Psalms 123

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

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

2 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.

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

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

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

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