< Sòm 123 >
1 Yon chan pou monte vè tanp lan. A Ou menm, mwen leve zye mwen, O Ou menm ki chita sou twòn Ou nan syèl la!
A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.
2 Men gade, jan zye a sèvitè yo rete sou men a mèt yo, Jan zye a yon sèvant sou men mètrès li, Se konsa, zye nou ye vè SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, jiskaske li fè nou gras.
Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [look] unto the LORD our God, until he have mercy upon us.
3 Bannou gras, O SENYÈ, bannou gras, paske nou ranpli ak mepriz.
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Nanm nou ranpli ak ensilt a (sila) ki alèz yo, avèk mepriz a (sila) ki plen ògèy yo.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.