Psalmorum 123

1 Canticum graduum. Ad te levavi oculos meos, qui habitas in cælis.

A Song of degrees. To thee I raise my eyes, O thou that dwellest 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] 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 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.