Psalmorum 123

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

A song of ascents. I Lift up my eyes to you, who are throned 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

As the eyes of a servant turn to the hand of his master, or the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so do our eyes turn to the Lord our God, until he is gracious to us.

3 miserere nostri Domine miserere nostri quia multum repleti sumus despectione

Be gracious, be gracious to us, Lord. Scorn enough, and more, have we borne

4 quia multum repleta est anima nostra obprobrium abundantibus et despectio superbis

More than enough have we borne of derision from those at their ease, of scorn from those who are haughty.