Psalms 123

1 A Song of Ascents. Unto thee, have I lifted up mine eyes, O thou who art enthroned in the heavens.

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

2 Lo! as the eyes of men-servants are unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid-servant, unto the hand of her mistress, so, are our eyes, unto Yahweh our God, until that he show us favour.

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 Show us favour, O Yahweh, show us favour, for, exceedingly, are we sated with contempt:

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

4 Exceeding sated therewith, is our soul, —The scorn of the careless, The contempt of the proud.

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