Psalmorum 123

1 canticum graduum ad te levavi oculos meos qui habitas in caelo

“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 eius 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 obprobrium abundantibus et despectio superbis

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