Psalms 123

1 A song of ascents. To you I lift up my eyes, you who are enthroned in the heavens.

A Song of the going up. To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.

2 See, as the eyes of servants look to their master's hand, as the eyes of a maid look to her mistress's hand, so our eyes look to Yahweh our God until he has mercy on us.

See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us.

3 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we are filled with humiliation.

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us.

4 We are more than full of the scoffing of the insolent and with the contempt of the proud.

For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.