Psalmorum 123

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

A Song of degrees. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that 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] unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [are directed] to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us.

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

Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

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

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.