Zaburi 123

1 Nakuinulia macho yangu, wewe uketiye mbinguni.

A song of ascents. To you I lift up my eyes, you who are enthroned in the heavens.

2 Tazama, kama vile macho ya watumishi watazamapo kwenye mkono wa Bwana wao, na kama macho ya mjakazi yatazamapo mkono wa bibi yake, ndivyo hivyo macho yetu yanamtazama Yahwe mpaka atakapo tuhurumia.

See, as the eyes of servants look to their master's hand, as the eyes of a maid look to her mistress's hand, so our eyes look to Yahweh our God until he has mercy on us.

3 Ee Yahwe, utuhurumie, kwa maana tunadhalilishwa sana.

Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we are filled with humiliation.

4 Tumeshibishwa mzaha wa wenye kiburi na dharau ya wenye majivuno.

We are more than full of the scoffing of the insolent and with the contempt of the proud.