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, you who sit 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 master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.

3 miserere nostri Domine miserere nostri quia multum repleti sumus despectione

Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

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

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.