Psalmorum 123

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

“A song of the degrees.” Unto thee do I lift up my eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

2 Ecce sicut oculi servorum, in manibus dominorum suorum, Sicut oculi ancillae in manibus dominae suae: ita oculi nostri ad Dominum Deum nostrum donec misereatur nostri.

Behold, as the eyes of servants are directed unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress: thus are our eyes directed unto the Lord our God, until he be gracious unto us.

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

Be gracious unto us, O Lord! be gracious unto us; for we are overburdened with contempt.

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

Our soul is overburdened with the scorn of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud oppressors.