Psalmorum 123

1 Canticum graduum. [Ad te levavi oculos meos, qui habitas in cælis.

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

2 Ecce sicut oculi servorum in manibus dominorum suorum; sicut oculi ancillæ in manibus dominæ suæ: ita oculi nostri ad Dominum Deum nostrum, donec misereatur nostri.

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.

3 Miserere nostri, Domine, miserere nostri, quia multum repleti sumus despectione;

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

4 quia multum repleta est anima nostra opprobrium abundantibus, et despectio superbis.]

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