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.