Psalms 123

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

A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I have lifted up my eyes to You, O dweller in the heavens.

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.

Behold, as eyes of menservants [Are] to the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maidservant [Are] to the hand of her mistress, So [are] our eyes to our God YHWH, Until He favors us.

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

Favor us, O YHWH, favor us, For we have been greatly filled with contempt,

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

Our soul has been greatly filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!