Psalms 123

A song of ascents

To you I lift up my eyes,

O you who dwell in the heavens.

2 See, as the eyes of servants

look to the

hand of their masters,

and as the eyes of a maid

look to the hand

of her mistress,

so our eyes look

to the LORD our God,

until he has mercy on us.

3 Have mercy on us, O LORD,

have mercy on us,

for we have faced very great

contempt.

4 Our soul endures the very great

scorn of those who are at ease,

and the contempt

of the proud.