< Psalms 123 >
1 To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.
登聖殿歌。居住在諸天上的大主,我向你仰起我的眼目。
2 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.
看,僕人的眼目,怎樣仰望主人的手,看,婢女的眼目,怎樣注視主婦的手;我們的眼目也就怎樣注視著上主,我們的天主,直到他憐憫我們才止。
3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.
上主,求你矜憐,矜憐我們!因為我們已嘗盡了欺凌;
4 For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.
我們的心靈已經飽受得太多了:即驕傲人的欺凌,富貴人的恥笑。