King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 123:3
“Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.”
Verse in context — Psalms 123
1
A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2
Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
3
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.
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