< Psalms 123 >

1 To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.
A Song of degrees. To thee I raise my eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2 Behold as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.
Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] to the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until he shall have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.

< Psalms 123 >