"Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens" (Psalm 123:1; ASV).
Question: Why does the Psalmist lift his eyes up toward the One that sittest in the heavens?
Answer: For mercy.
Mercy - Hebrew - chanan - properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (Strong's).
Jason Cicero
