Show us favor, O Jehovah, show us favor; for to an abundance we have been glutted with contempt.

Ps. 123:2-4.

The psalmist and his fellow Israelites were being ridiculed. Because of the degraded way in which they were being looked upon by their enemies, it was most appropriate for them to plead that Jehovah show them favor. The contempt heaped upon them came not rarely but as a matter of course. It was abundant.