Psalm 123

 

A song of ascents.

 

 

1                    I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven.

 

2                    As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till He shows us His mercy.

 

3                    Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

 

4                    We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much contempt from the arrogant.