< Psalmorum 123 >

1 Canticum graduum. Ad te levavi oculos meos, qui habitas in cælis.
A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.
2 Ecce sicut oculi servorum, in manibus dominorum suorum, Sicut oculi ancillæ in manibus dominæ suæ: ita oculi nostri ad Dominum Deum nostrum donec misereatur nostri.
Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [look] unto the LORD our God, until he have mercy upon us.
3 Miserere nostri Domine, miserere nostri: quia multum repleti sumus despectione:
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Quia multum repleta est anima nostra: opprobrium abundantibus, et despectio superbis.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

< Psalmorum 123 >