Day 4 of 15
Psalms 123
As servants watch their master's hand, the pilgrims lift their eyes to God enthroned in the heavens, pleading for mercy after enduring more than enough contempt from the proud.
A Song of Ascents, a brief communal plea for mercy from a people scorned by the arrogant.
“1. ...Let this singer ascend; and let this man sing from the heart of each of you, and let each of you be this man, for when each of you says this, since you are all one in Christ, one man says this; and says not, “Unto You, O Lord, have” we “lift up” our “eyes;” but, “Unto You, O Lord, have I lift up my eyes” Psalm 122:1. You ought indeed to imagine that every one of you is speaking; but that One in a special sense…”
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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