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Psalm 123

Psa. 123:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Have mercy
chanan (Hebrew #2603)
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
KJV usage: beseech, X fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, X very.
Pronounce: khaw-nan'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2583)
upon us, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, have mercy
chanan (Hebrew #2603)
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
KJV usage: beseech, X fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, X very.
Pronounce: khaw-nan'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2583)
upon us: for we are exceedingly
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
filled
saba` (Hebrew #7646)
a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
Pronounce: saw-bah'
Origin: or sabeay {saw-bay'-ah}
with contempt
buwz (Hebrew #937)
disrespect
KJV usage: contempt(-uo usly), despised, shamed.
Pronounce: booz
Origin: from 936
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Have mercy.
Psa. 56:1‑2• 1To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.
 2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily. (Psa. 56:1‑2)
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Psa. 57:1• 1To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast. (Psa. 57:1)
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Psa. 69:13‑16• 13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:
 14Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.
 15Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
 16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me; (Psa. 69:13‑16)
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Luke 18:11‑13• 11The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.
 12I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain.
 13And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, have compassion on me, the sinner. (Luke 18:11‑13)
for we are.
Psa. 44:13‑16• 13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
 14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
 15All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
 16Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger. (Psa. 44:13‑16)
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Psa. 89:50‑51• 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants--that I bear in my bosom that of all the mighty peoples--
 51Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. (Psa. 89:50‑51)
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Neh. 4:2‑4• 2And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?
 3And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall.--
 4Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity! (Neh. 4:2‑4)
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Isa. 53:3• 3He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom men hide their faces;--despised, and we esteemed him not. (Isa. 53:3)
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Luke 16:14• 14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him. (Luke 16:14)
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Luke 23:35• 35And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also with them sneered, saying, He has saved others; let him save himself if this is the Christ, the chosen one of God. (Luke 23:35)
• (vv. 3-4) The closing verses present the prayer in which the godly man appeals to the Lord for needed grace, and spreads out the grief that fills his soul. Grace gives the soul to look to the Lord with quiet patience: nevertheless, the reproach of the world is deeply felt. (“Psalms 123” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.