Psalms 123

1 To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.

A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit 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 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 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.

Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much 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 scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.