Psalms 123 - Introduction

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 bishop thinks it was in the time of Hezekiah, when the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh to besiege Jerusalem. But others judge it more probable it was when the Jews were captives in Babylon. But these were not the only times when they were insulted over by their proud enemies. At whatever time, however, it was written, the purport of it is to express their expectation of, and to plead for, deliverance from troubles, Psalms 123:1.