Psalms 123

1 “A song of the steps, or the goings up.” To thee do I lift up mine eyes, O Thou who dwellest in the heavens!

Canticum graduum. Ad te levavi oculos meos, qui habitas in caelis.

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, And as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress, So do our eyes look to the LORD, our God, Until he have pity upon us.

Ecce sicut oculi servorum, in manibus dominorum suorum, Sicut oculi ancillae in manibus dominae suae: ita oculi nostri ad Dominum Deum nostrum donec misereatur nostri.

3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD! have mercy upon us, For we are overwhelmed with contempt!

Miserere nostri Domine, miserere nostri: quia multum repleti sumus despectione:

4 Our soul is filled to the full with the scorn of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.

Quia multum repleta est anima nostra: opprobrium abundantibus, et despectio superbis.