A Song of Ascents. Of David.
[123:1] To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
[123:2] Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he has mercy upon us.
[123:3] Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.
[123:4] Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.