Psalms 123:2

“Behold, 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, etc.] To direct them in their work and business, to point out unto them what they shall do; which is often done by a motion of the hand of the master or mistress, or rap of their fingers without speakingf1753, which the servant observes: or to help and assist them against their enemies, and protect them from them; servants unarmed, and molested in their masters’ service, have no other to flee to for protection but them; so Aben Ezra: or to receive food and sustenance from them, as servants and maidens do, from their masters and mistresses, in whose service they…”

“Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters ... - Or, are to the hands of their masters; or, regard the hands of their masters. That is, we look to God with the same spirit of deference, dependence, and readiness to mark the will of God, which is evinced by servants in regard to their masters, and by maidens in regard to the will of a mistress. There has been some difference of view in regard to the meaning of this comparison. Some have supposed that the allusion is to the fact that servants, when in danger, look to their masters for protection; others, that they look to them for the supply of their needs; others, that when they have been guilty of an offence they…”

“Look - For supply of their wants, and for help and defence against their oppressors. Until - Until he help and save us. Next: Psalms Chapter 124”

“as the eyes: Jos 9:23, Jos 9:27, Jos 10:6 so our eyes: Psa 40:1-3, Psa 119:82, Psa 119:123-125, Psa 130:5, Psa 130:6; Gen 32:26, Gen 49:18; Lam 3:25, Lam 3:26; Luk 18:1 Psalms 123:3”