Our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us his mercy

 Psalm 123:1-4

I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven. As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us his mercy.

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt. We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant, of contempt from the proud.

Why?

Look to the hand of our God like a female slave looks to the hand of her mistress. For our hope and way rely on the Lord. And we are servants of the Lord.

Have mercy on us, because we have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant.

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這些詩篇可以連貫來看，前一篇來聖城敬拜。

人可以向神求，但是詩人極度卑微，謙卑的態度來祈求！如迦南婦人心裏存卑微的心來到耶穌面前。

詩人稱神為“坐在天上的主啊”，承認神掌管天地一切權柄，祂是主我是僕人。僕人：奴隸的身份。僕人要知道主人要什麼?知道主人想要做什麼事情，僕人要查言觀色，不是什麼事都問過才做。

我們求的是求神的憐憫！因為萬有都屬於神的。

安逸的人和驕傲的人並稱，安逸的人愈驕傲，自以為是自己的能力達成的。我們常常禱告神類似強迫神為我們做事情，其實神為我們預備的是更好的。

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How?

Pray to the Lord and may the Lord have mercy on us, for I am weak and many contempt from the proud.