When You’ve Had Enough: Psalm 123
When You’ve Had Enough Psalm 123 Other things can bruise, but this [contempt] is cold steel. It goes deeper into the spirit than any other form of rejection. Derek Kidner Enough is enough. We’ve probably all said or thought this at some point. Fed up with a situation and tired of the same results from the same behaviors, we’ve said, “Enough!” We refuse to continue to just accept things as they are and we long for change. Throughout the psalms, there have been quite a few times the psalmist has communicated to the Lord that enough is enough. The suffering, affliction, or injustice that he is enduring have gone on long enough. In Psalm 123, the psalmist cries to the Lord for mercy “for we have had far more than enough of contempt” (123:3). Contempt is an attitude of disrespect and scorn. It is the act of despising and showing a lack of respect or reverence. If you’ve ever been an object of contempt you know the look of disdain, the mockery, the lying, and the disregard ...