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See also Psalms 123 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This psalm is entitled simply “Song of Degrees.” See the notes at the title of Psalms 120:1. Nothing is intimated in regard to the authorship of the psalm, or to the occasion on which it was composed....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This touching Psalm is an utterance of unfaltering faith and patience in the face of contemptuous scorn and mockery. The Psalmist speaks in Psalms 123:1 in the singular as a leader or representative o...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    CXXIII. This psalm has been beautifully called _Oculus Sperans_ (the Eye of Hope). That it reflects the feelings of Israel under foreign oppression there is no doubt, but there is no indication of pre...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 123 A SONG OF DEGREES. This psalm is not thought to be written by David, but by some other person in later times; and at a time, as is clear, when the people of God were much ex...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021._ This Psalm was evidently composed, as Bishop Patrick observes, in a time of great distress, when the Jews were extremely afflicted by some haughty and insolent enemies. The bi...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * The deliverance of the church. (1-5) Thankfulness for the deliverance. (6-8)...

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