Psalms 123

1 A Song of Degrees. To you who dwell in heaven have I lifted up mine eyes.

To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants [are directed] to the hands of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maidservant to the hands of her mistress; so our eyes [are directed] to the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.

Behold as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.

3 Have pity upon us, O Lord, have pity upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.

4 [Yes], our soul has been exceedingly filled [with it]: [let] the reproach [be] to them that are at ease, and contempt to the proud.

For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.