Psalmorum 123

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

“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 ancillae in manibus dominae eius 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 obprobrium 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.