Psalms 123

1 [A Song of Ascents.] To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.

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

2 Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to YHWH, our God, until he has 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, YHWH, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

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

4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

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