Psalms 123

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

He waiata; he pikitanga. Ka anga atu oku kanohi ki a koe, e koe e noho mai nei i nga rangi.

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.

Ina, pera tonu nga kanohi o nga pononga e titiro nei ki te ringa o to ratou rangatira, nga kanohi hoki o te kotiro ki te ringa o tona rangatira wahine; me o matou kanohi e titiro nei ki a Ihowa, ki to matou Atua, kia tohu ra ano ia i a matou.

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

Tohungia matou, e Ihowa, tohungia matou: kua tino kapi hoki matou i te whakahawea.

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

Kapi tonu to matou wairua i te whakahi a te hunga e noho noa ana, i te whakahawea a te hunga whakakake.