Psalms 123

1 Yahweh, I look up toward you, up to heaven, from where you rule.

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

2 Like servants ask [IDM] their masters [for what they need] and like maids ask t their mistresses [for what they need], we ask you, Yahweh our God, [for what we need], and we ask you to be merciful to 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 Yahweh, be very merciful [DOU] to us because [our enemies] have acted very contemptuously toward us.

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

4 Rich people have made fun of us for a long time, and proud [people] who have (oppressed/acted cruelly toward) us have acted toward us as though we were worthless.

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