Psalms 123

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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