A song of ascents
“To you I lift up my eyes.
O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
As the eyes of servants
Look to the hand of their master,
As the eyes of a maid
Look to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to Yahweh our God,
Until he has mercy upon us.”
Psalm 123 is another very short psalm, or song, sung on the ascending way to Jerusalem in a pilgrimage. However, the tone is more somber as there is a cry for help against enemies. Both the male and female servants look to Yahweh to help them. They lift up their eyes to the heavens, like servants looking to the hands of their masters. Their eyes cry for mercy towards Yahweh, their God.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 