Ascent
Psalm 123
GOD NEVER STOPS ENCOURAGING US TO LOOK TO HIM
FOR THE HELP WE NEED
- LOOK TO HIM BASED ON HIS LOVE
(SHOWN BY HIS MERCY) TOWARD YOU
GOD IS AWARE OF THE TRIALS YOU ARE FACING, AND HE DESIRES TO HELP YOU
KEEP PRAYING, PRAISING, and MEDITATING IN HIS WORD TO HELP YOU RECEIVE IT
A “FAITH DECLARATION”
Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.
Our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He has mercy on us.
Save my soul, O Lord, from those who come against me.
Psalm 123
HE ADDS 2 THINGS TO THAT ENCOURAGMENT:
- LOOK TO HIM AS YOUR ONLY HOPE
OF RECEIVING THE TRUE HELP YOU NEED
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