< Psalms 123 >
1 To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.
A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest 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 the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [look] unto the LORD our God, until he have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.