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Psalms 123:1

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UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

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¹I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Psalms 141:8Rank 2 from verse 1
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⁸But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
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¹⁵Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
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⁴He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
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¹³And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
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⁹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
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⁴The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
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¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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¹IN my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.
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¹THEY that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
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¹LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:
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³But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
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¹WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
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¹OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
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¹EXCEPT the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
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¹MANY a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
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¹THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
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¹BLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
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¹BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
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¹BEHOLD, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord.
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¹IF it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;
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⁵Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,
⁶Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
Psalms 131:1Rank 23 from verse 1
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¹LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
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¹I WAS glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

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Psalms 123:1

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lift

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Sense 1: To raise, bear up, or elevate physically. Sense 2: To direct upward or raise in expression, as the eyes, hands, voice, soul, prayer, or countenance. Sense 3: To exalt, restore, strengthen, or raise in condition or honour. Sense 4: To raise or wield against, as a hand, tool, weapon, or standard. Sense 5: In lift from off, to remove or take away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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¹UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

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²Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.