Psalm 123:2 (WEB)
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 the LORD, our God, until he has mercy on us.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
“What then followeth, since he hath said, “Unto Thee do I lift up mine eyes”? (ver. 2).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…with that usage frequently employed in Scripture and exemplified in the psalm, “So our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until He have mercy upon us,”—not as if the eyes of His servants would no longer wait upon the Lord their God when He had mercy upon them.” — editor's note: Ps. cxxiii. 2.
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Jerome
“David also in the fourth Song of Ascents speaks thus, “Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxiii. 2. The songs of the up-goings or ascents (τῶν ἀναβαΟμῶν Sept., graduum Vulg.), are the fifteen psalms cxx.–cxxxiv.
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Parallel passages
Psalm 123:2 and Sirach 33:22 share the same wording (9 words).
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