Psalm 123:1
New International Version
A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven.

New Living Translation
I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven.

English Standard Version
To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!

Berean Standard Bible
A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

King James Bible
A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

New King James Version
A Song of Ascents. Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.

New American Standard Bible
A Song of Ascents. To You I have raised my eyes, You who are enthroned in the heavens!

NASB 1995
A Song of Ascents. To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

NASB 1977
To Thee I lift up my eyes, O Thou who art enthroned in the heavens!

Legacy Standard Bible
A Song of Ascents. To You I lift up my eyes, The One enthroned in the heavens!

Amplified Bible
A Song of Ascents. Unto you I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

Christian Standard Bible
A song of ascents. I lift my eyes to you, the one enthroned in heaven.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A song of ascents. I lift my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

American Standard Version
A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
To you I have lifted up my eyes, oh Dweller of Heaven!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A Song of Degrees: Unto thee who dwellest in heaven have I lifted up mine eyes.

Contemporary English Version
Our LORD and our God, I turn my eyes to you, on your throne in heaven.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.

English Revised Version
A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[A song for going up to worship.] I look up to you, to the one who sits enthroned in heaven.

Good News Translation
LORD, I look up to you, up to heaven, where you rule.

International Standard Version
To you, who sit enthroned in heaven, I lift up my eyes.

JPS Tanakh 1917
A Song of Ascents. Unto Thee I lift up mine eyes, O Thou that art enthroned in the heavens.

Literal Standard Version
A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I have lifted up my eyes to You, | O dweller in the heavens.

Majority Standard Bible
A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

New American Bible
A song of ascents. To you I raise my eyes, to you enthroned in heaven.

NET Bible
A song of ascents. I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven.

New Revised Standard Version
To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!

New Heart English Bible
[A Song of Ascents.] To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.

Webster's Bible Translation
A Song of degrees. To thee I raise my eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

World English Bible
A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.

Young's Literal Translation
A Song of the Ascents. Unto Thee I have lifted up mine eyes, O dweller in the heavens.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
I Lift Up My Eyes to You
1A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven. 2As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.…

Cross References
Psalm 2:4
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

Psalm 11:4
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

Psalm 16:8
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Psalm 121:1
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?

Psalm 141:8
But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.

Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.


Treasury of Scripture

To you lift I up my eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens.

A.

Psalm 120:1
A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

Psalm 121:1
A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

Psalm 122:1
A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

lift I

Psalm 25:15
Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

Psalm 121:1
A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

Psalm 141:8
But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

O thou

Psalm 2:4
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Psalm 11:4
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Psalm 113:5,6
Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, …

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Psalm 123
1. The godly profess their confidence in God
3. And pray to be delivered from contempt














(1) O thou that dwellest.--O thou throned one.

Verse 1. - Unto thee lift I up mine eyes (comp. Psalm 121:1, where the psalmist "lifted up his eyes" to God's dwelling-place). Now the expression is bolder. The eyes are lifted up to God himself. Oh thou that dwellest in the heavens (comp. Psalm 2:4; Psalm 11:4; Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 66:1).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
A Song
שִׁ֗יר (šîr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7892: A song, singing

of Ascents.
הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת (ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4609: Elevation, the act, the condition, a climactic progression

I lift up
נָשָׂ֣אתִי (nā·śā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

my eyes
עֵינַ֑י (‘ê·nay)
Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

to You,
אֵ֭לֶיךָ (’ê·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the One enthroned
הַ֝יֹּשְׁבִ֗י (hay·yō·šə·ḇî)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in heaven.
בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (baš·šā·mā·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky


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