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, who are throned in the heavens.

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 a servant turn to the hand of his master, or the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so do our eyes turn to the Lord our God, until he is gracious to us.

3 Yahweh, be very merciful [DOU] to us because [our enemies] have acted very contemptuously toward us.

Be gracious, be gracious to us, Lord. Scorn enough, and more, have we borne

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.

More than enough have we borne of derision from those at their ease, of scorn from those who are haughty.