Poetry & Wisdom
What should a child notice in Psalms 123?
Psalms 123 opens with these words: “To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.” The line to keep is Psalms 123:2: “Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God,…” Carry the word “behold” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Psalms 123:2: “Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.” What happens first in Psalms 123?
Psalms 123:2
“Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.”
Psalms 123:3
“Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.”
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Practice Psalms 123:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
astheeyesofservantslooktothehandofmaster,astheeyesofamaidtothehandofhermistress;sooureyestoYahweh,ourGod,untilhehasmercyonus.