Psalms 123

1 A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. I look up to you, the one who rules from heaven.

2 As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.

Just as servants look to their master, or a maid looks to her mistress, so we keep our eyes on you, Lord our God, waiting for you to be merciful to us.

3 Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.

Please have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy. We've had enough of people's contempt.

4 We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

We've had more than enough of the scorn of the proud, and the contempt of the arrogant.