Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy, for we have had more than enough of contempt.

New American Standard Bible

Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.

King James Version

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Holman Bible

Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,
for we’ve had more than enough contempt.

A Conservative Version

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

American Standard Version

Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Amplified


Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious and favorable toward us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Compassionate us, O Jehovah, compassionate us: for we were much filled with contempt

King James 2000

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us, for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.

Modern King James verseion

Have mercy on us, O Jehovah, have mercy on us; for we are exceedingly filled with scorn.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are utterly despised.

NET Bible

Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

New Heart English Bible

Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

The Emphasized Bible

Show us favour, O Yahweh, show us favour, for, exceedingly, are we sated with contempt:

Webster

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

World English Bible

Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

Youngs Literal Translation

Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt,

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 123:3

Images Psalm 123:3

Context Readings

Looking For God's Favor

2 Consider this: as the eyes of a servant focus on what his master provides, and as the eyes of a female servant focus on what her mistress provides, so our eyes focus on the LORD our God, until he has mercy on us. 3 Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy, for we have had more than enough of contempt. 4 Our lives overflow with scorn from those who live at ease, with contempt from those who are proud. A Davidic Song of Ascents


Cross References

Nehemiah 4:2-4

He addressed his allies and the Samaritan officials, saying "What are these pathetic Jews doing? Are they intending to rebuild it by themselves? Do they intend to offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a single day? Can they make stones from this burned out rubble?"

Psalm 4:1

When I call, answer me, my righteous God! When I was in distress, you set me free. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Psalm 44:13-16

You made us a laughing stock to our neighbors, a source of mockery and derision to those around us.

Psalm 56:1-2

Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.

Psalm 57:1

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy, for in you I have placed my trust. Even in the shadow of your wings will I find my refuge until this calamity passes.

Psalm 69:13-16

As for me, LORD, may my prayer to you come at a favorable time. God, in the abundance of your gracious love, answer me with your sure deliverance.

Psalm 89:50-51

Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servant! I carry inside me all the insults of many people,

Isaiah 53:3

"He was despised and rejected by others, and a man of sorrows, intimately familiar with suffering; and like one from whom people hide their faces; and we despised him and did not value him.

Luke 16:14

Now the Pharisees, who love money, had been listening to all this and began to ridicule Jesus.

Luke 18:11-13

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, "O God, I thank you that I'm not like other people thieves, dishonest people, adulterers, or even this tax collector.

Luke 23:35

Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. The leaders were mocking him by saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if he is the Messiah of God, the chosen one!"

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