Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
The faithful cry out with eyes fixed upward when wicked men heap cruel tyranny upon them and no earthly help remains. God dwells in the heavens not merely to teach us His power deserves our reverence, but to assure us that when all hope fails on earth, He can and will deliver His oppressed people.
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Commenting on Psalm 123:1-4
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes. It is good to have some one to look up to. The Psalmist looked so high that he could look no higher. Not to the hills, but to the God of the hills he looked. He believed in a personal God, and knew nothing of that modern pantheism which is nothing more than atheism wearing a fig leaf.
Our eyes must wait on the Lord as servants watch their master's hand, waiting not for a moment but persisting until mercy comes. Heaven is both His court of glory and His seat of judgment, from which He beholds our calamities and sends deliverance to those who lift their souls to Him in trouble.
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Commenting on Psalm 123:1-4