Prayer for Relief from Contempt

Psalms 123:1-4 

A Song of Ascents.

1 Unto You I lift up my eyes,
O You who dwell in the heavens.

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the LORD our God,
Until He has mercy on us.

3 Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

4 Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.

This song of an ascent is a plea for mercy in the face of unearned contempt from the ungodly world set against God’s people and the LORD Himself.  It shows our hope in being able to look heavenward to the creator and sustainer of our souls.  This hope of an answer moves us to look to our Lord God for help in times of distress and adversity; we have confidence in the One who lives above us in sovereign omnipotent and omniscient rule over the just and the unjust (Matthew 5:45, Acts 24:15), knowing we are only considered just in Christ’s righteousness (1 Peter 3:18).  We are as servants who gaze with expectancy and hope in Him for undeserved mercy, knowing it is by His mighty hand we are delivered and kept for the final day of judgment (2 Timothy 1:12), as well as in daily circumstances we face.  Yes, Lord, have mercy on us all, for we are contemptible to the ungodly of this present evil age age!  Our character is slandered and the hatred and extreme dislike of those opposed to You fills our souls with grief and pain as they turn on us because of Your name and the gospel of mercy in grace (Revelation 12:17).  The proud are full of contempt for You and Your forgiveness found in repentance and faith to eternal life by the reconciling work of Jesus the Christ for us.  Bit we find peace with You in Him and trust you in these storms of life, awaiting a better life that never ends before Your face!  We pray for relief, but find contentment until it finds us.  Amen!