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We are continuing our series of reflections on the Psalms. Each day we will upload a new reflection to the website. We hope and pray that you will find them helpful and that they bring hope during this season. Click on these buttons to read the text of the psalm or listen to a recording of it. You can also listen to the reflection using the audio player below. Read Psalm 123  Listen to Psalm 123 This psalm is a prayer of God’s people for him to show mercy and foil the contempt of the proud. Servants look to their master for all their needs and it is to God to whom we must look for all our daily needs. Servants in biblical times were dependent on their masters, probably for their very lives. How much do we truly depend on God or do we rely too much on government, other people, bank balance, etc? Where should we look for help but to our master? Many people look to the world for their security and in this they have their reward; but true Christians look to God as their master and their rewarder. God's people find little mercy with men; but with the Lord there is mercy. Scorning and contempt have been, are, and are likely to be, the lot of God's people in this world. It can be hard to bear, but the servants of God should not complain if they are treated as Jesus was. Under the present trial that the world finds itself in, do we look to Jesus to sustain us through this pandemic, and by faith and prayer cast ourselves upon the mercy of God? Father, you are our master and our God. May we always look to you for all our needs and to strengthen us when faced with ridicule and opposition.