Psalms 123

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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